That's the opinion of the latest obscure wingnut Putz links to: (updated below) (updated again) (updated a third time)
NOTING THAT JANET RENO IS CRITICIZING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S WAR ON TERROR POLICIES, SayUncle is conflicted:
I couldn’t decide which bit of smarmy commentary to use, so I’ll use both. Which comment should Uncle have made:
1 - Janet Reno criticizing the heavy-handed tactics of the Justice Department is like Michael Richards criticizing me for racial insensitivity.
or:
2 - When someone who set people on fire says you’re setting a dangerous precedent, it may be time for some serious introspection.
Decisions, decisions?
The link "SayUncle" references is from the National Rifle Association. These are the same yahoos that were screaming that Clinton was going to take all their guns away while decrying the "jackbooted thugs" who sent Elian back to his biological father. They're the same flavor of nut that blame the US government for Waco and not the heavily-armed apocalyptic religious cultist David Koresh. Now they yawn at the Bush administration's illegal wiretapping, torture of US citizens and gutting of habeas corpus, while real conservatives blast them.
Incidentally, the NRA story, surprise!, neglects to mention this about Reno's brief:
The brief is also notable because its signatories include two U.S. attorneys from the Reagan years -- W. Thomas Dillard and Anton R. Valukas -- in addition to prosecutors from the Clinton and Carter administrations and Philip A. Lacovara, a counsel to the Watergate special prosecutor.
"It carries more weight because these are high-ranking officials in several administrations from both parties," said Carl W. Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond.
I don't know how a law professor misses this stuff.
UPDATE:
It appears "SayUncle" has called me an "idiot" in response. My response is in the comments section below.
Memo to "SayUncle" -- stop digging.
UPDATE 2:
SayUncle just doesn't know when to quit. He writes,Last I checked, Tom Delay is not the NRA, who were the nuts you referred to as using the term jackbooted thugs.
Actually, the term I used was "yahoos" and I wasn't just referring to the NRA. I was referring to Putz, you, the NRA, the far-right wing of the GOP at large, which includes Tom DeLay. You know, the kind of people who troll NRA websites looking for snippets of news with which to ridicule Clinton-era officials, while they completely ignore the far more egregious legal excesses of the current administration.
I'm quite aware of the disconnect between the right's treatment of bush v. clinton. Hence, the second comment about introspection. I don't like either administration's justice department.
If you don't approve of the Bush justice department, SayUncle, I apologize for lumping you in with Putz. However, since you were calling Janet Reno a blood-thirsty murderer in bashing her legal critique of the Bush administration's anti-terror policies, it's easy to conclude that you didn't think her criticism was justified. Putz, who has been hammered time and time again by real libertarians for glibly brushing aside any concerns that BushCo has trampled on the constitution and extended the reach of the federal government well beyond anything Clinton adminstration would've dreamed of, doesn't get the same consideration.
And you've illustrated the problem with Waco: you can't talk about the .gov's failures without being lumped into the black helicopter crowd.
Sorry, this is just batshit crazy. Suggesting that there might have been tactical mistakes made by the federal officers on the ground is decidedly not the same thing as claiming Janet Reno intentionally "burned people." Geebus.
UPDATE 3:
This guy just keeps on comin'.
Having read his update in which we learn he cannot write in a manner in which one can determine who he is calling a yahoo; that he says I called Reno a blood-thirsty murderer who did it intentionally; and makes the reference to Clinton-hating (see rule #3); and other misstatements, the term idiot stands.Hey Uncle--it's called context: in this case, the context is Putz's link to your post. Pretty simple. And I doubt many people will buy your claim that the phrase "Janet Reno set people on fire" doesn't indicate malicious intent, but good luck with that.
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