I Know What You Are...

I'm sure you've all noticed all the arguments going on in the 24-hour news channel world about the pardon (yes I know it's not that officially, but effectively it is exactly that) that our smirker-in-chief gave to Scooter Libby. For some reason the modern media think that if they bring on one Democratic operative and one Republican operative to scream at each other for 3-1/2 minutes, that somehow resembles good journalism.

But it's what we've got right now. At least Kieth Olbermann brings on a Constitutional scholar to bash the president solo instead of having a counter argument from someone who calls him or her self a "scholar" or "fellow" from some right wing "think tank" like the Hoover Institution or the Cato Institute.

But have you seen the only argument these morons have been able to make? Someone points out that this is a horrible use of Presidential power, goes against the rule of law, a conflict of interest, cronyism at its worst, etc. One can go on and on about what is wrong with what just happened. And how does the pre-programmed right-wing talking head respond? It always starts with, "Well, Bill Clinton..."

What the hell does Bill Clinton have to do with any of this? Absolutely nothing, that's what. These people so know that they can't defend this action in any meaningful way that the only thing they can come up with is "Clinton did it too."

Republicans are such children. They actually are using the excuse that Bill Clinton did some bad things so whatever Bush does is A-OK.

"Georgie, you just stabbed Timmy in the throat with a switchblade!"
"It's OK, last year Billy pulled Suzy's hair."

Look, I'm not going to defend Clinton's ridiculous pardons at the end of his final term. Giving a pardon to a tax-evader who is a big donor or one to your own brother is not defensible. And all of the Democratic talking heads out there should stop defending them.

But it is a pointless argument that the Repubs are making. An earlier infraction by someone else does not make your idiocy acceptable. No wife in the world would accept the excuse that "it's OK because Bill did it" when she catches her husband with his dick in someone else. I'm sure some have tried.

I think the response to that excuse from the right should be the tried and true one your parents gave you when you attempted to pull that crap on them.

"If Bill jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge..."