To be brutally honest with you, I don't give a rat's rear hind quarters what party you are in or for, but if you break the law, and jail is warranted, then you go to jail. No one is ABOVE THE LAW. No matter HOW IMPORTANT they may think they are, or how big their britches are, guilty, go to jail! That simple. And I don't care what party they are in.
Me too.
In this case, we probably shouldn't take any chances, so let's just string him up and then we'll wait and see if he really did it....
/sarc?
That's not brutally honest - just sensible. I don't think anyone would argue with your statement.
If he's guilty, go to jail. If the person who indicted had no legitimate, credible evidence, he should be held to answer and face charges.
Why don't you wait until the trial before you throw him to the wolves. It's incredibly easy to get a Grand Jury indictment. Look at Earle's success (none) in these partisan witch hunts and then tell me you believe DeLay will be convicted. I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts he'll be acquitted. Meantime the MSM will have a field day with this.
Your point is well-taken, but I hold to a classical definition of Law formulated by Thomas Aquinas: "an ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by him who has the care of the community."
Only in as much as a law truly reflects the common good and is promulgated by a just authority is it truly a law, that is, morally binding. Martin Luther King, Jr quoted this definition of law. Just because it is a law on the books does not mean that it is just. Hence, simply because it is on the books does not mean that it should be obeyed. Only in as much as a human law comports with natural law, it is just.
Now, I do not know the nature of this law. I tend to dislike campaign finance law all-together, unless it simply restricts money coming in from out of the state in the case of state elections.
My main point is to clarify that a law that genuinely promotes the common good is morally obliging whereas one that does not promote the common good is not morally obliging and is only called a law because it resembles law superficially.
That's the damn truth, there. The bottom line is that even a partisan hack like Earle shouldn't be able to find anything. He should walk away shaking his head that *absolutely* everything is up and aboveboard, perfectly legal, without even a hint of dirt.
Dammit, that's what we as taxpayers and citizens deserve! HONESTY! Not someone who games the system, or who "technically" didn't violate any laws. Ethics and morals should hold you to a higher standard than the law. Like you, I don't give a rat's ass whether they're Democrat, Republican, conserative, liberal, libertarian, or flat earth vegetarian. We have to demand higher standards of ALL our elected leaders.
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By the way, thank you for your service, and for giving my children and me a free country to grow up in.