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In reply to the discussion: DoJ was in court today defending Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, Rice and Wolfowitz [View all]Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)122. I heard people tell me that gay marriage will never happen in my lifetime
But it did. The kind of defeatist attitude you espouse is the only reason why it won't happen. If everybody tomorrow demanded that Bush be held accountable, he would be. If you don't fight for it, that's why it will never happen.
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DoJ was in court today defending Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, Rice and Wolfowitz [View all]
Wilms
Aug 2013
OP
I think the poster was just responding to the middle finger from the DOJ to the rest of us
NuclearDem
Aug 2013
#161
Who wants to lay bets on which talking points we'll hear in favor of this?
last1standing
Aug 2013
#2
I am sorry but I am a bit confused by your post, could you edd context to it.
hrmjustin
Aug 2013
#144
Well I wish they would prosecute these people but I understand the DOJ has to do it's job.
hrmjustin
Aug 2013
#147
ODS suffers. He lost me when he said that GHW Bush made America a 'gentler, kinder country'
roguevalley
Aug 2013
#53
Yes, change! Apparently neocons come in two exciting colors: Dark Republican Red, and
Zorra
Aug 2013
#158
So what's the point in having laws against war crimes? Simply something we can apply to others?
leveymg
Aug 2013
#30
I agree. If there were ever grounds for a special exception, it is for the Bush Administration.
Enthusiast
Aug 2013
#82
So When Do We Get Our Pardon - Get Of Jail Card - For Past Transgressions?
cantbeserious
Aug 2013
#134
Well Then What Does That Say About Our Society - A Dead Or Dying Myth - I'd Say
cantbeserious
Aug 2013
#138
I heard people tell me that gay marriage will never happen in my lifetime
Downtown Hound
Aug 2013
#122
The picture illustrates what you support. You should embrace your position rather than run from it.
xocet
Aug 2013
#60
Perhaps because DU is the massive cloud of dust that is the incubator of stars.
mick063
Aug 2013
#24
Pretending there is no outrage about this doesn't remove the onus for defending war criminals
MotherPetrie
Aug 2013
#61
Because it is not a surprise. It wont be a surprise when Obama pardons them either.
rhett o rick
Aug 2013
#128
someone sues them in 2013 case and bushcheneny et all made themselves immune long ago.
Sunlei
Aug 2013
#11
The statement says that Bush was President carrying out US policy in that role
geek tragedy
Aug 2013
#104
But that policy was wrong, immoral and illegal. That seems pretty controversial to me. n/t
totodeinhere
Aug 2013
#107
And the government can defend them without being said to approve of what they did
treestar
Aug 2013
#92
...and DU frets over the use of repuke talking points when this admin is expanding the Bush Stasi.
L0oniX
Aug 2013
#99
Well, the DOJ appears to be correct when it says this about the Bush administration:
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#32
I don't know anything about this suit, I just found out about it, so I cannot comment
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#46
Perhaps I need to review ancient US law, something that is increasingly required.
mick063
Aug 2013
#39
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert L. Jackson Chief U.S. Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Tribunals
G_j
Aug 2013
#38
I wonder when the US decided to abandon its own rules on leaders 'leading their
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#47
So sad. How fast it can happen, and with hardly a whimper, the downfall of a nation.
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#78
It's been a very dark period in our history. I wonder how it will be viewed a century from now
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#159
it's an accusation leveled by ass kissers and sycophants whenever dear leader is critiqued..
frylock
Aug 2013
#93
Yea ok fuck the law ...it means nothing then and now. Thanks for confirming that DOJ. n/t
L0oniX
Aug 2013
#96
Some are too big to jail. Manning, Snowden are a totally different story!
bullwinkle428
Aug 2013
#106
Aww...how cute. They're all sticking up for one another. That's REAL friendship! nt
NorthCarolina
Aug 2013
#132
Proof Positive That Obama Has Turned On The American People And Democratic Principles
cantbeserious
Aug 2013
#133