25. BC:
You should drop your laughable rebuttals. Crooks and Liars, really? And quit laundering it through a third website, it makes you look evasive. And the last assertion about Rumsfield? Pure moonbattery. That is a list, now third-hand, ostensibly of Republicans who have committed despicable things. Now, I’m going to go out on a limb here and say it probably was gathered from news reports on convictions – and they no longer hold office. The worst Kennedy got was a strong indication to not run for President again. There is no doubt some people do despicable things, and most are either Republican or Democrat. The subject of this article is not convictions, but the fact that many Democrats while in power have been able to get away with it with the full support of their colleagues. Trent Lott was run out on a rail for a small comment, what can Nancy Pelosi expect for having known for years about the latest “Republicans are eeevil” bugaboo – enhanced interrogations?
The fact is, we Republicans hold our elected officials to a higher ethical standard – a standard you helped erect. We are willing to remove them from office if need be, and sometimes when it’s not warranted. However, you abandon it when it is convenient to you. Should Clinton have been impeached? Probably not – but he should not have been given a pass by NOW and other women’s groups. You love to cry “hypocrisy” at Republicans, but your greater hypocrisy is that you can’t muster the same outrage for yourselves.
David Brock? His opinion hardly clears the air about the Thomas/Hill hearings. He talks about what he did on his side, but the other side was hardly pure in intentions or actions. Joe Biden was disgraceful in his questioning, even taking Thomas’s words out of context as part of an attack. He even said one thing in private and did the opposite in public.
Why was it not criminally investigated? Why was it used only to cast doubt on the nominee? I get the impression that (and this goes both ways, me included) any person’s opinion of her truthfulness hinged upon their opinion of his political and judicial philosophy, not the truth.
In that last paragraph, you’re dissembling. You can only “prove” Bush lied in hindsight. Before that, President Clinton, Senator Clinton, Prime Minister Blair, Nancy Pelosi, et al. ALL went on the record with their belief in Iraqi WMDs. Even Saddam’s own GENERALS thought they had the capability. Are they all liars, too?
