Thursday, April 23, 2009
Don'tmoveon.org
Now, Moveon.org invites you to sign a petition stating:
"No one is above the law. It's time to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute the architects of the Bush-era torture program."The politics of appointing a special prosecutor are absolutely toxic, and would make the Lewinsky scandal -- and the fact that a sitting president likely perjured himself in a civil suit (for which he had his Bar license later suspended) -- seem like a day at the beach.
Senator McCain, who has more than a passing acquaintance with both the consequences of actual torture and the 21st century politics of "coercive interrogations," has co-authored a letter to President Obama "urging him not to prosecute government officials who provided legal advice related to detainee interrogations."
If Senator McCain is prepared to give the lawyers (presumably a large subset of "architects") a pass and "move on," then perhaps Moveon.org could do the same. If not, then the organization might consider changing its name to wehatebushandwanttoseehiminjail.org. A bit cumbersome, but descriptive.
UPDATE: I see no mention of any kind of "special prosecutor" scenario anywhere is this AP article headlined "White House opposes special commission."
3 Comments:
By 
, at
Thu Apr 23, 07:28:00 PM:
Nah, it's more like moveonormovebackwardswedontcareaslongasrethuglicansgetf**ked.org.
By , at
Thu Apr 23, 08:23:00 PM:
Perhaps it's time for an oppositional group to rise up. May I suggest: bringiton.org
Let the Left do its worst, but know they are setting a nasty precedent. (And elephants have very long memories.)
By 
JPMcT, at
Fri Apr 24, 07:35:00 PM:
"It's time to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute the architects of the Bush-era torture program."
Hmmm, I suppose that would include the Congressional Intelligence Committees who were briefed and agreed with the policies.
