Posted by
Arnie on Tuesday, July 03, 2007 8:12:36 AM
Well, it did not take long for the big names of the liberals to find a microphone and express their well thought out disbelief that president Bush had actually done such a dastardly thing, to let a criminal go free, one that broke one of the most sacred of American laws: lying under oath. It could be said another way also. It did not take long for the mainstream media to line these democrats up against the walls of the hallowed halls of congress and solicit a comment from these high ranking members of congress, because the American people have the right to know what their representatives are thinking. Especially when it comes to perceived bad news about Bush.
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald “Libby was sentenced under the same laws as other criminals.”
Barrack Obama: “This is exactly the kind of politics we must change.”
Dick Durbin: No one in this administration should be above the law."
Patrick Leahy: "Accountability has been in short supply in the Bush administration, and this commutation fits that pattern."
John Edwards: "Only a president clinically incapable of understanding that mistakes have consequences could take the action he did today”
Harry Reid: “…using that power to benefit his own vice president's chief of staff who was convicted of such a serious violation of law."
Hillary Clinton: “…this administration, cronyism and ideology trump competence and justice."
Nancy Pelosi: “By his action today, the president shows his word is not to be believed."
Joe Biden: - “I call for all Americans to flood the White House with phone calls tomorrow expressing their outrage over this blatant disregard for the rule of law."
John Kerry: “…makes a mockery of the justice system and betrays the idea that all Americans are expected to be held accountable for their actions”
Chris Dodd: “the president continues to abdicate responsibility for the actions of his administration.”
Bill Richardson: "The arrogance of this administration's disdain for the law and its belief it operates
with impunity are breathtaking”
And finally. An old statement from former President Bill Clinton about his pardons in Feb 2001.
"Because of the intense scrutiny and criticism of the pardons of Marc Rich and his partner Pincus Green and because legitimate concerns have been raised, I want to explain what I did and why."
"A president may conclude a pardon or commutation is warranted for several reasons: the desire to restore full citizenship rights, including voting, to people who have served their sentences and lived within the law since; a belief that a sentence was excessive or unjust; personal circumstances that warrant compassion; or other unique circumstances." You can read it all here.
Do we really want and/or need politicians who have such short memories? Do we want a press that panders to these short memoried people? And the government educated American people said, Yes.