tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post1893166640743554791..comments2024-03-28T06:02:08.977-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: Even on the local level, PC media is a plagueFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-10969877452650862552008-11-23T08:48:00.000-08:002008-11-23T08:48:00.000-08:00I have a real problem with the idea that a Rep. or...I have a real problem with the idea that a Rep. or Sen. can say anything, including flat-out lies and slander, about people and face no sanction other than maybe being voted out at the next election. My understanding is that Congress has immunity for things said on the floor, things directly part of their work; I don't see going on a TV show and lying about people as being part of that, and there needs to be some way to whack them for it when they do. Letting them get away with 'little evils' is something that helped get us into the mess we're in.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-64389736224199258532008-11-20T12:42:00.000-08:002008-11-20T12:42:00.000-08:00Murtha is exactly right about immunity: if lawmake...Murtha is exactly <I>right</I> about immunity: if lawmakers can be prosecuted at will, then the faction with the sleaziest lawyers can make them write whatever laws they want, and we will be ruled from the shadows. The FBI and DEA are nearly as good at blackmail as the Stasi was, and if they start routinely using those techniques on senators, then the death of the Republic will be at hand. It is by far the lesser evil to let a few congressmen get away with retail crime for a few years, and vote them out in due course. The Founders designed a large Congress with immunity and frequent elections for exactly this reason.<BR/><BR/>Damn the country club Republicans for setting this wolf loose up on us with their perpetual legal campaign against the Clinton administration.Daniel Newbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447547303783134514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-61504978462963218412008-11-20T09:08:00.000-08:002008-11-20T09:08:00.000-08:00I think it would be more fun if Congress went back...I think it would be more fun if Congress went back to issuing Letters of Marque. I'd stand in line!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com