Richard Cohen is a very serious person. You know how I know this? Because in the course of an 800 word op-ed calling for either a pardon or a commutation of Scooter Libby--an op-ed that has basically been written by a good majority of his peers--Cohen suggests that we (the press, the government, the grand "we") should be ignoring transgressions like Scooter's as a standard practice: "government officials should not lie to grand juries, but neither should they be called to account for practicing the dark art of politics. As with sex or real estate, it is often best to keep the lights off." Ah. Pay no attention to the politicians behind the curtain. Very serious person.
It is possible that the Right thinks that the Constitutional injunction to the President that he 'take care that the laws be faithfully executed' actually means that the laws should be put against the wall (blindfolded, no less) and the Republican firing squad should do its duty to execute them?
Posted by: JimPortlandOR | June 19, 2007 at 12:04 PM