From TPM:
Reading from a Supreme Court opinion on the statute of perjury, which said that a witness cannot be convicted of perjury simply because he is a "wily witness" who "shrewdly" evades the questioner by speaking "the literal truth," Specter said that that's what we have here. Gonzales is certainly "wily" and sought to mislead -- but he spoke, in Specter's judgment, "the literal truth."
But "just because it's not perjury," Specter said, "doesn't mean it's the way that the highest ranking legal officer in the United States ought to respond to a Senate inquiry." Specter went on to say that he thought that the conclusion of the committee's investigation of the U.S. attorney firings would be to "end the tenure of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales." When that conclusion will come, however, no one knows.
But "just because it's not perjury," Specter said, "doesn't mean it's the way that the highest ranking legal officer in the United States ought to respond to a Senate inquiry." Specter went on to say that he thought that the conclusion of the committee's investigation of the U.S. attorney firings would be to "end the tenure of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales." When that conclusion will come, however, no one knows.
Specter is basically puking all over the judicial system and the Constitution. Time for Specter to be sent to a nursing home. He once again caved in to Bush and allowing Wiley E. Coyote Gonzo with a free pass.
2 comments:
Senator Specter is a loyal Republican who has always used tricks to save his party. The famous one shot (magic bullet) that kill JFK was a laugh. He told a tail no one ever believed. The one bullet killed and injured several people. That bullet had more turns and twist then anyone could imagine it was truly a magic bullet. Now he is using twisted language to get a lying criminal off.
To bad Specter wasn't used in the Nixon hearing that way Nixon would not have had to resign. He could have stayed in office as a criminal. Now look for future lawyers to use this in their criminal cases. If it works why not. The voters of Penn. should rethink who they have representing them.
Jackie let's not forget about Spector's 'secret' 30 year affair.
Ray McGovern said Spector gets reminded of that when he acts like he's going to step out of neocon lane...
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