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In reply to the discussion: And THIS is why the Dems' cowardly decision [View all]guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)104. No, actual history.
If a crime was committed, the Obama Justice Department should have been tasked with investigating and prosecuting if warranted.
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Yep. Did we ever get a reason why the torturers weren't prosecuted or were they too big to fail?
jalan48
May 2018
#1
I did not want to tackle this Op. You are doing the heavy lifting. Thank you.
sunRISEnow
May 2018
#90
Politicians protect each other. They are all afraid the next criminal to be prosecuted...
S.E. TN Liberal
May 2018
#50
I agree. And it is old, should be put to bed, with the obvious facts available.
sunRISEnow
May 2018
#71
How much did Obama have Bush-the-dumber investigated for Bush's war crimes, ...
S.E. TN Liberal
May 2018
#103
Canonization is not required to be able to see the difference between the 2 parties
The Polack MSgt
May 2018
#107
Yes, we had the Presidency and both the Senate and the House. We could have held investigations into
jalan48
May 2018
#11
that's because of white voters who largely went for Bush and Trump and most Republicans
JI7
May 2018
#13
I'm not following what you are saying. In 2009 we controlled the government. We had the power to
jalan48
May 2018
#14
They are held responsible by working to elect Democrats. independent Bernie Sanders didn't do
JI7
May 2018
#26
All of 2009? I don't think that's true. Weren't there gaps in the senate- Losing one person mattered
bettyellen
May 2018
#133
We did hold investigations and there were also lawsuits. Please do the research.
stevenleser
May 2018
#126
I agree. We have to be as ruthless and as nasty as they are to achieve our aims.
smirkymonkey
May 2018
#6
That's your answer? Did bernie challenge the decision or did he go along with it also?
Wwcd
May 2018
#33
Bernie was ok with that decision. How is he any different if you want to blame?
Blue_true
May 2018
#47
Interestingly some folks don't grasp that it takes a 2/3 majority in the Senate for a conviction for
still_one
May 2018
#83
" three of the Senate's most liberal members -- Sherrod Brown, Bernie Sanders, and Amy Klobuchar --
Cha
May 2018
#120
Thought I remembered hearing that the crap done to Bill Clinton by the repugs was
Canoe52
May 2018
#15
I've never understood how Germans could turn a blind eye to what Hitler was doing.
jalan48
May 2018
#42
We never had the votes in the Senate for conviction...thus impeachment would have been foolish. We
Demsrule86
May 2018
#78
Bullshit. Unless you have a 2/3 majority in the Senate, impeachment isn't going to happen. Perhaps
still_one
May 2018
#80
We are here because some self-identified progressives refused to vote for the Democratic nominee,
still_one
May 2018
#88
I read a comic say, we that learn from the past have to live thru all those that did not learn from
sunRISEnow
May 2018
#91
No, you are wrong. I'll explain to you why that couldn't happen. John Ashcroft and John Yoo
stevenleser
May 2018
#97
We regularly turn people over, when Interpol issues an international warrant.
stevenleser
May 2018
#135
None of those three links or your excerpts opine on the contention at hand
stevenleser
May 2018
#138
Furthermore, a Federal appeals court has ruled on a tangential point and found in favor of Yoo
stevenleser
May 2018
#115
And here, it is explicitly stated that Justice Dept memos are a get out of jail free card
stevenleser
May 2018
#116
Yep, doing it for "the national soul" isn't something covered in the Constitution.
ehrnst
May 2018
#131