King Coal
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Tue Dec-26-06 03:13 PM
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Is there such a thing as a "puppet" defense? |
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As dumb as he is, Bush would have a good shot of hiring a lawyer who could prove it. "I was a coked up bungler, just doing what they told me to do." Sad thing is, its the truth. Dang it.
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Tue Dec-26-06 03:16 PM
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1. limbaugh would call him a great man |
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dobson would urge that all good "christians" (if there is such a thing) pray intensely for the man. In fact dobson would gladly sell his lemmings a magnet with such sentiments on it. And hannity would say that's one more reason bush is our greatest president ever and o'lielly would state that that is just another reason bush is a much better president then Clinton.
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Tue Dec-26-06 03:25 PM
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"I was a coked up burgler, just doing what they told me to do."
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King Coal
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Tue Dec-26-06 03:33 PM
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3. That doesn't sound like Watergate, but welcome to DU anyway. |
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Tue Dec-26-06 08:29 PM
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Well it was the whole bungler/burgler/buglar thing ringing in my brain but I've got a 2.5 yr old daughter lurking in the background who acts like Kato to my Inspector Clouseau so sometimes I hit post when the meat is still red in the center.
I've been lurking on DU myself. I post in a few other places, notably BlueNC.com. DU definitely has a feel of its own. Thanks for the welcome.
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Tue Dec-26-06 05:29 PM
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Tue Dec-26-06 08:32 PM
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I've been lurking a bit. As I said above I've been posting mainly at BlueNC.com but also at Kos and MyDD
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Systematic Chaos
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Tue Dec-26-06 03:35 PM
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4. Is that like the Chewbacca Defense? |
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Tue Dec-26-06 03:53 PM
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5. Didn't someone try that in the Enron scandal? Can't remember who. nt |
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Tue Dec-26-06 04:56 PM
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6. It sounds like the defense Sally Jesse Rafael offered when a murder |
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was set in motion on an episode of her show.
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Tue Dec-26-06 05:34 PM
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8. Not really in a legal sense. |
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If you commit crimes, you're responsible for them, except if there's specific exculpatory circumstances: children, for instance, or people who are provable mentally incompetant. Just being able to say that you were a henchman doesn't get you off the hook, unless the DA is willing to give you immunity in exchange for testimony against others.
In Bush's case, any defense would more likely be along the lines of claiming executive immunity (no such thing, but they contend that there is).
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