Why are some conservatives saying we shouldn't investigate wrongdoing in government because we didn't do it in

Question

the past?

Is this REALLY a good enough reason not to check into possible lawbreaking by our lawmakers?

"Ooooo, Sandy Berger..." Guess what? SIX YEARS of an entirely Republican-dominated federal government decided it wasn't worthy of an investigation.

But NOW it's being brought up to defend Gonzales?

Answer 1

I've said it before, and I'll say it again:

If a Democrat and his administration were to be as corrupt as this administration is, Repubs would be losing their damn minds calling for impeachment every 2 seconds. Fox News would beat that horse beyond dead.

They're hypocrits and they know it.

Answer 2

Very few of them are.

I think the tenor of what they're saying is more along the line of, Why are the Democrats suddenly interested in investigating wrongdoing in government, something they had no interest at all in doing from 1993 to 2001?

I'm all for finding actually lawbreaking and punishing it, but not in trying to manufacture scandals, such as the US Attorney firings, which were not illegal or unethical or even unusual.

I'm all for investigations into failures of the government, in order to make government more accountable and more effective and efficient, but not at all for simple partisan political bashing.

What should bother everybody is that the Democrats are trying to create a scandal in the US attorney firings, and calling for Gonzales' head, yet they have in their own ranks a member who had $90K in bribe money in his congressional office, and they don't even censor him? Is this an example of the "ethics" of the Democrats and their "fight against corruption"?

Answer 3

If it's really wrongdoing and not a witch hunt, it should be looked into. However, the things being investigated on Gonzales are things that are duties within the constitution for the executive branch. When Bill Clinton took office he fired all 93 and didn't have to answer for it.

In my opinion, both parties have gotten free rides on more serious allegations and I wish politics had nothing to do with it, but unfortunately it seems to always boil down to that.

Answer 4

The Dept. of Justice is inept. It could be Gonzo's fault or his predecessor. Seriously how do they let a congressman get away with taking a 100k bribe and finding 95k of it in his freezer still vote on the house floor. There are criminals on both sides of the house floor, probably in the senate and the administration too; the 8 fired prosecutors were among those not getting their jobs done.

Answer 5

They are co-dependent peace keepers. They think that if they play nice with the Dems maybe the Dems will be nice back! What fools. By the way the Berger case has been around and it looks like Dems have used Gonzales who did nothing wrong. to distract from the thief.

Answer 6

Just because this has become a pattern in Washington is absolutely the best reason to start questioning their actions. Wasn't it Nancy Pelosi who said Washington was going to start being honest and that was going to be congresses main focus? Keep it up Nancy.

Answer 7

"It is a blight upon the Department of Justice that Gonzales is still the attorney general.
We are brought back to the dark days of the Nixon era, where the tentacles of politics
reach into the Department of Justice and threaten our core notions of what justice means."
-- Eliot Spitzer, New York attorney general turned governor,

Answer 8

We didn't in the past? Iran-Contra, Watergate, the bleeding teapot dome scandal... what kind of commentator would say such an wrong-headed thing?

Oh yeah, a so-called conservative.

Answer 9

big brother times three. Government whether on any level is not being held accountable and is out of control- their arrogance is mind boggling

Answer 10

Its known as a bias. It helps them, they use it, if it hurts them, they shread it. Thats politics for conservatives.