Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Powerline Delivers!

Once Obama ok'd the possibility of a torture investigation, you just knew Powerline's reaction would be awesome.

It is. In a post entitled -- I shit you not -- "Criminalizing Conservatism," Assrocket says,

Many liberals don't just want to defeat conservatives at the polls, they want to send them to jail. Toward that end, they have sometimes tried to criminalize what are essentially policy differences. ...


You hear that, people? Torture is a "policy difference."

The idea of prosecuting a lawyer because a wrote a legal analysis with which the current Attorney General disagrees is so outrageous that I can't believe it would be seriously considered. Still, President Obama and his party may achieve another objective by publicly making this kind of threat: deterring Republicans from serving in public life. For many Republicans considering whether to accept an appointment to government office, the prospect that they may be subjected to criminal prosecution if the next administration is Democratic could well tip the balance in favor of remaining in private life.

I guess this is a threat???

Not only is this a shoo-in for the Kippies, but it may yet lead to the creation of new categories.

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