This is one case in which Bart and I seem to part ways.
See, Bart has been saying that the time to prosecute is when the crime is occurring. The time to nail Bush for war crimes was when he was in the midst of committing them.
Now, to a small extent, I can agree with this because it would have been nice to have prevented some of Bush’s treason against this great nation. Pelosi was extremely stupid to publicly take impeachment “off the table.” Even if there never was any intention to impeach him, what she gave him amounted to nothing less than a blank check. The option should have always been available – that’s the only thing that keeps a President in line.
However.
Just because the rape/murder/child abuse (torture/warrantless wiretapping/illegal invasion) has already taken place, that is no reason to halt investigation of the crime. We still need to go after the criminal.
Nor does this keep us from moving forward. You just make sure that the investigation is done fairly and cleanly. We got a big government, soon to be run by smart people. We can do more than one thing at a time.
So it seems that I disagree with Bart’s opinion here. But I’m not cancelling my subscription over it.
All In The Past
This is one case in which Bart and I seem to part ways.
See, Bart has been saying that the time to prosecute is when the crime is occurring. The time to nail Bush for war crimes was when he was in the midst of committing them.
Now, to a small extent, I can agree with this because it would have been nice to have prevented some of Bush’s treason against this great nation. Pelosi was extremely stupid to publicly take impeachment “off the table.” Even if there never was any intention to impeach him, what she gave him amounted to nothing less than a blank check. The option should have always been available – that’s the only thing that keeps a President in line.
However.
Just because the rape/murder/child abuse (torture/warrantless wiretapping/illegal invasion) has already taken place, that is no reason to halt investigation of the crime. We still need to go after the criminal.
Nor does this keep us from moving forward. You just make sure that the investigation is done fairly and cleanly. We got a big government, soon to be run by smart people. We can do more than one thing at a time.
So it seems that I disagree with Bart’s opinion here. But I’m not cancelling my subscription over it.