"jeff" wrote in message
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hmmm... i reckon i qualify as a liberal (whatever that label means). i
also must admit i've been hypocritical on any number of matters (frankly,
i think every parent confronts his own hypocrisy on a regular basis), so
i'm fairly called a hypocrite too.

however, as a hypocritical liberal, i thought the whole scooterlibby
imbroglio a fascinating and stupid undertaking, typical of prosecutions
designed to extort incriminating statements and evidence about other
matters and other "targets". but, it only works when presidential pardons
aren't available and probable. this whole thing, like the clinton
impeachment, has been a horrible waste of resources and reveals the worst
edge of partisan politics. pursuing perjury charges against some little
nothing of a guy like libby while allowing his superiors to get away with
the big lies that proximately caused the death of thousands of innocent
men, women, and children is kafka-esque. we are all hypocrites.

perjury renders a justice system impotent if not challenged. still, most
courts and prosecutors have developed methods of dealing with liars short
of perjury prosecutions. i guess i have a thick skin about courthouse
liars because i am convinced that only the church (temple, mosque, etc.)
holds more liars and hypocrites than the courthouse. in more than 30 years
of experience in the eastern nc court system, i am aware of less than a
handful of perjury indictments. if we prosecuted all of the perjury
occuring before grand juries and in trials...or even a healthy minor
portion of the provable perjury...we'd never have time to prosecute
anything else.

In the course of these eternally fascinating political discussions I
sometimes indulge myself in fantasy about a criminal proceeding in an
American courtroom, during the course of which not a single instance of
perjury occurs. GodDAMN, I crack me up!

justice will be meted out best when obama is elected. g

Sadly prophetic words, though not in the sense you intended, I fear.

Wolfgang