Dems Debate Whether to Investigate Crimes of Bush Admin or: Why I Refuse Party Affiliation
Geh... This is just sad beyond words. WashingtonPost.com is reporting that the Democrats in Washington are torn as to whether or not to go after Bush Admin officials for approving torture.
So, FOR YEARS there have been loads of evidence that the Bush Administration committed crimes. The GAO actually found that they had violated federal law (go to the GAO website and do a search for "covert propaganda"). We all know that acts of torture were committed in Iraq, we know the Bush Admin misled us into war in Iraq and mismanaged our war in Afghanistan.
Yet, no investigation let alone impeachment hearings for any Bushites.
The excuse while Bush was in office was "We can't impeach him now, there just aren't enough votes."
Then, once the Democrats took the majority in Congress, the excuse became "Well, there's not enough time left before Bush steps down."
For anyone who thinks the law should be enforced the last eight years have been very hard.
But it's not getting any easier now. If EVERYTHING ELSE wasn't enough for you, Obama just released memos PROVING Bush officials were down with torture--those of us with morals would THINK we'd finally see some criminal charges.
Maybe we still will--but not before the Democrats debate about WHETHER TO ENFORCE THE LAW.
This is why I refuse to be in either political party. The Democrats are wondering if international and US law needs to be enforced and the Republicans feel the law can go to hell if the cause is just.
The most depressing thing of all is that Obama was supposed to change all of this. Now we see that Democrats and Republicans, alike, believe that the law is to be enforced on the little people and that for the rich (mostly white) folks in government, the law is simply not a concern if one's motives are pure.
I said mostly white, above, because now, apparently, Obama is in violation of the law too--international law demands that war crimminals be prosecuted.
So while I'll never call him "King Barry," Barack Obama is, and will continue to be, above the law until he goes after the Bush Administration.
Progress?
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