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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NO! We are dealing with fanatics who want to present Bush as a massiah. They'll do or say anything to believe it. Anyone who doesn't see it is classified as for Owlgore, Pat Buchanan, McCain, or whatever accusations can be dredged up.
You'll also notice some of the people on this forum just plain ain't too bright.