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With Karl Rove and "Scooter" Libby on the brink of possible indictment, Republicans are floating trial spin balloons to see how they can work their way out of this mess. It seems their first line of defense is saying that lying under oath no longer matters. On NBC's Meet the Press, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, called perjury a "technicality:
Ms. Hutchison said she hoped "that if there is going to be an indictment that says something happened, that it is an indictment on a crime and not some perjury technicality where they couldn't indict on the crime and so they go to something just to show that their two years of investigation was not a waste of time and taxpayer dollars."
If I recalled, when Bill Clinton lied about sex the Republican moralists were up in arms and ready to impeach him. But apparently, values and morals have shifted since Republicans took power. Rove and Libby are in trouble for much more than a blow job. They may have outed a CIA agent, smeared her husband for political gain and started a bloody war under false pretenses.
Of course, lying about such serious charges is merely a technicality, in the eyes of loyal Republicans. Friends, have you ever seen such a batch of sleazy, despicable, underhanded worms in your life? Modern conservatism has to go. Our nation simply can't afford another day of living under this immoral corruption.
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Politicians only like morality when it serves to get them votes from the less educated. But whenever I hear a politician start talking about morality, I run for the hills, because I know I'm probably in the presense of some dark pervert who is a complete psychological misfit.
posted by Anonymous, at
10/24/2005 12:58 PM
The current republican party under bush and neo-cons has become a big rotting, maggot covered, stenching carcass of lies, corruption, avarice, treason, incompetance, malfeasance and sanctimony! Gary (NJ)
posted by Anonymous, at
10/24/2005 2:11 PM
The neocons have to know that they are on-record when it comes to "perjury" ... considering after 'years of investigation' wasting time and taxpayer money ... they finally caught Bill in a lie about sex. Funny, sex is tantamount to "high crimes and misdemeanors" with this bunch ... but outing a CIA operative (working on containment of WMD around the globe - while we are at war) .... not so much!
Here is an interesting link I ran across that shines a spotlight on past comments by these neocons regarding perjury ... enjoy.
Gary, I love your description of these people! It completely hits the bull's-eye. I can't believe that the entire country hasn't risen up as an angry mob with lighted torches, demanding the ouster of this filthy, corrupt bunch. The putrid stench coming out of Washington DC right now stinks in the nostrils of those decent people who love their country and cannot believe what it has become.
posted by Anonymous, at
10/24/2005 4:20 PM