The US Marshals were allowed to enter the state capitol in Montgomery to serve those subpoenas. That had to be with the approval of the leaders of the state legislature. Under Clinton, the flags of the Army of Tennessee would have been flying and a lot of people would be sleeping on bare mattresses as the Klan took to the streets. There would have been comparisons to Nazi Storm Troopers, squeals of outrage throughout the South. [Remember the Elian Gonzalez case? Here’s a quote of the Cato Institute: “Saturday’s Nacht-und-Nebel-style seizure of Elian Gonzalez by armed U.S. agents resembled Munich 1940 more than Miami 2000.”] The search of Congressman Jefferson’s Capitol Hill office, is the same thing.
I’ve been saying these people are a bunch of Stalinists for a very long time, but most people are in love with Hitler when it comes to denigrating politicians.
What is going on in Alabama, has been going on all over the country, but people don’t want to see it. It’s easier to blame the South than accept reality. If you accept reality, you might have to do something about it, like impeach a few people to ease the return of the rule of law.
]]>Prostitutes and politicians are both at high risk during election years, because that’s when they usually get arrested. The crimes aren’t worth the effort between elections, but everyone has to get “morals” when it’s time to face the voters.
Does anyone think Debbie Stabenow’s husband would have been arrested if she weren’t a Democratic Senator?
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