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nicklemeout asked:


I would really like this question answered by the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates.

If there is evidence to point towards suspcion of a crime that has been committed, then that warrants an investigation. If the investigation does indeed find viable proof and a perpatrator, then that warrants prosecution of the perps. Regarding the large amount of evidence/suspicion/proof of the Bush administrations illegal dealings, should the next President investigate the current President?

Which is more important to you, the presidential candidates, restore the high honor of the American people and the laws of our nation and Constitution or is it more important to give the Bush administration the continued blanket of protection that they have so warmly gotten used to? Would you use the full power of the Executive Branch to investigate and prosecute the Bush administration?

HT asked:


She heckled President Hu Jintao during a White House appearance this week. The below article says she was charged with willfully intimidating, coercing threatening and harassing a foreign official.

Is it just me or does that sound like something China would do? I think W was doing it to show China we’re on their side, and I think that’s nuts. No, scary.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060421/ap_on_go_pr_wh/hu_protester_22;_ylt=AnVyFiD9PKmt5dBXMQC6zJhPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
For the responses supporting the prosecution in the name of law & order, I’d be interested in hearing why simply removing her wasn’t enough, that it is right for the administration to go the extra step and actually prosecute her.

It’s that extra step — actually prosecuting her for offending or interrupting a politician — that I find indefensible. Sure, the President has got to be able to take her away, you’ve got to have some order. But once she has been taken away, you’ve already solved the problem. So what is to be gained by taking that extra step? The only purposes I can think of are (i) to make a point (show China we won’t stand for this kind of demonstration when they come to the White House) or (ii) make an example of her so noone else tries the same thing. Either purpose is, in my opinion, indefensible when all you have to do is remove the heckler.