WTF Is It Now?!?

'Lies, oaths, and high crimes'
By Allen Snyder, OpEdNews.com:

First, they said it wasn't the sex, it was the lying.

Then they said it wasn't the lying, it was the lying under oath.

And with that pant-load of pseudo-logic, the right wingnuts excoriated, vilified, and tripped over each other impeaching Clinton for lying about his oral dalliances with 'that woman.' 'Is' became a word searching for meaning, Ken Starr made a fortune, but found nothing, and we learned way too much about Bill Clinton's stamped package, secondary uses for cigars, and spunk-stained dresses.

On the surface, BushCo's lies appear worse than Clinton's, but BushCo spin-meisters imply they're a different breed altogether. 'Technically', Bush is not 'under oath', not in court, not perjuring himself. National security, executive privilege, and a corral of convenient scapegoats are all he needs.

I've said this before, I'll say it again. This is the most Constitutionally-deprived bunch that ever sat in the White House. They never saw an Constitutional Article they couldn't...well...they never saw a Constitutional Article. But if they did, they'd see they're violating all sorts of them.

Bush isn't under oath, my ass!

An interesting passage in Article II, Section 1 reads:

"Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation: 'I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States'" (all emphasis added).

Dubya parroted this oath (with aid of cue cards, no doubt) when he received his cut from the 2000 presidential election heist. Too bad it didn't read 'I (state your name) do solemnly swear...' so we could have all had a really good 'Animal House' initiation belly-laugh.

Every time Bush opens his mouth, he does it under oath. Every time he opens his mouth, he lies. Therefore, every time he lies, he does so under oath. Such simple logic, even a conservative can understand it. .. {snip} ..

[Y]ou'd have to trick yourself into believing a handful of blow-jobs and the ensuing hoo-hah over them was worse (that could mean worse morally, practically, politically, ideologically or whatever you want it to mean) than lies that caused the deaths of tens of thousands of people, made the nation less safe, disrupted the world, perhaps beyond repair in some ways, and betrayed the trust of every American whether you voted for him or not. Quite the mouthful.

Or maybe they're right. Maybe Bush's lying really isn't a high crime or misdemeanor after all.

Maybe it's treason.