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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:05 PM
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What if President Clinton had been caught spying -
Wouldn't there be a crowd with pitch forks and torches outside the white house lawn right now? Where's the justice today? It seems conservatives get away with murder while liberals get the electric chair for misdemeanors.
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MazeRat7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:08 PM
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1. Didn't they try that with the "travel gate" crap ?
Edited on Sat Dec-17-05 11:09 PM by MazeRat7
I seem to recall one of the issues being access to personal information or some such thing... anyone remember what the pugs beef was relative to all that ?

MZr7
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:15 PM
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5. Yes...supposedly Clinton had "files" on people
and the GOP went nuts at the thought.

Right wingers claimed:

People in the Clinton administration wrongly and perhaps illegally retrieved the FBI files of people considered threats to them.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/white_house/june96/filegate_6-19.html
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MazeRat7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:24 PM
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6. Hummm... "wrongly accessing information"... in other words "spying".
It will be interesting to see if they hold * to the same standards. Perhaps we should look into who led that charge and see if they will lead a similar charge again *.... *grin

Oh and thanks for the confirmation, good to know the memory is still "mostly" working. *wink.
MZr7
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:25 PM
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7. Bob Barr did
Edited on Sat Dec-17-05 11:30 PM by Solly Mack
he's still pissed about that kind of thing by all accounts.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/barr021098.htm

Your memory is fine! :) In this day of up is down, some things just seem more dream than reality.
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:09 PM
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2. You're right! Any Dem would be tarred and feathered for that kind of
behavior. I have to believe there are lots of Pubs upset about this too! They are the ones always screaming about privacy rights and keeping the Gov't out of personal lives.
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Marr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:11 PM
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3. They'll ignore it, so long as it's just minorities.
I'm expecting alot of coded talk next week to assure the Republican base that it was only brown people being spied on.
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:14 PM
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4. Let's see if the subject comes up on any of the Sun. shows.
The info broke soon enough for it to get into the topics.
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yourout Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:35 PM
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8. He would have gotten the Braveheart treatment.
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Rocknrule Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 12:36 AM
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9. But Republicans are the Chosen People
It's ok for them to break a few rules now and then or every day because God is on their side.
:sarcasm:
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 09:21 AM
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10. They would have impeached him of course. Look at what they did
to him over a bj.
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 10:38 AM
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11. I guess if theres no blue dress than theres no crime. (nt)
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 10:57 AM
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12. He'd be lynched. No time for impeachment hearings or trial.
The Republicans would call for an armed mob to descend on Washington to get him.
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