Posted on 02/20/2002 4:21:45 PM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
If there ever was a vast right wing conspiracy, this much is now clear: it certainly never included President Bush - whose Justice Department is now defending New York Sen. Hillary Clinton in a lawsuit brought by Clinton White House whistleblower Sheryll Hall and Judicial Watch.
Over their objections, "the Bush Justice Department represents Hillary Clinton in this lawsuit free of charge, saying that it is in its 'discretion' to represent private parties," the legal watchdog group said in a press release Wednesday.
Hall was the White House computer expert who alleged that Mrs. Clinton was part of a conspiracy to force her out of her job after she told investigators about a data base compiled on the former first lady's instructions that illegally used White House social lists for Democratic Party fund-raising.
Hall also exposed the White House e-mail scandal, where millions of subpoenaed e-mails on some of the most serious Clinton scandals were withheld from investigators.
But despite her heroic efforts to expose Clinton White House wrongdoing, Justice Department lawyers were arguing against Hall yesterday - and instead for Hillary Clinton, a sight that was nearly too much to take for Judicial Watch Chairman Larry Klayman.
"I had to shake my head in wonderment at the sight of the Bush Justice Department working hand in hand with the DNC to defend the Hillary Clinton-led conspiracy to use the White House computer systems for illegal fund-raising," he complained.
"Rather than improperly giving Hillary Clinton free legal representation in this private lawsuit, the Bush Justice Department ought to be prosecuting her for this illegal database and retaliation."
Look what I found on the Judical Watch home page:
If you follow the links to the page normally reserved for reprints of court documents filed in this case, you will see that Larry has conveniently omitted any true and correct copies of briefs filed in this matter.
This leads me to believe that he does not want any casual independent interpretation of true documents filed by the White House and therefore refute his upshot of the case.
In the past, any time he felt he was actually on solid ground with a case, he has dutifully posted all briefs filed by the parties.
You forgot to mention how "dreamy Dubya looks",or how "he is a gift to this country by God". The other Bush-Bots are likely to pull your membership card and not let you sit at the lunch tables with the "cool kids" if you keep doing this.
Uh, hate to bring this up but just because Judical Watch issued a sensational press release and NewsMax covered it doesn't mean it's accurate. It just means that is the only way Klayman et al could generate a little self-promoting heat. Must have been a slow week.
"But I, for one, believe that the one thing this country can and should do is provide GOOD health care for us -- all of us."
16 Posted on 09/23/2000 09:09:07 PDT by Howlin
"Are you just too dense to realize that there ARE some things that the government should do?"
24 Posted on 10/06/2000 11:47:14 PDT by Howlin
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What you are saying is that "it's all about what is best for Dubya,and to hell with what is best for the country,the US Constitution,and for justice." You are also saying you approve of this.
I'll tell you what I think of this,I think it's amazing.
Howlin,admit it. There are NO circumstances that in YOUR mind would justify criticising Bubba-2. There just ain't that many sides to any story. As for "damning him to hell",you probably think saying he is "SLIGHTLY less than 100% perfect" is damning him. You ARE a Bush-Bot.
I'd also like to hear why nobody has been prosecuted for possession of FBI files,or why Bubbette! was never forced to return the ones she has on computer discs.
There is a saying in power politics: Keep your friends close. Keep your enemies closer.
I have watched Bush do this in the past. And he is not kind to those who cross him.
I am not worried about this.
BTW, I admire, respect and trust President Bush and have little patience with Bush Bashers. President Bush is a decent and honorable man but he isn't a God. He knows that, I know that but I guess you don't get it. Pssst, the President and I have something in common, we both worship the same God.
Have we on this forum made it a basic policy to support whistle blowers? If we haven't please fill me in, because I'm way behind the program if we don't support them. Perhaps I missed that thread.
If we do support whistle blowers, and I'm going to act like we do until informed otherwise, Ms. Hall deserves our support. If it were Janet Reno's Justice Department we'd be howlin' long and loud about it.
Hillary Clinton is the person who directed the WhoDB to be developed. Not being an elected member of our government, she is NOT covered by Executive Privilege. If Ms. Hall feels that she was wronged, she has a right to seek monetary compensation.
We're not talking about a principle that affects the Presidency. We're not talking about a legal act that all President's wives have done in the past. This was an illegal act perpetrated by a non-elected individual in violation of the law. And that person is the person who Ms. Hall filed a suit against, based on percieved subsequent actions against her.
It's one thing for our current President to decide that he is not going to persue Bill Clinton's misdeeds. (Even though I fault Bush for adopting this policy) It is another thing to block legal action by a private citizen trying to seek compensation for personal loss.
If Reno's Justice Department was protecting Clinton's back side by blocking Hall's legal action before Clinotn left office, there is no reason that Bush's Justice Department has to continue that policy. Bush could ask his Justice Department to back off this case. All he would have to do is say that they have other priorities and after a careful review this Justice Department has determined that they have no legal standing.
In my opinion this is yet another case where Bush is looking more like a Democrat than a traditional Republican. Folks, I don't think Bush is a crook. I don't think he's a degenerate or a traitor. I do think he is wrong. And I'd find it rather refreshing if people from every spectrum would agree to just one thing. Let's measure Bill Clinton and George Bush using the same yard stick.
If you didn't like it when Clinton's Justice Department blocked full disclosure and protected Hillary's a--, then don't give Bush's Justice Department a pass for doing the same thing. I mean seriously, can't we agree on something this elemental?
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