February 04, 2006

'When the president does it that means that means that it is not illegal.'

This magpie's gotta admit that I'd run this picture even if I had no idea where it came from.


Tricky Dick and Dubya

Two sides of the same counterfeit coin.
[Image: MoveOn.org]


But in this case, I do know the story: MoveOn.org is running a new ad, which calls for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate Dubya's authorization of the illegal domestic wiretapping by the NSA.

You can read the press release about the new ad here [PDF]. MoveOn has a detailed explanation of why a special prosecutor is needed here.

By the way, the quote in the headline comes from David Frost's 1977 interview with ex-president Richard Nixon, in which Tricky Dick attempted to justify his own program of illegal wiretaps and surveillance against his domestic political opponents. [More here.]

Posted by Magpie at February 4, 2006 05:25 PM | War on Terrorism | Technorati links |
Comments

Funny thing, though - when Clinton was getting a BJ in the oval office, and supposedly lying about it under oath, the Repugnicants never said anything like 'When the president does it that means that means that it is not illegal.' I seem to remember some sort of refrain about the rule of law, or something like that. Anyone else remember that?

Posted by: (: Tom :) at February 7, 2006 10:14 AM