Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH): “Our society treats both perjury and obstruction of justice as extraordinarily serious crimes, ones for which people are put in prison,” Gregg told the AP.
Senator John E Sununu (R-NH) strongly agrees: “These acts are not merely technical violations of federal law; they demonstrate a broad and consistent pattern of behavior designed to corrupt our system of due process.”
Is impeachment called for? Sununu says it is:
“The President has undermined the judicial process, shown contempt for judges and officers of the court, and failed egregiously to uphold his oath of office. The President should be impeached. Those who will vote to exonerate a President who has shown such contempt for our judicial system either discard the evidentiary record, or willingly betray their own oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States.”
“In a country based on the system of laws, which is really the great gift given to us under the terms of our Constitution, there needs to be a consistency of application. The idea that all people are equal under the law is not a relative term.”
Bzzt–thank you for playing! These quotes all come from 1999, when perjury and obstruction of justice were dead serious matters to Republicans Gregg and Sununu–and their target was President William Jefferson Clinton. But perjury and obstruction of justice are much more forgivable now–and how sincerely President Bush agrees with them!
Thanks to Dean Barker at Blue Hampshire for getting me started on this!