I am shocked, shocked to find out that Republicans refused to even investigate any of the GOP officials implicated along with Don Siegelman in Alabama. Using law enforcement to promote your political agenda would be illegal.
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cleek
the legality of something is relevant only to the extent that the law is enforced.
someone like Leahy writing another stern letter ? meh. that’s not really enforcement.
Zifnab
Ah, the modern GOP doctrine of law-and-order. You aren’t guilty until you are convicted by an all-Republican Jury with a Republican-appointed Judge through a Republican DA. And you retroactively become not-guilty when the President pardons you.
If the Republicans say you are innocent, legally speaking, who’s to argue? I’m surprised they even let Democrats practice law, what with them legally being wrong all the time. Can’t we just let the Decider make the decisions on this sort of thing?
Punchy
I used to think Reagan was unlucky when he got Alzys. Now, it’s clear. Just being a Republican period leads to severe memory loss, and ultimately, I’m guessing, Alzheimer’s…
Keith
Unfortunately, my response at this point is “so what?” The Democratic leadership is going to ask for documents relating to this case, the Justice Department will refuse to turn them over, and nothing will ultimately come of it because Lindsay Lohan will get out of rehab right around the time this stuff starts peaking.
Z
Punchy,
Hey! Maybe we will get lucky and the repubs will forget to vote in 2008!
The Other Steve
Actually I am shocked. I never realized just how much these guys revered Stalin.
Gus
Yeah, the appalling part is that nothing will come of it. There are no Republican office holders with any principle or Democratic officeholders with any balls. This is the kind of corruption that used to be associated with third world kleptocracies like Zaire.
Chris Andersen
I think there are more Democrats with balls than there are Republicans with principles but those Democrats with cajones are still to few and not in leadership positions. While those Republicans with principles are quiting to go write books and reminisce about the good-ole-days.
Xanthippas
Yeah, the appalling part is that nothing will come of it.
That’s not quite true guys. Requesting documents pertaining to illegal activity is one thing, but when that illegal activity puts someone behind bars, that’s quite another. Regardless of whether Congressional Democrats want documents are not, a forum will remain for the case as long as Siegelman continues to appeal his conviction. The publicity is different.