rec.arts.theatre.musicals

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dgsweet wrote:

> mw sez --
> > EVIDENCE of WHAT??!! You have to have some EVIDENCE of a crime BEFORE you
> > do an investigation!!
>
> Oh, we have tons of evidence that these guys knew they were presenting
> lies as if they were facts so as to get us into war.
>
> We have tons of evidence that these guys have politicized departments
> that are supposed to be non-partisan. (Some prominent Republicans
> have stepped forward to say that and to object to this behavior on
> conservative grounds.)
>
> We have tons of evidence of corruption and hypocrisy.
>
> I think Cheney is liable to impeachment from his own statements
> claiming that he and the President don't have to follow the
> Constitution. That's treason right there. They are sworn to uphold
> the Constitution, but they keep trying to find loopholes to deny due
> process. The whole country was formed on the basis of due process,
> for heaven's sake.
>
> So there is ample cause for investigation. Bush, Cheney and Gonzalez
> are scared to death because they know what shaky ground they are on.
> That's why they're holding onto Gonzalez. If they get rid of this
> guy, the new head of the Department of Justice will have to be someone
> who can be confirmed,

No, Dubya'd just make a recess appointment.

> which means someone with some credibility of non-
> partisan integrity, and that person would have to act on evidence and
> follow due process. What Bush and Cheney are doing to Gonzalez is
> kind of mean. If this guy is Bush's friend and Bush lets him expose
> himself to such non-partisan public derision, how would Bush treat an
> enemy? Oh wait, we do know the answer to that. Strip him of his
> constitutional rights, make a public trumpeting of his guilt without
> producing evidence, and lock him away in a hellhole for sadist to
> practice waterboarding on.

It's called taking one for the team.

--
JD

"...if you think the 'Star Wars' prequels are a disease, then
'Serenity' is the cure."