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Originally Posted by Zodiak
One more thing. Not mentioning Plame by name is still identifying her. The law does not stipulate that she has to be specifically named, just identified. Joe Wilson only has one wife, so the identification would still be the same.
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I hope that it goes to court on the basis of your argument that Rove outed a "covert" agent.
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Also, when Clinton lied under oath about something not germaine to the case (his relationship with Monica), no national security was compromised, no political retribution was taking place, no abuse of power occurred, and this issue didn't concern the pretext for an expensive, bloody war. What's more is that Clinton was impeached for it. Shall we apply proportionate standards to Rove? What is Rove's potential crime compared to Clinton's? Shouldn't we take the situation that much more seriously?
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Yes, we should apply the same standards. Rove didn't lie under oath. Clinton did.
Are you saying that it's acceptable to lie under oath, as long as it doesn't involve national security?
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Using the "yeah, but Clinton..." argument does not apply in this case because the crimes are not even comparable, nor are the positions of the accused. Clinton was the President and had to stand impeachment. Karl Rove is a minor official who would be easily replaced with minimum upheaval.
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Which is the goal of the Democrats--to get rid of him over a non-criminal, non-event.
And they wonder why they lost the last election.