The "Move On" Defense of George W. Bush

[Harry Monroe]

The "Move On" Defense of George W. Bush

Cenk Uygur
Host of The Young Turks
Posted January 26, 2009 | 12:39 PM (EST)

John Barry has written what I will call the "move on" defense of the Bush administration in this week's Newsweek. The idea is that it is fairly clear that the Bush administration violated the law in several instances, but since we already know this and his party has already lost an election, let's just move on already.

You can read the piece here and you can see that I am not exaggerating at all. That is truly his argument. In fact, we will have Barry on the show on Monday to talk to him about this article.

If I seem incredulous at that argument, that's because I am. They never taught me that one in law school. "Look, your honor, we know my client committed this crime, we've already caught him and the victim is already dead. So, let's just move on already!"

To say Bush's defense is that his opponents want "political vengeance" is a non sequitur. Couldn't every trial in the country be characterized as some sort of "vengeance" based on this logic?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/the-move-on-defense-of-ge_b_160927.html

[texastoast]

1. I bet Hitler would have liked the Jews to move on too

Fuck Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Rice for what they did to the Iraqis and to us. To The Hague!

[Dragonfli]

2. Can I use that defense in traffic court as well? I really don't want to pay this ticket see and..

The light has already changed from red to green anyway.

[islandmkl]

3. yeah...the nazis lost their war, and many, or some, of them were punished...

but anyway, they lost, so that should have been justice enough...

we should have just let things go on and not 'looked back'....

like it is noted, they LOST, that should have been punishment enough...




i love when the shoe doesn't fit on the other foot so much...

[stopbush]

4. Sounds like a great ploy to use for anything.

Stop paying your rent/mortgage for a year or more. Sure, you owe the money, but we know you owe the money, we know where you live and you're not going anywhere. Let's move on and forget that year of non-payment.

[ihavenobias]

5. This is a dupe, but that's ok.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x419971

It's currently featured on the homepage and is in the Articles & Editorials section. It woulda been nice if you had posted it in GD!

:)

[Harry Monroe]

6. I saw that after I posted. Sorry, my bad!