Hitler’s Nazi henchmen were investigated and found guilty of war crimes and paid with a noose around their necks (except the pill swallowing pussy, and those that escaped). Does it only count if the criminals were on the other side?

Phelps: politicians going to jail for commiting crimes is different than politicians going to jail for losing elections.

And like it or not, this is criminalizing political differences. That is why the founders were wise enough to make removal from office the highest penalty a president could receive.

Does he realize, though, that he and Obama not running against George Bush?

I know he’s trying to draw in the whole Republican=Bush=evilcriminalbadguy and therefore McCain is tarred, but I’d call this one quite a reach.

And why wouldn’t the Democrats do what Dubya did and pardon the outgoing President? How could the Democrats afford investigation of crimes in which they’ve been enthusiastically complicit (all of them) and which they can’t wait to have at least nominal charge of committing themselves?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=499240&in_page_id=1770#

Most “critics” turn into a self-parody quickly…

Good ol’ unintended consequences. Again.

Biden says an Obama administration could launch criminal investigations of Bush administration officials. I hope he’s right.

Not to defend the Bush Administration but I’m not too thrilled with this. I can see it getting totally out of hand where when the party out of power returns to power it launches such investigations simply as routine in an attempt to gain a political advantage or keep one. Turning criminal investigations into politics leaves me with a really uncomfortable feeling.

Ummm… going after someone for holding a US Citizen in Solitary confinement for three + years, and denying him the basic rights guaranteed under the Constitution is not “criminalizing political differences” no matter how you try to spin it.

It’s the first place they should start. They could then follow up on all these IG reports that are coming out showing the Bush Administration officials broke the law, but Mukaseky has decided not to prosecute because they’ve already been punished enough by resigning.

I think there are probably mechanisms already in place for these kinds of things. Investigating cases of wrong doing when brought to the attention of the new administration and on a case-by-case basis is one thing. Launching wide spread investigations in the hopes of finding something is another thing entirely.

From Radley’s link,

When asked during a campaign event in Deerfield Beach, Florida, whether he would “pursue the violations that have been made against our Constitution by the present administration”, Biden answered in the affirmative.

Yeah, but fuck all the violations we (the Democrats) will perpetrate in pursuing our policies.

Obama sounded a similar note in April, vowing that if elected, he would ask his attorney general to initiate a prompt review of Bush-era actions to distinguish between possible “genuine crimes” and “really bad policies”.

And then the next Republican Administration does the exact same thing and it becomes part of the political process and not really about criminal acts. Think of it as more detailed and serious oppo research.

Sorry Edmund, I’m not thrilled with the rather broad nature this looks to be taking on. But hey, maybe I’m wrong and Obama really wont be corrupted by power…he is after all the Obamassiah.

Radley get a damned rolling eyes icon please.

It’s the first place they should start. They could then follow up on all these IG reports that are coming out showing the Bush Administration officials broke the law, but Mukaseky has decided not to prosecute because they’ve already been punished enough by resigning.