huh?

I remember a time when I didn't care about politics... I kinda miss that. I don't like that little videos like this can get me all worked up.



SO let me get this straight....
It was right to impeach and prosecute Bill Clinton for perjury and obstruction of justice when he lied about getting a blow job because he later admitted that he lied?

It is wrong to punish Scooter Libby for the exact same crime because he never admitted that he was guilty?

1st.... Isn't one of the traditional supposed conservative values personal responsibility? What happened to that? That was one of the things I liked about the conservative side of politics. What happened to "if you can't do the time, don't do the crime?" Now it's "if you can't do the time, don't do the crime, unless you've got friends higher up the foodchain. Then don't worry about it. do all the crime you want."

2nd.... What the hell kind of logic is that? Where else would that logic work?
A man goes out and commits a crime - he shoots someone, he sells some drugs, any other crime really - he is caught and found guilty in a court of law. BUT throughout the entire thing, he never admits that he's guilty. So at the end of it all he should go free? How does that make any sense?

3rd.... We have a long standing tradition of going a little easier on people who admit to their crimes. It's pretty well established that admitting to your crime is a part of remorse and responsibility and eventually reform. NOT admitting to your crimes usually indicates the opposite, and infers that you'd do the exact same thing again.

grrrr arg...
It's not even the pardon (or the commuting that will soon turn in to a pardon) that really bugs me. It's the hypocrisy.