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Remembering Lawrence Walsh...Call him impeccable—or despicable?
The American Spectator ^ | March 21, 2014 | Paul Kengor

Posted on 03/22/2014 5:37:28 PM PDT by fkabuckeyesrule

Lawrence Walsh, the Iran-Contra special prosecutor, died two days ago at the age of 102. American liberals adored Walsh in life and now sing hosannas to him in death.

“Lawrence E. Walsh, a former federal judge … who as an independent counsel exposed the lawbreaking in the Reagan administration that gave rise to the Iran-contra scandal, died on Wednesday at his home in Oklahoma City,” said the lead in the New York Times. Walsh’s admirers, reported the Times (no doubt one among them), “saw him as a model of rectitude, a public servant trying to uphold the rule of law and demonstrate that even powerful government officials were not above it.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; US: California
KEYWORDS: bush; irancontra; lawrencewalsh; reagan; walsh
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To: dfwgator

Me too.


21 posted on 03/23/2014 3:16:33 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: fkabuckeyesrule
I hate the left for what they do to patriots.

They are scum. Lawrence Walsh included.

22 posted on 03/23/2014 11:50:23 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: Forgotten Amendments
He was a maniac and out of control. But, I miss the days when we dared try to hold our rulers accountable.

You mean the good old 'days' when the Washington establishment set out to use any means necessary - legal or illegal - to destroy any individual that stood between them and the tyranny they have planned for us?

Because justice was the last thing Walsh and the Iran Contra Affair were about.

23 posted on 03/23/2014 11:59:15 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: skeeter

Well, now the establishment will do anything to circle the wagons.

Remember, when Bush II came in, they got rid of the Special Counsel thing and both sides cheered. I knew that was ominous.


24 posted on 03/23/2014 1:25:53 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (On the wrong side of history.)
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To: Forgotten Amendments

I can’t remember a time when justice was a priority where DC policing itself was concerned. Its alway been politics first.


25 posted on 03/23/2014 1:53:44 PM PDT by skeeter
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