New Meme: Criminalizing politics

[lala_rawraw]

Franken and Brock just presented a great segment on the RW's new meme of "compassionate" bullshit:

That the plame investigation is: Criminalizing politics... perhaps a new meme should be and that is, the RW is Endorsing Treason.

[jsamuel]

1. no, it's criminalizing crime/treason

it just never applied to Bush before.

People who say criminalizing politics are politicizing treason.

[wtmusic]

8. If you're a Republican and the world looks upside down

no need to change your mind...just turn the world over so it looks right again.

[Pathwalker]

2. Politics of Personal Destruction writ large.

Worst case ever. Say it loud, say it often.

[lala_rawraw]

4. Somehow "Endorsing Treason" rings short and pointed

To me, the truth of it, is really what these guys are doing. They will go to any distance to endorse treason and put their cabal over country.

[Demobrat]

3. They criminalized a blow job.

Now they complain about the criminilization of treason. So that's what desperation smells like.

[Arkansas Granny]

5. How about "Politicizing Criminals"? Seems more accurate.

[Dora]

11. Nice! That's a good one. (nt)

[John Q. Citizen]

6. Yeah, the point of the story is how Fox commentators

are themselves pushing the "criminalizing politics" meme. It's not their guests but a wide arrey of the hosts repeating the same phrase over and over.

It's a classic example of Gov propaganda deliberatly being pushed on the Fox news channel.

[billbuckhead]

9. Putting criminals in charge of government is criminalizing politics

They think they can reframe reality forever.

[quiet.american]

7. The only thing criminal about our politics is the Bush administration.n/t

[Vinnie From Indy]

10. Think of all the leaders in history that could have used that line as a

defense. Let's see, Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, Mao, Nixon etc. Maybe the rsponse should be "You are absolutely correct that we intend to criminalize politics in every case where politicians commit crimes."

[meow2u3]

12. It's the pukes who have criminalized politics

They're the ones who put the criminals in charge of the political process. They're just upset they got caught.

[oregonindy]

13. well what do you call politicians who are criminals then?

Frist repug --- insider trading---criminal offense
Delay repug --- money laundering--- criminal offense
Cheney repug --- outing CIA Agent--- criminal offense
Bush repug ---lying to start illegal war --- criminal offense

and on and on and on and on....

[H2O Man]

14. That's good.

When I talk to people about the case, I like to say, "Worse than Watergate." In his book, John Dean traces the history of that wonderful phrase from a June 11, 2003 Salon article with the same title, and a September 30, 2003 conversation between Chris Matthews and Ed Gillespie on MSNBC's Hardball.