Why is it...
...that so many lefty voices I run into on the Internets Tubes say they want a ruthless, uncompromising and ideological market type choice of action from the gummint towards the Big Bad Automakers...
...but these same hardcore lefties are less than interested in a ruthless, uncompromising and ideological choice of action when it comes to making George W. Bush pay for the crimes he's committed?
It's a 180-degree turnaround that I just can't account for. On the other hand, I'm in the opposite camp, merely because if you allow the automakers to go under, millions of people will suffer severe economic consequences. But if George W. Bush is prosecuted, he just pulls that secret pardon out of his pocket and Gets Out Of Jail Free.
But if Bush is prosecuted, as is only right, even if he pardoned himself, that'll be warning enough to the NEXT rogue neocon war pig president: "Don't try it."
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If Bush is prosecuted I will eat my toenails. It ain't gonna happen. Not being cynical, being real. If this is what the Left is looking for, forget it.
December 4, 2008 1:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
I bet George Bush's punishment will be milder than the one I would receive if I stole a chapstick in Walgreens.
December 4, 2008 1:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
Every time a president pulls legally or constitutionally actionable stuff and isn't nailed for it, it encourages the next one with those kind of leanings to do it again. If Nixon had been prosecuted and/or impeached his follow-ups wouldn't have done it AGAIN.
If you don't believe me, tell me when you think the next president will be who gets a blow job from an intern in the White House.
December 4, 2008 3:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Daddy O needs to get a new life and let bygones be bygones. Prosecuting Bush won't deter the next neocon war pig president.
Enron didn't deter future CEOs from doing greedy things. People in power will often abuse power because they think they can get away with it. Hello ELLIOT SPITZER!!!
December 4, 2008 9:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, don't miss my original point, folks:
The disparity of the two viewpoints: Letting GM, Ford and Chrysler out to dry, to suffer the consequences of their actions market-style...and giving George W. Bush a pass. As in GIVE it to him. As in GIVING UP in any sort of attempt to even SAY he should face justice.
Can't seem to reconcile the two attitudes, especially from so many left-leaning fellow partisans.
December 5, 2008 10:41 AM | Reply | Permalink