'Under Bush, some people are imprisoned forever without due process of law while others who receive due process of law and are found guilty are set free. Do I have that right?' - a commenter on TPM.
Yes, you have that right. And these discrepancies often happen in a monarchy where the elite is above the law and decide, based on their own interests, who is and is not subject to the criminal justice system. Paris Hilton did more time than Scooter Libby.
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Equal justice
From Andrew Sullivan:
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Doonesbury picked up on this very thing.
His cartoon strip shows a GI in Iraq talking to his Seargent.
GI: "Sarge, if Congress doesn't love and fund us over here, then I have to pack up and go home....and if the President does love and fund us, I get to stay here and get blown up by a roadside bomb...have I got that pretty much right, Sarge ?"
Sarge: "Permission denied to think that way".
Jack
Doonesbury rules!
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