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• Wednesday, January 7, 2009 10:47 AM

  -- shooter242

  There are more than a few reasons to believe Bush followed the rule of law, by virtue of his powers listed in the Constitution. In order to pursue this, the Supreme Court would be involved, Congress investigated, all our intelligence apparatus exposed, and would completely overshadow Obama for years to come.

  You keep repeating your mantra regarding "by virtue of his powers listed in the Constitution" but you never seem to tell anyone what those powers are or from what SCOTUS decision (if any) they are derived from. Are speaking of a Yoo memo? Please tell us.

  Certainly Tamm is entitled to presumption of innocence, just like Bush and Blago. But Tamm knew exactly what he was doing and what he was in for.

  Are you saying that Bush and Blago didn't know what they were in for by your use of the word "but"?

  The great majority of posts concerning Tamm's legal troubles concern how to assist him pay for his defense, and not about not charging him with a crime if a crime was committed. There are several posts questioning the latter. If he committed a crime, he should be charged and if there were mitigating circumstances, those circumstances should be brought up during the trial, not as a means of avoiding trial which, I might add, is precisely what you are attempting to do with your claim that the Executive has all these super-hero powers because of the Great Hoax Known as The War on Terror. If you're so sure that everything Bush did was legal, you should take the position that he should be tried and if mitigation is found, acquitted just as you have done regarding Tamm. You have never, to my knowledge, said that Bush should be investigated, much less tried. If you have, please post a link.

  Meanwhile in the Times desire to wound Bush,

  Do you have anything which would prove that the Times desires to do anything except fulfill their Fourth Estate role or are you once again blowing smoke out of your ass?

  legitimate programs like the Swift banking affair were exposed making the tracing of funds impossible.

  Are you sure?

  Quite frankly, it's my opinion that adolescent desires for revenge and retribution are at work here, for slights real and imagined going all the way back to the 7-2 Supreme Court decision in 2000. There is no nobility here.

  Projecting again? Are you proud of the manner in which Bush as conducted himself as President?

  —Jebbie Read Jebbie's other letters
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