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And of course, today Democrats have a newfound respect for the seriousness of the crime of perjury.
Kay Bailey Hutchison's Press Secretary, in an apparent attempt to clarify the Senator's recent remarks on the Plame case, sent this letter to the editor of the Houston Chronicle (emphasis mine):
Integrity of process is vital
Houston ChronicleIN the Oct. 25 editorial "Double standard," the Chronicle incorrectly compared U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's recent remarks on "gotcha" investigator tactics in general to her comments during the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, even though they are as different as night and day.
In 1999, the senator said President Clinton committed a serious crime when he purposely perjured himself and obstructed justice, and she was absolutely right. He intentionally lied to a grand jury and the nation and then obstructed justice to protect himself politically. That is very different from a case where an investigator fails to find evidence of a crime and instead looks for any shred of inconsistency, no matter how inadvertent, in testimony that may have stretched over a period of years.
As Sen. Hutchison said in 1999, the standards for perjury and obstruction of justice are not gray. Deliberately lying to a grand jury is not the same as forgetting a name or not remembering a date. She believes that prosecutors play a critically important role in our system of justice and, to keep the integrity of the process, must avoid playing "gotcha."
CHRIS PAULITZ press secretary, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Washington, D.C.
So, Hutchison believes that President Clinton commited a serious crime when he commited perjury and obstruction of justice (acquitted). There's nothing serious about Republicans outing CIA operatives, however. That's just nitpicking.
Forgetting a name or date may not be comparable to perjury to Hutch, but when you're the Chief of Staff to the VP of the United States, and the name you've forgotten belongs to a guy named Cheney, I think we can all begin to understand how a special prosecutor might find it all just a little interesting.
And of course, today Democrats have a newfound respect for the seriousness of the crime of perjury.
Nothing new under the sun.
ALL politicians are liars and hypocrits.
It all depends on whose ox is getting gored.
And what about dubya's early promise that he wanted NO LEAKING in his WH, that his WH DOESN'T LEAK, and that he wanted to get to the bottom of ANY leaks?
Just as believable as all the other lies and "vows" and stupid, illiterate utterances that spill out of that dumb asshole.
Perjury is the technicality, the cover-up crime.
The real "Clinton crime vs dubya crime", the framework crime, match up is:
Paula/Monica/Bill having he-said/she-said matches about sex between consenting adults
versus
dubya and his posse of cowboys and slimebags misleading the the world into starting a ing unnecessary war while destroying, up to and perhaps including criminally, any anti-war whistleblower.
Actually, the underlying crimes had to do with Web Hubbell and Whitewater as well as Paula Jones' sexual harassment suit.
Same boutons BS, always will be the same BS, nothing changes day to day from boutons. He can't see the forest because of the trees. boutons just keep smoking the cigar Clinton gave you. Nice and moist isn't it.
I called for Clinton to resign back in the day and have come to regret that opinion.
Funny how the "Libertarians" sniff about things that happened during a Democratic administration but nary a critical comment about the current administration.
lol
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