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Related: About this forumWith the McDonnell’s getting short terms then are we not way past time to free Don Siegelman
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With the McDonnell’s getting short terms then are we not way past time to free Don Siegelman (Original Post)
Nobel_Twaddle_III
Feb 2015
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Apparently the "bipartisan consensus" supports a stark double standard for GOP v. Dems
99th_Monkey
Feb 2015
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99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)1. Apparently the "bipartisan consensus" supports a stark double standard for GOP v. Dems
For example, try to imagine a Democratic POTUS lying the nation into waging pointless wars, committing torture and other war crimes, while crashing the US economy. How do you think that would go down?
marble falls
(57,112 posts)2. Good and fair question.
DFW
(54,410 posts)3. That's an easy one
Karl Rove personally headed the project to "get" remove Don Siegelman.
The McDonnells were only prosecuted by the normal channels of justice.
brooklynite
(94,602 posts)4. Which means its wrong...
Rove may have started the ball rolling, but the appeal occurred when President Obama was in charge of the Justice Dept.