tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post1198591711577116113..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: The Idiot's Guide to IdiocyJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-90684623460324163082007-07-06T22:47:00.000-04:002007-07-06T22:47:00.000-04:00The president believes pardons and commutations sh...<I>The president believes pardons and commutations should reflect a genuine determination to strengthen the rule of law and increase public faith in government</I><BR/><BR/>Do you think, before he signed off on that sentence, Tony Snow had some last tiny twinge of conscience? That somewhere in his brain there lurks the knowledge that this sort of thing goes beyond the usual NewSpeak and descendsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-11843394274891983002007-07-05T22:08:00.000-04:002007-07-05T22:08:00.000-04:00Well, I'm a tremendous hypocrite, too. Heavy sigh...Well, I'm a tremendous hypocrite, too. Heavy sigh. But it's hard to feel bad about it for long, because this has to be one of the all-time best Doghouse posts ever. I laughed through the entire thing. I would like to second the professor's "BRAVO!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-74865967656590957542007-07-05T16:03:00.000-04:002007-07-05T16:03:00.000-04:00Me, I'm a huge hypocrite because while not being f...Me, I'm a huge hypocrite because while not being filled with visceral outrage years later about the Marc Rich pardon, I am somewhat disturbed about the sentence commutation for, um, Marc Rich's lawyer.<BR/><BR/>Who did the same thing the president of the US was impeached over. Which the current president said we were electing him to prevent from ever happening again.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09652601001680591056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-78922923186285395372007-07-05T14:07:00.000-04:002007-07-05T14:07:00.000-04:00Apparently I'm a hypocrite because I think that us...Apparently I'm a hypocrite because I think that using the pardon power to shield my government from criminal accountability involving national security is worse than pardoning for pretty much anything else. <BR/><BR/>If that's the case, then call me King Czar Hypocritus the First.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-37470691726332395882007-07-05T12:48:00.000-04:002007-07-05T12:48:00.000-04:00BRAVO!!!BRAVO!!!Prof. George Edward Challengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04297220082924628104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-81612418043059528952007-07-05T12:33:00.000-04:002007-07-05T12:33:00.000-04:00Jesus. The Goldberg column, like most right-wing n...Jesus. The Goldberg column, like most right-wing nonsense, is replete with such acres of stupidity that it's impossible to simply catalogue the atrocities, no less rebut it all, in a brief space. But its sheer loathsomeness is plain. If it's possible to locate a nadir in this swamp, it's his link to a WaPo article which rather honestly quoted some of the outright bigotry that underlies much of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com