[Ronin]

I and a lot of others were of the opinion that we should have gone after Clinton’s minions for their multiple abuses of power.

I don’t know about the rest of them, but I was talked out of it because once we start down that road, every outgoing administration is going to fear retribution from the winning team — and at some point it the future it will become a virtual certainty that a losing team, fearing the worst should the winners actually take office, will decide not to go.

That would be the end of the American Republic.

It now looks like that is going to happen anyhow.

[Mr. Blonde]

Exactly. This is a terrible idea, and not on partisan grounds.

[magooey]

The Obama administration may not have to worry if they are into Idi Amin style elections. You know, one man, one vote, one time.

[cubsfanconswoman]

What worries me most about this is making the president afraid to do anything or our military leaders afraid to do anything for fear of someone deciding to play politics.

[Munz]

It won’t happen.
Bambi knows if he allows it to happen that he becomes an open book for public inspection.
When the political tides turn and they will and democraps aren’t in power he will be put to the same test.

If they go after Bush and set the president then when they go after Obama, they will tar and feather him before he even steps foot in a court. After he is fund guilty, they will bring a brand new iron maiden in for his punishment.

[Sans-Culotte]

I and a lot of others were of the opinion that we should have gone after Clinton’s minions for their multiple abuses of power. I don’t know about the rest of them, but I was talked out of it because once we start down that road, every outgoing administration is going to fear retribution from the winning team — and at some point it the future it will become a virtual certainty that a losing team, fearing the worst should the winners actually take office, will decide not to go. That would be the end of the American Republic. It now looks like that is going to happen anyhow.

This reminds me of the waining days of the roman Republic. The Romans had reached a point in which a former Consul could be charged for crimes after his enemies achieved power. they would declare the Consul's acts illegal, and would prosecute the former Consul and in many cases, he would be exiled and stripped of his citizenship.

It just such a fate that faced Caesar right at the time when he had conquered Gaul, crossed over to Britain and bridged the Rhine. Instead of receiving the thanks of a grateful republic, Caesar was about be charged as a criminal. He chose to march on Rome, and that was the end of the republic. Seems eerily similar to today.