Remember the “it wasn’t the blowjob, it was the perjury” line of argument from the Republicans. The one that tried to suggest that they weren’t supporting a bullshit partisan witch hunt, they were simply serving as guardians of truth and justice?
Here’s the new line of defense being forged by the Republicans in regards to the impending indictments of top Bush administration officials:
Hopefully all the truth and justice “it wasn’t about the blowjob” Republicans will step up and repudiate this immediately, and let their representatives know that they stand for justice though the heavens fall.
Nevermind “justice at any cost”- it takes some kind of balls to say that lying to a federal investigator is a minor technicality that ought to be overlooked.
Maybe Kay Bailey Hutchison has just “seen the light” on the insignificance of “perjury technicalities”. Oddly, they were a lot more important to her at the time of the Clinton impeachment vote. :dubious:
Really, though, you can do a dizzying tu quoque merry-go-round on things like this - Republicans are hypocritical - no, Democrats are hypocritical, no, Republicans…sheesh, just throw the bums out (or send them to the pen).
Exactly. :smack: The irony of course is that now perjury will suddenly be all important to the Democrats and a mere technicality to the Republicans…and neither side will see that they are really just a bunch of partisan hacks.
See, the Clinton impeachment, as some of you may recall me saying, was all about:
the blowjob. The Blowjob! THE BLOWJOB!!!
Now, any indictments that come down as a result of Plamegage are all about:
the treason. The Treason! THE TREASON!!!
So while you’re all feeling so superior and all, you independents might take note of the fact that there’s a huge difference between going after someone for a BLOWJOB, and going after someone for TREASON, a distinction that some of you appear to have missed.
No, I just like to drink scotch. Its my remedy for EVERYTHING. Actually, I don’t care about this case one way or the other…I was just noting the irony of Hentor’s OP.
Umm, it’s germane to point out that I ACCIDENTALLY posted this as a response to Xtisme’s post, I meant to use the Quick Reply on his post and hit the other by accident. For the record, I have nothing against Xtisme’s use of Scotch as a remedy.
Well, I am not a Republican, but I do think it’s all about the perjury in regards to Clinton. I also think it’s all about the perjury/treason/ethics/criminal activities of DeLay/Rove/Libby, et al. One must be consistent to maintain credibility, or in my case, self-respect. To each his own, though.
Well, I am superior…but not because I’m an independant. As for the rest, I didn’t really rag Clinton that much for the blowjob, nor was I on the bandwagon for the witch hunt. I was pissed at Clinton mostly because he couldn’t keep it zipped, or was too stupid to pick a more circumspect bimbo. If a person is guilty of treason then by all means, go get em. As I said, I don’t really care one way or the other about this case…if Rove/Libby (or whoever) committed treason then try them and shoot the bastards if they are found guilty…or, if shootin them is too barbaric for your sensibilities put em in one of those prison things for life. Whatever.
I still find it ironic that now perjury is the be all end all for Dems and nothin special for the 'Pubs. Tracking these kinds of changes from one party to the other is amusing for me on a cold night…
Certainly I’m not going to try to see this mess that DeLay has brought down on himself stopped. I’ve not been following the details, because I do believe that the trial is where it should be tried, not in the press. But since a grand jury indicted, there has to be a trial.
Jesus H fucking Christ! Any time a conservative brings up Clinton’s felonious perjury said conservative is brow-beaten with the typical “Oh, there they go bringing up Clinton!”
It wasn’t about the blowjob. Er, BLOWJOB!!! (Capped to make you kids twitter at what you’ll never know)
For fuck’s sake. You can bring this shit up, but if anyone to the right of Pol Pot mention He Whom Must Never Be Mentioned[sup]TM[/sup] you just shit yourself trying to get in a dig.
Here’s the thing, duffer: Clinton committed perjury. That was the nominal focus of the investigation, but it was not at the core of the outrage that was drummed up at that time. Not by a longshot. It was a moral horror that Clinton got a blowjob from an intern, not that he’d lied in court. And ultimately, it fell apart because people felt it was about the oral sex, and that the President shouldn’t be impeached for that.
In this case, people in the government are about to be accused of what? Lying. Lying to obstruct an investigation and lying about ‘outing’ Valerie Wilson. And people are upset because they did what? Guess. (I know, I know, a few people are saying treason.) It actually matches up.
Its my remedy for EVERYTHING. Actually, I don’t care about this case one way or the other…I was just noting the irony of Hentor’s OP.