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Where is the justice in reconciliation for the victims? How in the hell do any of us speak for the victims? No one has a right to tally up a victims losses but victims themselves.
I want to see a thorough investigation and prosecutions. I want to see those responsible punished. I don't even care if some significant Democrats get caught in that net.
Will Obama do this? I doubt it. He is too eager to forgive. Like most religious people he arrogantly assumes that he has some right to forgive rather than the victims. He preempts the victims' rights. It is the perogative of the victim only to forgive. Obama is too bipartisan. He is to conciliatory. He owes too many people his victory.
Once he reneged on his promise to filibuster any telecom immunity and, instead, turned around and voted for it, I lost all expectation that he was a true man of constitutional principle.
Am I glad he won? Of course. I have to be when one considers the alternative. I hope progressive issues that I care about, such as health care, will make progress under his administration. However, I have no hopeful illusions that he will put constitution before party or even political expediency.
Has he signaled the cut of his jib by being so willing to forgive Lieberman? I think so.
