Obama Would Investigate Bush
Via HuffPost
Tonight I had an opportunity to ask Barack Obama a question that is on the minds of many Americans, yet rarely rises to the surface in the great ruckus of the 2008 presidential race — and that is whether an Obama administration would seek to prosecute officials of a former Bush administration on the revelations that they greenlighted torture, or for other potential crimes that took place in the White House.
Obama said that as president he would indeed ask his new Attorney General and his deputies to “immediately review the information that’s already there” and determine if an inquiry is warranted — but he also tread carefully on the issue, in line with his reputation for seeking to bridge the partisan divide. He worried that such a probe could be spun as “a partisan witch hunt.” However, he said that equation changes if there was willful criminality, because “nobody is above the law.”
Meanwhile, the Hildabeast continues to morph into a Republican. We were delighted to see Stewart call bullshit on her “elitism” charges: “Not only do I want an elite president, I want someone who’s embarrassingly superior to me.”
If you haven’t seen it, this is essential: Baracky: The Movie [via Rumproast]
