Comments on: Will Karl Rove Face Criminal Charges? http://www.markrileymedia.com/2009/08/12/will-karl-rove-face-criminal-charges/ The voice of Working America Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:38:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: carterthewriter http://www.markrileymedia.com/2009/08/12/will-karl-rove-face-criminal-charges/comment-page-1/#comment-225 carterthewriter Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:18:52 +0000 http://markrileymedia.wordpress.com/?p=467#comment-225 As the writer states above, Washington need the same overhaul our automakers are experiencing, before it is too late and the money runs out. Start moving in a forward direction or be left behind come next election! As the writer states above, Washington need the same overhaul our automakers are experiencing, before it is too late and the money runs out. Start moving in a forward direction or be left behind come next election!

]]> By: Laurie Mena http://www.markrileymedia.com/2009/08/12/will-karl-rove-face-criminal-charges/comment-page-1/#comment-224 Laurie Mena Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:45:26 +0000 http://markrileymedia.wordpress.com/?p=467#comment-224 Let's face it, in another post I mentioned how we can never expect the culture in most of the world to mimic America's, and it applies here, too. Washington has a culture that is not too reflective of the rest of America, and it causes these "lapses" in judgement. Work in Washington is "at will" in the strongest form of the word. No human resource department or law office can reverse an election (where the vote count was accurate), barring patently illegal activity. When a new team comes in, especially from the other party, the old team is summarily fired and quickly moved out of their habitat. This has been Washington's way since it became the capital of the US. So, Washington's team players have little sense of what is right and wrong for the rest of the country, and that typically includes both parties. Partisanship is "right", and everything else is "wrong". Partisanship is what clears out those offices after an election, or relegates an unpopular member of the electorate to a bathroom-sized office. This is the way of life of the legislative branch of government. However, the framers of the Constitution knew better. Stability is a very important need, especially for those handling judicial cases. Prosecutors find themselves in a comletely different structure, and their response to issues is based solely on the law and the Constitution - gut reactions, partisan leanings, etc., have no place in their positions. In fact, Iglesias was considered a Republican-leaning Independent. Prosecuting this case has the burden of criminal intent. In this era of coercive partisanship, most defendents could easily request a plea of insanity, and most Americans would concur. Reform IS the only answer - there has been too much abuse to decide who to punish. Even building new office space and clearing politicians out of their current digs, and into a large office complex where all representatives have equal access and amenities, will start improving the process. I can't see the Obama adminstration stretching this thing out beyond pointing out to people that much of Washington has no clue what the rest of America does - Obama is too much of a pragmatist. Kenneth Starr spent over $50 million of taxpayers' money to chase Clinton with no success. The abuse simply accentuates the point Obama made when he ran for president - that Washington needs reform, and the Rove situation is just one snapshot of a stack of abuses by all parties. Let’s face it, in another post I mentioned how we can never expect the culture in most of the world to mimic America’s, and it applies here, too. Washington has a culture that is not too reflective of the rest of America, and it causes these “lapses” in judgement.

Work in Washington is “at will” in the strongest form of the word. No human resource department or law office can reverse an election (where the vote count was accurate), barring patently illegal activity. When a new team comes in, especially from the other party, the old team is summarily fired and quickly moved out of their habitat. This has been Washington’s way since it became the capital of the US.

So, Washington’s team players have little sense of what is right and wrong for the rest of the country, and that typically includes both parties. Partisanship is “right”, and everything else is “wrong”. Partisanship is what clears out those offices after an election, or relegates an unpopular member of the electorate to a bathroom-sized office.

This is the way of life of the legislative branch of government. However, the framers of the Constitution knew better. Stability is a very important need, especially for those handling judicial cases. Prosecutors find themselves in a comletely different structure, and their response to issues is based solely on the law and the Constitution – gut reactions, partisan leanings, etc., have no place in their positions. In fact, Iglesias was considered a Republican-leaning Independent.

Prosecuting this case has the burden of criminal intent. In this era of coercive partisanship, most defendents could easily request a plea of insanity, and most Americans would concur.

Reform IS the only answer – there has been too much abuse to decide who to punish. Even building new office space and clearing politicians out of their current digs, and into a large office complex where all representatives have equal access and amenities, will start improving the process.

I can’t see the Obama adminstration stretching this thing out beyond pointing out to people that much of Washington has no clue what the rest of America does – Obama is too much of a pragmatist. Kenneth Starr spent over $50 million of taxpayers’ money to chase Clinton with no success.

The abuse simply accentuates the point Obama made when he ran for president – that Washington needs reform, and the Rove situation is just one snapshot of a stack of abuses by all parties.

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