Repiglican Senator David “Diaper Boy” Vitter has been blocking President Obama’s judicial nominations in Louisiana, to ensure his boy Jim Letten, a Bush appointee holdover, was guaranteed his job. While Attorney General Eric Holder never gave Vitter such assurances, Letten’s appointment by Holder to a policy committee is apparently all the proof Vitter needs. Vitter released a statement saying he will now stop blocking Obama’s nominees. You can read more about this here.

But here’s where it gets curiouser and curiouser.

Not even 24 hours after that article was published, Jim Letten, whose office should be actively prosecuting James O’Keefe and his band of merry criminals for tampering with a federal phone system, released a statement saying he had recused himself from the case last week.

So, let’s get this straight. A neocon Senator holds up the judicial system’s confirmation process, not because he feels the nominees aren’t qualified, but to strong arm a job guarantee for a fellow repiglican. Upon perceiving a sense of job security, the Senator stops blocking everything, and the person who enjoyed the Senator’s protection stops working on a case where he’d have to prosecute other repiglicans.

Is it just me, or does this stink to high heaven?

PS – ACORN has yet to be charged with ANY crime. Nothing. Nada. Zip. But can’t you imagine the hue and cry from the right wingers if Michael Moore ever concealed his cameras in the same manner O’Keefe does?