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In reply to the discussion: He was supposed to be in prison. He was supposed to be in Federal prison. [View all]
LT Barclay
(3,176 posts)24. From Nixon onward, we've been told that we couldn't prosecute right wing criminals "for the good of the country". Maybe
even further back. If we'd put more of a butthurt on the south after the civil war and held government officials to a higher standard, we'd be a different country.
I think about the movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. The problem was well known back then and nothing was done. Now it is institutionalized and entrenched so much that we have thugs willing to kill to protect it.
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He was supposed to be in prison. He was supposed to be in Federal prison. [View all]
Aristus
Jun 2025
OP
"The escape room of countries," as I recently heard a comedian describe it.
Xavier Breath
Jun 2025
#2
Please forgive my ignorance, my dear Aristus . . . Who are we talking about?
CaliforniaPeggy
Jun 2025
#10
From Nixon onward, we've been told that we couldn't prosecute right wing criminals "for the good of the country". Maybe
LT Barclay
Jun 2025
#24
We were armed with court orders. He had a Cannon. Don't bring a paper to a gun fight.
JustABozoOnThisBus
Jun 2025
#34
I still don't understand how she was chosen "randomly" to be the supervising judge.
TheRickles
Jun 2025
#39
And now, the rest of the world has no incentive left to trust the american system.
Justice matters.
Jun 2025
#35
Well, Democrats had two years of a majority in congress plus the White House to get it done.
lees1975
Jun 2025
#50
Patience, grasshopper. This isn't a Law & Order episode. Merrick Garland is working hard behind the scenes.
Scrivener7
Jun 2025
#53
Part of it is Fox News and the giant tumor in DC known as the Heritage Foundation.
Initech
Jun 2025
#54