Courtesy of Steven Benen,
guesting at Kevin Drum's blog, two Fox News-style questions that enterprising, liberal reporters could start asking Republican candidates in the wake of the Scooter Libby pardon:
Would you, as president, routinely overturn criminal sentences for unrepentant convicted felons before they serve time behind bars?
If obstruction of justice and perjury are not serious crimes deserving of serious punishment, what other felonies are you inclined to disregard?
This is something along the lines of my previous critique of the Supreme Court nominees. If you elect conservatives to the executive and legislative branches, you will get conservative judges. If you (re-!)elect amoral cronyists for whom party-line loyalty is the one and only important value in a government employee, you get felony convictions for obstruction of justice and inappropriate, undeserved pardons.
Guess I can kiss my new conservative demographic goodbye after this one...
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