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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 02:49 AM
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Poll question: What would be the best way to deal with sins of Bush administration?
Conyers says there should be congressional investigations and criminal prosecutions.

Leahy wants a truth and reconciliation commission, which will give them immunity in exchange for an honest accounting of their sins.

The DLCers think it is impolitic and there is no other consideration.

Republicans obviously think there is nothing to investigate.

Which is the correct course?
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 02:50 AM
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1. Another way to look at this: do we have the rule of law here or not?
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Ani Yun Wiya Donating Member (639 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 05:10 AM
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2. Not much range of choice there.
What about arrest and immediate exile or transfer to hostile location ?
(Ya know someplace like the South Pole or even something exotic like Mars)
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 01:13 PM
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11. Well, Chimpy did believe that a manned expedition should go to Mars eventually.
And NASA used to send Chimps up in space before they did human astronauts. So it would seem fitting that Chimpy is on the first non-robot mission to Mars.

As long as it's a one way trip. :evilgrin:
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TWiley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 05:49 AM
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3. One word ...... Precident. The Constitution demands a correction
Otherwise, we will have another Republitard president doing worse things because the shrub legitimized it through precident.
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 05:51 AM
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4. Investigate and prosecute.
No man is above the law.
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asteroid2003QQ47 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 06:39 AM
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5. Investigate, prosecute and HANG the fuckers! eom
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 07:37 AM
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6. Rec! If nothing else the
investigation would move focus from "Obama's stimulus will make a recovery less likely" Republican talking heads. Because, really, that is all the media seems to be interested in. I never knew Republican opinion was soooo fascinating.
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 01:05 PM
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7. I think any investigation could show videos of Bush & Cheney personally raping children & eating
their brains, and the MSM would still cover the GOP griping about whatever their talking point of the day is--maybe steroids in baseball or whether Britney Spears is a good role model for our kids.
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 01:07 PM
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8. investigate & prosecute
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 01:09 PM
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9. A nation that rejects the rule of law is no naton at all.
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11 Bravo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 01:10 PM
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10. Other: Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld should be subjected to public Cleveland Steamers.
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 03:07 PM
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13. is that farting in their face or something?
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11 Bravo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 03:17 PM
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16. Google it. (I'd get TS'd if I explained it.)
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-15-09 01:57 AM
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20. after googling that, I'm not going to Cleaveland, ever.
especially because I sometimes order steamed milk and it could be misinterpreted.
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 02:23 PM
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12. Burning at the stake. On live television.
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 03:08 PM
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14. poetic justice would be to turn them over to the Iraqis
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 03:13 PM
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15. Yeah, that would be fun!
Still like to get it on vid for the edification/warning of future generations.
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FatDave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 03:52 PM
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17. First thought was "the same way they dealt with Mussolini's"
But I think a special prosecutor is the way to go. Fuck a commission.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 04:22 PM
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18. Rope and gravity
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OffWithTheirHeads Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 07:09 PM
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19. Chop their fucking heads off!
After a fair and balanced trial of course.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-15-09 01:58 AM
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21. all due respect to Leahy, but a commission is a whitewash and a truth-burying project.
they all are. that is their job.

a commission would mean that the truth would never come out and that justice would be circumvented.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-15-09 02:01 AM
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22. Take 'em behind the chemical sheds
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omega minimo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-15-09 02:01 AM
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23. EDUCATE YOURSELF BEFORE FORMING AN OPINION (OR VOTING IN A POLL)
afterdowningstreet.org
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Onceuponalife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-15-09 03:09 AM
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24. You forgot an option: firing squad
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