Yes! Yes! Yes! Beautiful....your post bears repeating because it illustrates the abject Truth re: "political truth" and exposes the individual in possesion of the misappropriated gavel...His Royal Lowness, Knight of Cruex and Preparation "H"yde!
"If citizens are allowed to lie with impunity -- or encourage others to tell false
stories or hide evidence -- judges and juries cannot reach just results," said
Hyde, R-Ill. "At that point, the courtroom becomes an arena for artful liars
and the jury a mere focus group choosing between alternative fictions." . . .
But some people recalled what Hyde said in 1987, in Congress' inquiry into
the Iran-contra affair. Defending the Reagan administration, Hyde said
condemnation of all lying "just seems to me too simplistic."
"In the murkier grayness of the real world, choices must often be made,"
Hyde said of the Reagan administration's covert aid to anti-communist rebels
in Nicaragua.
Hypocrite or not, adulterous papal knight Hyde sure doesn't suffer from the
hobgoblin of small minds, eh, JLA?
. . . Republicans on the Judiciary Committee replied Friday night, "Context
does matter, and the facts of the Iran-contra affair and President Clinton's
affair with Monica Lewinsky could not be more different."
"No one lied under oath, after swearing to tell the truth, and no one ever lied
for personal gain," said the Republicans' statement, issued by their
spokesman, Paul McNulty.
Saying no one lied under oath in Iran-contra is a bit dubious, if you hold with the legal standard of proof.
..."just too simplistic", that's rich!
Please, Sir Henry... |
