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October 26, 2005
The True Republican Character Revealed
You've got to love when the Republicans keep showing us incontrovertibly the kind of people they really are.
"The principle of the rule of law -- equality under the law and a clear standard for perjury and obstruction of justice -- was the overriding issue in this impeachment," said Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, who also voted 'guilty' on both counts." -- Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Republican Senator from Texas, talking about a Democratic presidentDallas Morning News, February 13, 1999
"And secondly, I certainly hope that if there is going to be an indictment that says something happened, that it is an indictment on a crime and not some perjury technicality where they couldn't indict on the crime and so they go to something just to show that their two years of investigation was not a waste of time and taxpayer dollars." -- Kay Bailey Hutchinson, same Republican Senator but now talking about a Republican administration, Meet The Press, October 23, 2005
There it is, ladies and gentlemen. Republican strategy -- and Republican values -- out there for the world to see. When a Democrat does it, it's grounds for impeachment; when a Republican does it, it's a "technicality" that's a waste of taxpayer money. This is the kind of people they are. Thiese are the "values" that they purport to share with you and I. (Well, not me, I guess. I'm one of those evil elite liberals who've wrecked this country. But these are the values they purport to share with you.) Seems to me that unless you value blatant two-faced hypocrisy, abuse of power and the idea that selected people can place themselves above the law, the Republican Party is a mite out of touch with the values of real Americans.
This is who they are, kids. Don't ever forget it.
