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    Obama's Justice Department Promises to Be Slightly Less Anti-Gay

    Eliot Spitzer Doesn't Need Vanity Fair's Help (But He's Getting It Anyway)

    Rove Testifies to Congress About Ancient History of Long-Forgotten Misdeeds

    Justice Department's trustbuster a hired gun with Mickey Mouse ears

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    Image of whupassmaster whupassmaster
    08/18/09

    In reply to Obama's Justice Department Promises to Be Slightly Less Anti-Gay
    You know, if Obama doesn't start being more ass-sex-positive, I'm going to vote for the party that wants to burn me at the stake! That'll show him!
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    Image of lacieca01 lacieca01
    08/18/09

    In reply to Obama's Justice Department Promises to Be Slightly Less Anti-Gay
    I'm not sure why you have a problem with an administration that follows its own stated policy to obey the law. Since when is "but the Bush adminstration got to break curfew and get drunk and screw around" any basis for a moral position?
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    Image of hypocriteoath hypocriteoath
    08/18/09

    @lacieca01: but now it is OUR turn to run things... oh yeah, that is exactly where partisan politics come from. thank you for saying that, you make an excellent point.
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    Image of Magister Magister
    08/18/09

    @lacieca01: I sort of have to concur.

    The Attorney General appoints special prosecutors and independent counsels; The Bush White House was rightly tarred because they used DoJ as part of their political wing. Justice may be part of the executive branch, but they're confirmed by the Senate and charged with enforcing the law of the land. I really don't think I'd like it, if an appointed official or an underling lawyer was given the power of a pocket veto.

    Though, now that they have better guidance, perhaps they'll fall back toward the "don't pursue" method applied to medical marijuana and in the meantime, hopefully activists will keep trying to change the law.
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    Edited by Magister at 08/18/09 3:48 PM Magister was starred Magister was unstarred
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    07/28/09

    In reply to Eliot Spitzer Doesn't Need Vanity Fair's Help (But He's Getting It Anyway)
    What? This story still has hairy legs? Did Joe Francis ever marry Ashley and return her to the Lord's embrace? Dick Grasso? Was he knighted?
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    Image of RonMwangaguhunga RonMwangaguhunga
    07/28/09

    In reply to Eliot Spitzer Doesn't Need Vanity Fair's Help (But He's Getting It Anyway)
    Vanity Fair might want to start with GOP trickster Roger Stone, whose role in bringing Ashley Dupre to light has always eluded me. But Stone is so oily a character, the investigative journalists might want to have their shots first.
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    Image of dado dado
    07/28/09

    In reply to Eliot Spitzer Doesn't Need Vanity Fair's Help (But He's Getting It Anyway)
    If I were a ho chasing Governor, I would make sure I never, ever, ever pissed of Ken Langone. That's just me, though.
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    07/28/09

    In reply to Eliot Spitzer Doesn't Need Vanity Fair's Help (But He's Getting It Anyway)
    Second, it only reminds people that Spitzer is a hooker-banging ex-governor

    True, but the really important thing is how much better "hooker-banging ex-governor" sounds today than it did 18 months ago.
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    Image of DaveCrabtree DaveCrabtree
    07/28/09

    @skahammer: Do you think so? I mean, the newest inductees to the society of hooker-banging politicians aren't exactly raising the quality of that crowd in my estimation. And, I have to say, that nothing the other clowns have done while hoooker-banging is worse than wearing black calf-covering wool socks. It just seems so . . . uncomfortable. I mean, if you're not going to wear a condom, taking off the socks seems like a no-brainer.
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    Edited by DaveCrabtree at 07/28/09 4:29 PM DaveCrabtree was starred DaveCrabtree was unstarred
    Image of freedc freedc
    07/28/09

    In reply to Eliot Spitzer Doesn't Need Vanity Fair's Help (But He's Getting It Anyway)
    Is this an open caption contest?

    "This is the size of both my dick and my sense of ethics."
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    Image of daveyjonesisdead daveyjonesisdead
    07/28/09

    @freedc: "As you can see, my mouth can only fit one that's no thicker than this."
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    Image of freedc freedc
    07/28/09

    @daveyjonesisdead: "As you can see, my mouth can only fit one that's no thicker than this....that's why John Thain and I are so close."
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    Image of freedc freedc
    07/28/09

    @freedc: @freedc: Ugh! Sorry, I don't even like small dick jokes. But this situation drives me nuts. The man was a motherfucking prosecutor and governor for christ's sake. He's supposed to uphold the law and he didn't and yet he didn't get arrested, didn't get disbarred, barely a slap on the wrist. Why follow rules? No one else does. That's what we're teaching the children.

    What about the children?!

    ;)
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    Image of Beau Nerd Beau Nerd
    07/28/09

    @freedc: Funny caption. But! I would say cheating on your wife with a prostitute constitutes more of a moral breach than an ethical one.

