Last Monday, we talked in class about morality; what it means, how we use it, and how the government should use it. I don't want to go over any of that today. I just came across a short and interesting thought that I would like your insight on.
Rod Blagojevich, the governor from Illinois, has officially been impeached. His crime? Attempting to sell President Obama's senate seat. Within weeks of this discovery he has been tried, impeached, and replaced.
Now, here's my question: if Blagojevich can be tried and impeached for something as immoral as attempting to sell a senate seat, why did former President George W. Bush remain in office full term after he lied about the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq which lead our country into a war that continues even now, ignored his country's citizens in one of the worst hours of need in history, during hurricane Katrina, and violated the Constitution and the Geneva Convention at Guantanamo Bay?
On the scale of immorality, guess which offender I'm ranking more heinous? And he got off scot free.
Rod Blagojevich, the governor from Illinois, has officially been impeached. His crime? Attempting to sell President Obama's senate seat. Within weeks of this discovery he has been tried, impeached, and replaced.
Now, here's my question: if Blagojevich can be tried and impeached for something as immoral as attempting to sell a senate seat, why did former President George W. Bush remain in office full term after he lied about the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq which lead our country into a war that continues even now, ignored his country's citizens in one of the worst hours of need in history, during hurricane Katrina, and violated the Constitution and the Geneva Convention at Guantanamo Bay?
On the scale of immorality, guess which offender I'm ranking more heinous? And he got off scot free.
1 comment:
Yes, but Blagovich smeared the integrity of his office, as did Clinton. That is why these people are criminals.
Nixon and Bush greatly expanded the importance and prestige of their office by increasing its vise grip on the government; that is why they are less criminal.
Remember, "if the President does it, it's not breaking the law", as Richard Nixon once said.
/sarcasm
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