Rep. Smith: "No good purpose is served by continuing to persecute ... the previous Administration"

[sabra]

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/leahy-form-truth-commission-to-probe-bush-2009-02-09.html

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Rep. Lamar Smith (Texas), the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, blasted Leahy’s suggestion as partisan politics as usual and repetitive of previous internal Justice Department investigations.

“No good purpose is served by continuing to persecute those who served in the previous Administration.” Smith said in a statement. “President Obama promised to usher in an era of ‘change’ and bipartisan harmony. Unfortunately, the continued effort by some Democrats to unjustly malign former Bush Administration officials is politics as usual.”

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[spanone]

1. 'continuing?' and i believe you mean 'prosecute'.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. Shorter Lamar Smith:

"Ohhhhhhh Shit! He done let the horses out of the corral! Ohhhhh shit!"

[Bluebear]

3. "PERSECUTING", yet. Bush, the victim. nt

[Solly Mack]

4. Fine....but empty the prisons and jails..

Because if the President is above the law then everyone is...

"persecute" Snort

[Bluebear]

5. No good purpose can come from the continued persecution of Charles Manson!

:silly:

[Solly Mack]

7. Free'em all. Fuck it. I see no reason for "the people" to be held to laws

the government refuses to follow.

[damntexdem]

6. However, many good purposes are served by PROSECUTING those crooks!

Send Dubya to a truly-gated community!

[jtrockville]

8. Laws, Smaws. We don't need no stinkin' rule of law.

[ThomWV]

9. Persecution is not my concern - I want Prosecutions!

[Greyhound]

10. Can't we just fucking ban the states of Texas and Florida from the union?

We can establish a year long grace period for anybody that is sane to get out, but then they're gone.

[Matariki]

11. There is a VERY important purpose...

The same purpose we punish any criminals - so we don't devolve into a lawless society.

Sheesh, you'd think they'd know that.

[kestrel91316]

12. Rep. Smith gets an >>>>>> EPIC FAIL

[Disturbed]

13. Let's forget about all the crimes that Bush & his Regime commited.

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