    Now, a character assassination orchestrated for political gain, at the expense of a committed advocate for the people's interests, that's even lower and more distasteful than a small dick joke.
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    Image of sparky sparky
    07/28/09

    @Beau Nerd: FYI moral and ethical are synonyms; one comes from the Latin, one comes from the Greek. Sorry to be splitting hairs.
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    Image of freedc freedc
    07/28/09

    @Beau Nerd: "I would say cheating on your wife with a prostitute constitutes more of a moral breach than an ethical one."

    NO! He was a PROSECUTOR who locked up many people, but then didn't follow the laws himself. HE TRAFFICKED A HUMAN BEING OVER STATE LINES FOR SEX. Is that a dumb law? Maybe, maybe not. But it's the fucking law and he locked up people for the SAME thing and less, but NOTHING happened to him. It's really a tragedy.

    If you've ever seen the aftermath of crappy prosecutorial discretion, you'd understand my anger better. These people weild amazing, almost unlimited power. For him to commit a crime, pay nothing for it, and cry about being tattled on sucks black dress socks.
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    Edited by freedc at 07/28/09 5:34 PM freedc was starred freedc was unstarred
    Image of Beau Nerd Beau Nerd
    07/28/09

    @sparky: No one who starts a sentence with FYI is sorry for anything, ever.
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    08/04/09

    @sparky: Err, no. Moral has a societal connotation, while Ethical has an inwardly-driven one.
    Smoking pot in a Zero Tolerance state might be a moral lapse (the hayseeds tsk tsking) but not an ethical one (smokes only at night, away from the kiddies from one's own garden).
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    Image of daveyjonesisdead daveyjonesisdead
    07/28/09

    In reply to Eliot Spitzer Doesn't Need Vanity Fair's Help (But He's Getting It Anyway)
    I recall Ashley saying something about John Thain guiding Spitzer's penis into her. Does that help the investigation at all?
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    Edited by daveyjonesisdead at 07/28/09 3:24 PM daveyjonesisdead was starred daveyjonesisdead was unstarred
    Image of lawyergay lawyergay
    07/08/09

    In reply to Rove Testifies to Congress About Ancient History of Long-Forgotten Misdeeds
    P.S. I can't be the only person who thinks Rove had more than a run-of-the-mill boycrush on W.
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    Image of valet_of_the_dolls valet_of_the_dolls
    07/08/09

    @lawyergay: "You know that dream where you're in bed, and they fly in through the window?"
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    Image of HiredGoons HiredGoons
    07/08/09

    @valet_of_the_dolls: 'You probably should ignore that...'
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    Image of lawyergay lawyergay
    07/08/09

    In reply to Rove Testifies to Congress About Ancient History of Long-Forgotten Misdeeds
    It wasn't just "too-liberal" US Attorneys, it was any US Attorney, regardless of political stripe, who wouldn't bring corruption charges against the democratic elected officials and big campaign donors Rove wanted targeted. David Iglesias of New Mexico is no bleeding heart liberal.


    Unfortunately, Pareene, I also think you should have your champagne now. That raving milquetoast Barack Obama will never spend an ounce of political capital having Rove or any other Bush administration criminals punished.

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    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    07/08/09

    @lawyergay: Just as well, really. Such a move would send a good number of Freepers and Teabaggers running for their guns, looking to exact vengeance on the "New Hitler." As much as I'd love to see the little porker behind bars I don't need the additional aggravation.
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    Image of markscottmusic markscottmusic
    07/08/09

    In reply to Rove Testifies to Congress About Ancient History of Long-Forgotten Misdeeds
    Rove is a fat POS who should, but unfortunately won't, spend the rest of his life in prison (ideally joined by Bush, Cheney, Condi and the rest of the war criminals).
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    Image of sybann sybann
    07/08/09

    @markscottmusic: With a hugely endowed roomie.
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    Image of meerkat meerkat
    07/08/09

    @markscottmusic:

    I think it would be better (though even more unlikely)if Bush, Cheney, Rove and Rumsfeld could be air-dropped into Al Queda territory.
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    Image of BlackXacto BlackXacto
    07/08/09

    In reply to Rove Testifies to Congress About Ancient History of Long-Forgotten Misdeeds
    Rove and Novak should be blind folded, stood in front of a wall . . .
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    Image of sybann sybann
    07/08/09

    @BlackXacto: OH PLEASE! ME ME ME!
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    Image of Colonel Mustard Colonel Mustard
    07/08/09

    In reply to Rove Testifies to Congress About Ancient History of Long-Forgotten Misdeeds
    Judiciary officials report that the testimony was delayed several hours when Rove placed his hand on the bible to be sworn in, there was a loud hissing sound and smoke began to emanate from the book's cover. "It burns, it burns," Rove rasped painfully, before wrenching his hand free, reverting to the form of a bat, and flying for the open window while shrieking in pain.
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    Image of depardoo depardoo
    07/08/09

    In reply to Rove Testifies to Congress About Ancient History of Long-Forgotten Misdeeds
    I could die happily knowing that Turd Blossum was going to do time.
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    07/08/09

    @depardoo: I read that as "going to die." No idea why.
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    Image of SaraRueful SaraRueful
    07/08/09

    @Conchie Birdie: Me too! Wishful thinking?
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