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> If Trump had refused to prosecute Bush officials for their crimes, he would not have gotten a pass. That's not the right analogy though. The question is how the press would have reacted to his decision not to prosecute Obama officials. And given their reaction to his threats to do so ("lock her up" &c), my guess is that they would take it as a sign of maturity if he said, "Look, we're not in the business of trying…
It honestly had very little to do with which team we are discussing, as Obama also refused to do so much as fire the CIA officials under his own administration who were caught red handed spying on Congress while Congress was writing their torture report, much less prosecute them for doing it. James Clapper lied under oath while testifying before Congress about NSA spying, and he suffered no consequences. We have prev…
Re: 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winners
#61It's too late. Obama has been canonized into sainthood long ago. Comparisons are always inadequate, his role in scandals (which apparently don't exist) is always far removed. Louis Lerner is as far up the chain as anyone wanted to dig into the IRS scandal that didn't exist and that didn't lead to a stolen election.
The double standard is transparently obvious. The faithful just don't acknowledge it.