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But they aren't.
They are merely civil servants and should be role models in all respects of the law!
by MO_ on Sun Jun 18, 06 9:36am
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Yes, they should and it pisses me off that they are not held to the same standard.
It's funny. I don't remember this ballotmaker doing several ballots about the 2.5 million in bribes that Rebublican Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham took. But I'm sure that's just a coincidence.
Wouldn't it be nice?
Once more, I render full apologies on behalf of myself and anyone else who inflicted that woman on Washington and the world at large.
Actually, I think EVERYONE should be given a fair hearing and treated equally under the law, irregardless of their race, colour, creed, sex and above all HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE!!!
Also from the same article, which was cut-and-pasted from the ABC website:
"Wainstein, meanwhile, sought an indictment from a federal grand jury, with assault on a police officer mentioned in the filings as a possible charge. That is a felony that would require an indictment."
"The grand jury then subpoenaed several House aides thought to have witnessed the encounter. McKenna, too, testified. The grand jury voted not to indict her. Prosecutors also could have charged McKinney with simple assault without having to seek an indictment."
Two important points here: One is that the presumption underlying this ballot is that the grand jury was affected by McKinney's status as a black, female politician, and that's just plain stupid (and probably racist), Nonsense. Obviously, the grand jury heard the case, saw numerous witnesses and then decided there wasn't enough evidence to press a federal charge.
The second point is that Wainstein could have simply pressed a misdemeanor charge of assault, and probably could have gotten a conviction. But Wainstein got greedy and went for the federal charge, instead. The grand jury decided he was over-reaching. What we have here is most likely prosecutorial incompetence.
The feds blew this case. The neo-con argument that anytime a black female gets off, it must be reverse racism is racist in itself.
Not that Duke is a racist, of course.
'Actually, I think EVERYONE should be given a fair hearing and treated equally under the law, irregardless of their race, colour, creed, sex and above all HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE!!!'
So why'd you vote for that asinine choice?
Yes, by crikey. Although I'm not sure if our already over-stuffed prisons could accommodate them all?
It was an attempt at humour on my part Herzog.
It isn't always necesarry to take oneself seriously
Funny, too, how the subject of Dick Cheney's drunken gun-rampage wasn't mentioned in the narrative of the ballot. But I guess that was okay. He's a rich Republican.
Oh, and, cranky, to quote/paraphrase the judgement in a different case: "She's too pretty to be indicted." Maybe that applies in this assault case!
Not saying anyone is a racist.
* whistles *
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