Bailey Hutchinson: Clinton "deliberately lies", Libby makes "inadvertent mistake"

[stargazer99]

This is a letter to the editor that appeared in today's Dallas Morning News. It's from Kay Bailey Hutchinson's press secretary, in response to an editorial that criticized her comments on Meet the Press, stating that her comments were "misconstrued". You see, while Clinton "intentionally lied to a grand jury to protect himself politically", Hutchinson was "concerned" that Fitzgerald wasn't differentiating between such "deliberate lies" and "inadvertent and irrelevant mistakes". Prosecutors, after all, can get overzealous and not see the difference. What utter BULLSH*T!!

Here's the letter, with a link:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...1.3382a97.html

08:29 AM CST on Friday, November 4, 2005


Senator's view misstated

Re: "Since when is lying to a grand jury no big deal?" by Clarence Page, Wednesday Viewpoints.

Mr. Page drew false comparisons between Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's recent remarks on "gotcha" investigator tactics in general – she never referred to a specific case – and her comments during President Bill Clinton's impeachment. Her statements are as different as night and day.

In 1999, Ms. Hutchison said Mr. Clinton committed a serious crime when he perjured himself and obstructed justice, and she was absolutely right. He intentionally lied to a grand jury and the nation and then obstructed justice to protect himself politically.

That is very different from the type of theoretical case the senator was referring to when she said an investigator might fail to find evidence of a crime and instead look for any shred of inconsistency, no matter how inadvertent, in testimony that may have stretched over a period of years.

As she said in 1999, the standards for perjury and obstruction of justice are not gray. Deliberately lying to a grand jury about a material fact is not the same as an inadvertent and irrelevant mistake.

She believes that prosecutors play a critically important role in our system of justice and, to keep the integrity of the process, must legitimately differentiate between deliberate lies and inadvertent mistakes.

Chris Paulitz, press secretary for Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Washington

Here's a link to the original editorial that Chris Paulitz is responding to:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont....1d31b453.html

[strandinthewind]

My thought is she is a C*NT - really, I mean how is it so hard to tell the truth

[markolas]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

My thought is she is a C*NT

She totally is. I'd love to tell her that, but I'd probably be sent to Guantanamo and no one would ever see or hear tell of me again.

[irishgrl]

well, I'd say she's a true REPUBLICAN! with a double standard for everything they do (compared to the standard they expect from everyone else).

Hypocrites all. ALL.

by the way, there's a WORLD of difference between the subject matter too. Clinton=sex with Monica. Libby=leaking the name of a CIA operative and jeopardizing National Security. What is WRONG with those folks? Do they really not see?

[markolas]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

well, I'd say she's a true REPUBLICAN! with a double standard for everything they do (compared to the standard they expect from everyone else).

Hypocrites all. ALL.

by the way, there's a WORLD of difference between the subject matter too. Clinton=sex with Monica. Libby=leaking the name of a CIA operative and jeopardizing National Security. What is WRONG with those folks? Do they really not see?

The only thing that brings me peace of mind at this point is my staunch belief that there is a hell.

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by markolas

The only thing that brings me peace of mind at this point is my staunch belief that there is a hell.

now imagine them all roasting away

[SuzeQuze]

Yes, hypocrites one and all. Such bullsh*t. They want to make the rules for everyone and then make different rules for themselves (no rules because they are the righteous ones).

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

My thought is she is a C*NT - really, I mean how is it so hard to tell the truth

Apparently for her, it is...

[golddustdragon]

You know what's strange. Don Henley gave to her campaign when she first ran. I bet he feels this is the worst mistake he made right after blurting out that Stevie was referring to him in Sara.

[stargazer99]

Originally Posted by golddustdragon

You know what's strange. Don Henley gave to her campaign when she first ran. I bet he feels this is the worst mistake he made right after blurting out that Stevie was referring to him in Sara.

She's up for re-election next year. I'm sure he won't make that mistake again!

I will be contributing to her opponent's campaign, as well as actively campaigning against her. The sad thing is that, in the short time I've lived here, she actually seems to be the lesser of two evils when you compare her to our other senator, John Cornyn. He's one of the nine senators who voted against McCain's anti-torture bill. He's also the one that made the comment after Terri Schiavo's death, about understanding why people are going after judges, because people are fed up with "activist" judges!