Dear Mark Shields:

by shep

I enjoyed what you had to say on last Friday’s (April 20th) Inside Washington.

I was disappointed, however when the US Attorney scandal discussion never led to a mention of the possibility that a parallel, secret communications system (the RNC e-mails) was intentionally set-up to leave no actual “paper-trail,” therefore no discoverable evidence of wrongful conduct, should such a thing occur (hard to believe, I know)?

But then my heart leapt when you and Ms. Tottenburg declared that, “there was no there there,” on the excuse of “failure to pursue ‘voter fraud’” for the firings (even though it took Charles Krauthammer to bring up the issue).

But, alas, my heart broke when no one said why that fiction was created. Is intentionally using the power of the Executive Branch to disenfranchise minorities of their voting rights not noteworthy? Should that abuse of the public trust for wholly undemocratic partisan purposes be kept secret, regardless of its importance?

Otherwise, you sound better. I’m glad.

Warm Regards,
[shep]