John Warner: "The president is not perceived as breaking the law."

[Sparkly]

Let's see -- the law requires warrants, he didn't get warrants, but he's not "perceived" as breaking the law. :wtf:

[savemefromdumbya]

1. perceived by whom we ask?

the KKK?

[AndyA]

2. Whose perception?

I think most people perceive Bush as breaking the law, and the Senate as letting him get away with it.

Warner must be talking only to White House staffers.

[vademocrat]

3. That's my senator - ugh! Did he just say this on the Senate floor?

My other "esteemed" senator George Allen) called himself a Jeffersonian conservative on tv yesterday - he's either lying or seriously delusional!

Guess I've got some letters to write!

[liberal N proud]

4. He wants to change the law to make sure it is not perceived as

breaking the law.
He want to put the president above the law!

[The Magistrate]

8. But Even If The Law Is Changed, Sir

That will not alter the state of the law at the time the Crawford Coward blatantly and knowingly broke it: indeed, changing the law is tantamount to confession it was broken previously....

[boobooday]

5. In other words

If you break the law blatantly, and nobody holds you accountable, you've gotten away with it.

[Armstead]

6. Clinton wasn't t perceived s breaking the law either....

but that didn't stop the Repugs from going on the rampage over an evasive answer and white lie about a sexual affair.

I guess that's worse than a president who has almost openly stated that he decied that a law protecting the privacy rights of all Americans was too inconvenient to follow.

[BootinUp]

7. Sort of a retroactive media technicality n/t

[tanyev]

9. Many people don't perceive medical marijuana users as breaking

the law, but our government still goes after them.

[aden_nak]

10. I don't perceive him as the President. So can I disregard his actions?

[bullimiami]

11. when the law says torture and murder is wrong, and you approve it.

thats perception for you.

[MissMarple]

12. A GOP misperception...

If they don't perceive it, that is an obvious misperception on their part. From their view, though, if it is "not perceived" then it didn't happen,sort of like the proverbial tree in the woods.