Remember when perjury was a horrible crime that should be prosecuted to save the soul of America and respect the rule of law? I sure do. Who could forget such soaring rhetoric as this;
Kay Bailey Hutchison:
[S]omething needs to be said that is a clear message that our rule of law is intact and the standards for perjury and obstruction of justice are not gray. And I think it is most important that we make that statement and that it be on the record for history.I very much worry that with the evidence that we have seen that grand juries across America are going to start asking questions about what is obstruction of justice, what is perjury. And I don’t want there to be any lessening of the standard. Because our system of criminal justice depends on people telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. That is the lynch pin of our criminal justice system and I don’t want it to be faded in any way.
Or this from Jeff Sessions website:
The rule of law and the need for integrity in our justice system is why perjury cases are prosecuted in America.
I could go on and on. Suffice it to say you can type in “rule of Law” next to any republican or conservative pundits name in google, and you will get about a hundred quotes talking about how the rule of law is one of their most treasured beliefs and also coincidentally why we should impeach Bill Clinton.
But that was then. This is now.
We know know that Alberto Gonzale knew about and signed off on the idea of Bush illegally wiretapping U.S. citizens from the beginning and that when he was asked about it under oath at his confirmation hearing, he lied.
SEN. FEINGOLD: I — Judge Gonzales, let me ask a broader question. I’m asking you whether in general the president has the constitutional authority, does he at least in theory have the authority to authorize violations of the criminal law under duly enacted statutes simply because he’s commander in chief? Does he — does he have that power?
GONZALES: Senator, this president is not — I — it is not the policy or the agenda of this president to authorize actions that would be in contravention of our criminal statutes.
The Attorney General of the United States commiting a crime and disrespecting the rule of law. Thank god hes a republican, or he'd have hell to pay.
Another thing to mention is how pussy whipped the Post is on the story. From reading it you can see that Gonzalez knowingly committed perjury. Period. There’s no gray area. But the post headline says that he is “challenged” on it by Feingold.