Friday, July 11, 2008
Witch on a Witch Hunt
When Bill Clinton was being investigated for various crimes, he responded by firing all 93 Federal prosecutors and replacing them with people more to his liking, since obviously firing and replacing just those investigating him would look like he was trying to obstruct justice. Democrats at the time went on the news talk show circuit to explain that there was nothing wrong in this, that the President has absolute authority to fire prosecutors for any reason or no reason at all. Now that the President is a Republican, and a few prosecutors (8 of them) were fired (because they were refusing to investigate corrupt Democrat officials), we have a major scandal. Obviously I feel for the prosecutors, since they were understandably confused. Having seen the precedent that they should not investigate a corrupt Democrat or lose their job, they didn't understand that this administration expected them to actually enforce the law, even when it was being broken by Democrats. So now Pelosi has organized an official Congressional witch hunt (I'd suggest she try looking in a mirror) and is targeting Carl Rove, demanding he testify. As he is a Presidential adviser, the President will assert Executive Privilege and refuse, and the courts will concur he cannot be forced to testify. Not that this matters to Pelosi, as it is just political theater for her to prove to her leftwing supporters what a good job she is doing, hoping that they are unaware of the soaring food prices and skyrocketing gas prices since she took power 2 years ago.
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I think this is another area in which liberals and conservatives of good will should agree.
Both parties are guilty of manipulating the judicial branch. Their actions are reprehensible and are shaking American faith in an impartial judiciary dedicated to upholding the spirit of the law. Democrats and Republicans have been busy stacking the courts with activist judges and the judicial branch with partisan prosecutors. It needs to stop or rule of law in the US will be at risk.
I never thought crime and law enforcement should be an area where politics has a place. Prosecutors, judges, and sheriffs should not be political. I need only point to the corrupt DA in Texas who forced Delay to resign by bringing forth a bunch of bogus charges (that have since faded away) just like he did previously with another Republican.
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