Posted on 09/03/2008 6:17:38 PM PDT by Lorianne
Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden said yesterday that he and running mate Barack Obama could pursue criminal charges against the Bush administration if they are elected in November.
Biden's comments, first reported by ABC news, attracted little notice on a day dominated by the drama surrounding his Republican counterpart, Alaska governor Sarah Palin.
But his statements represent the Democrats' strongest vow so far this year to investigate alleged misdeeds committed during the Bush years.
"If there has been a basis upon which you can pursue someone for a criminal violation, they will be pursued," Biden said during a campaign event in Deerfield Beach, Florida, according to ABC.
"[N]ot out of vengeance, not out of retribution," he added, "out of the need to preserve the notion that no one, no attorney general, no president -- no one is above the law."
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My apologies, then Metmom. I was upset by the hypocritical savaging that Sarah Palin and her family was getting from the Left, and when someone else tagged you as a lefty, along with the somewhat ambiguous line I responded to....
Hmmmmm....on the half dozen threads I’ve been on with her, I sure didn’t get that impression. Maybe you can take her up on her challenge?
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