Obama might pursue criminal charges against Bush

Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden said yesterday that
he and running mate Barack Obama could pursue criminal charges against
the Bush administration if they are elected in November.

Biden's
comments, first reported by ABC news, attracted little notice on a day
dominated by the drama surrounding his Republican counterpart, Alaska
governor Sarah Palin.

But his statements represent the Democrats'
strongest vow so far this year to investigate alleged misdeeds
committed during the Bush years.

"If there has been a basis
upon which you can pursue someone for a criminal violation, they will
be pursued," Biden said during a campaign event in Deerfield Beach,
Florida, according to ABC.

"[N]ot out of vengeance, not out of
retribution," he added, "out of the need to preserve the notion that no
one, no attorney general, no president -- no one is above the law."

Obama
sounded a similar note in April, vowing that if elected, he would ask
his attorney general to initiate a prompt review of Bush-era actions to
distinguish between possible "genuine crimes" and "really bad policies".

I'll give you 10 to 1 odds that Obama doesn't do jack shit about "criminal charges", and that he'll announce that everything was just "really bad policies", if he announces anything at all.

It's political postueuring at best.

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com