From: "George J. Sherwood" 

Adam wrote:


>
> Gosh no ours out mired right now in a "Cash for Titles"
scandal. However
> nothing is "proven" & yet oddly our pols seem to think that the
> appearance of corrpution is serious even where this is only smoke & no
> fire yet proven.
>
As here, as I said before why do you think he is gone?

>
> Are you in favour of Padilla being banged up w/o charge, term or any of
> the other things the English at least fought for? How about seizing
> people off the streets of Italy or Germany? You seem to think that is OK
> even without proof being put in front of a court.

You said I was in favor of torture, I am not and have never said such a
thing.  You have seen that Padilla was banged up?  I haven't.  Padilla got
his day in court and was found guilty.  I don't know any of the details of
the seizing, what really happened and under what rules.

>
>
>>> In fact the executive banging up pols for an indeterminate term w/o
>>> trial, proof or due process is something many would welcome but on the
>>> off chance you think that's a bit harsh (& possibly even against the
>>> legal & moral traditions of your country) then extending
due process etc
>>> to accused terrorists would be second best.
>>
>> Terrorist are being treated IAW with the accords that apply to them.
>
>
> Chuckle & So are pols such as Mr Delay. He lived via unproven
> allegations & now he's ying by them. Persoanally I'd love to see the
> charges proven in a court & then a damn great prison sentence n a high
> security pen.

If he is found guilty, then I hope so also.  I had a tremendous amount of
respect for Duke Cunnignham, but I am happy to see him sit in jail for
along term.


>
> Pols set the rules for the rest of us. Thus they have to aspire to a
> higher std than the rest of us. Heck Clinton was crippled by unfounded
> allegations & a small affair with a woman. I take it you objected just
> as much then even though this is much more serious.

As is usually, it wasn't the affair that got Clinton in trouble.  It is perjury.


George

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