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'My Motives Were Pure and Innocent'
(Kerry "band of brothers" man pleads guilty to child porn)
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| Dec. 23, 2008
| JAMES TARANTO
Posted on 12/23/2008 8:15:36 PM PST by tlb
Remember Wade Sanders? He was one of the "band of brothers"--Swift Boat veterans who supported John Kerry's presidential campaign and appeared onstage at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
Sanders was one of Kerry's nastiest surrogates. In August 2004, he likened the president to a "trapped animal." In September, he compared Karl Rove and Swift Boat Veterans for Truth chief John O'Neill to Josef Goebbels. He repeatedly referred to the president and his men as "chicken hawks," an especially nasty term because it is slang for a child molester as well as a derisive term for a nonveteran who favors a strong defense.
Sanders, who also served as a deputy assistant Navy secretary during the Clinton administration, continued his anti-Bush campaign even after Kerry's defeat. In a December 2004 op-ed for the San Diego Union-Tribune, he lectured the president on "the heavy responsibility of command":
Sir, with all due respect, you would be well advised to acquaint yourself with the level of responsibility and accountability that accompany the title. If you really want to fill those shoes, if you want to parade about in uniform, if you want to use our men and women in uniform as your personal props, then please honor moral and ethical standards that go with the job.
Sanders is back in the news. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that he "pleaded guilty yesterday to a federal charge of possessing child pornography".
Sanders acknowledged in court that he had "possessed computer files containing 600 images of minors, including a 21-minute video that depicted girls engaging in sex acts with an adult man."
Sanders, a lawyer, said he didn't realize federal child pornography laws barred downloading or viewing the material even by researchers. He said that is why he decided to plead guilty.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: California
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I was just thinking of the Band of Brothers after seeing the Wesley Clark editorial about the military and democrats. Good timing.
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posted on
12/23/2008 8:15:37 PM PST
by
tlb
To: tlb
said he didn't realize federal child pornography laws barred downloading or viewing the material even by researchers. I believe that is a common defence among the pervs. "I wuz just doing research".
To: tlb
"..Sanders, a lawyer, said he didn't realize federal child pornography laws barred downloading or viewing the material even by researchers. He said that is why he decided to plead guilty."
Please!
To: tlb
...even by researchers. Yeah. Can't wait for your first scholarly paper.
4
posted on
12/23/2008 8:22:07 PM PST
by
SeeSharp
To: tlb
“Research”, huh?
Where have I heard that before?
Oh, yeah! Bernie Ward.
5
posted on
12/23/2008 8:22:11 PM PST
by
CE2949BB
(Fight.)
To: Graybeard58
"possessed computer files containing 600 images of minors...
Yeah, for "research". Bovine squeeze.
6
posted on
12/23/2008 8:22:49 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: tlb
Just double tap the POS and all like him.
7
posted on
12/23/2008 8:23:28 PM PST
by
davetex
("We are Americans, we don't hide from history, we make history" John McCain 9/4/2008)
To: tlb; Chieftain
MAJOR MAJOR SCHADENSFREUDE !!!!!
8
posted on
12/23/2008 8:25:43 PM PST
by
Recovering Ex-hippie
(FREE BLAGO !!! LET HIM SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER !!!)
To: tlb
BookMark for later reference..Thanks for posting this.
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posted on
12/23/2008 8:25:48 PM PST
by
Tainan
(Yeah, its confusing. But what else is there to do?...Merry Christmas!)
To: tlb
Speaking of porn...
10
posted on
12/23/2008 8:26:04 PM PST
by
MarineBrat
(You can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it.)
To: tlb
11
posted on
12/23/2008 8:30:09 PM PST
by
Redbob
(W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?)
To: tlb
I am sure that the MSM will report this.
To: CE2949BB
13
posted on
12/23/2008 8:34:55 PM PST
by
TomServo
To: tlb
BTW, 1423 days since John Kerry promised, on national TV, to sign form SF-180 and release his military records.
14
posted on
12/23/2008 8:35:57 PM PST
by
MarineBrat
(You can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it.)
To: tlb
Sanders, a lawyer, said he didn't realize federal child pornography laws barred downloading or viewing the material even by researchers.Democrats lie. Always.
15
posted on
12/23/2008 8:36:08 PM PST
by
Mojave
(http://barackobamajokes.googlepages.com/obama_funny)
To: TomServo
Is there a Handbook for Pedophiles? lol.
The same excuse keeps popping up.
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posted on
12/23/2008 8:36:57 PM PST
by
CE2949BB
(Fight.)
To: tlb
"He has a good point" said infidelity researcher John Edwards.
To: tlb
Give him the "spike!!"
To: tlb
Sanders is lucky that he’s a DemocRAT. If he was a Republican, this would be ALL OVER the “news.”
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posted on
12/23/2008 8:39:52 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(For more information on America's "new direction" read The Road to Serfdom. by Friedrich A. Hayek.)
To: Graybeard58
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posted on
12/23/2008 8:44:43 PM PST
by
Clint Williams
(Read Roto-Reuters -- we're the spinmeisters | Impeach Obama!)
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