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October 26, 2005
Hipocracy has a new face. Wait, sorry, no -- same old faces.
E.J Dionne Jr. has a good editorial in today's Washington Post,"'Rule of Law'? That's So '90s":
"...It seems like a hundred years ago when Clinton's defenders were accusing his opponents of using special prosecutors, lawsuits, criminal charges and, ultimately, impeachment to overturn the will of the voters. Clinton's conservative enemies would have none of this. No, they said over and over, the Clinton mess was not about sex but about 'perjury and the obstruction of justice' and 'the rule of law.' The old conservative talking points are now inoperative. It's especially amusing to see former House majority leader Tom DeLay complain about the politicization of justice."
It is, indeed, especially amusing.
Lest anyone forget how the Republicans locked arms to impeach Bill Clinton in 1998 for perjury and obstruction of justice, after he lied to a grand jury about getting hummers from a White House intern, I thought it useful to pull in some quotations on that subject by some prominent conservatives:
"I would have voted for it. I thought the man lied." - George W. Bush speaking in 1999. (If link goes dead, try this.)
"It was about honor and decency and integrity and the truth," Mr. DeLay said, his voice breaking, "everything that we honor in this country. It was also a debate about relativism versus absolute truth." Tom Delay (now indicted for conspiracy and money laundering in a campaign finance scheme), speaking in December 1998.
"President Clinton committed perjury during his grand jury appearance. The criminal law of the United States forbids perjury before a grand jury..." Senator Bill Frist (now under investigation by the SEC for insider trading), speaking in February 1999.
More to be posted as I come across them. If you have any of your own, please send them in via comment, with link to the original source.
Posted by MJuhre at October 26, 2005 10:12 AM