Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Decision time: keep arguing about the last election, or try to win the next one?

You are either for trump or for democracy. Pick one.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

“Facilitate” is an active verb, not a weasel word.

Compromise? There is no middle ground between a firefighter and an arsonist.

The real work of an opposition party is to oppose.

“But what about the lurkers?”

I have other things to bitch about but those will have to wait.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

Fear or fury? The choice is ours.

“They all knew.”

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

Dear elected officials: Trump is temporary, dishonor is forever.

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

Nothing worth doing is easy.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

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Judge Andrew Napolitano, Fox News “Senior Judicial Analyst”:

Nader: What’s the sanction for President Bush and Vice President Cheney?

Napolitano: There’s been no sanction except what history will say about them.

Nader: What should be the sanctions?

Napolitano: They should have been indicted. They absolutely should have been indicted for torturing, for spying, for arresting without warrants. I’d like to say they should be indicted for lying but believe it or not, unless you’re under oath, lying is not a crime. At least not an indictable crime. It’s a moral crime.

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  1. 1.

    SGEW

    [President Bush and Vice President Cheney] absolutely should have been indicted for torturing, for spying, for arresting without warrants.

    The thing is, this really shouldn’t be a controversial statement from a legal point of view. It’s practically hornbook stuff.

  2. 2.

    Redhand

    @SGEW:

    It’s practically hornbook stuff.

    Absolutely. Bush and Cheney are the most lawless bastards ever to occupy high office in this country. What Augusto Pinochet was to Chile, they are to the USA.

  3. 3.

    RedKitten

    Man, for someone to finally say that out loud, and on TV (and on Fox, no less)…that’s just plain refreshing, isn’t it?

  5. 5.

    David

    If the Republicans were smart they would have been calling for that starting January 21, 2009.

  6. 6.

    TomG

    Judge Napolitano is just awesome. He’s the only person worth paying attention to on Fox News.

  7. 7.

    The Truffle

    And of course, the good judge waited until Bush/Cheney were gone to say this.

    Jerk.

  10. 10.

    TomG

    The Truffle, @7 – This isn’t the FIRST time that Judge Napolitano has made these statements. He was completely against the PATRIOT Act from the moment it passed, for instance. I haven’t read his books yet, but he hasn’t hesitated to call out those who are trampling on our civil liberties.
    EDIT – apparently he subs for Glenn Beck on Beck’s radio show. I still think he’s pretty good, just not perfect.

  11. 11.

    Shrillhouse

    Whooops!! Did I say ‘should be indicted?” ’cause I meant to say “should have their faces carved on Mt. Rushmore..heh..heh..gosh it’s hot in here!”

  12. 12.

    kid bitzer

    don’t worry–fox will figure out some reason why this shows it’s all obama’s fault.

  13. 13.

    Svensker

    Judge Nap is an old fashioned libertarian conservative who actually thinks that the Constitution should have some meaning. He’s been very consistent throughout. Fox just usually limits him to areas that don’t offend the wingnuts too much yet keeps their hooks on the more libertarian viewers.

  14. 14.

    Redshirt

    How did this happen? Not only does Napolitano need to be made invisible, but I think some staffers too.

    No dissenting opinions! Party before All!

  15. 15.

    Ahh a Lion!

    Napolitano has been saying these kinds of things for years. Not only has Fox kept him as a judicial expert, they gave him his own show. Freedom Watch on Fox Business Network.

  16. 16.

    Paul in KY

    Soon to be ex-Fox News Senior Legal Analyst. Kudos to him for speaking truth to the detriment of his paycheck.

  17. 17.

    water balloon

    As others have been pointing out, Napolitano has been saying these kinds of things on Fox itself for years. I remember him getting very worked up over the FISA court business and domestic spying years ago. The people at Fox know they need someone to speak up for the Ron Paul wing of the conservative movement.

  18. 18.

    SixStringFanatic

    @Ahh a Lion!: They gave him his own show on Fox Business Channel?? That’s the Fox equivalent of “buried in the bureaucracy”, innit?

  20. 20.

    Norwegian Shooter

    Here’s the direct link to the whole show. By the end, I actually had more sympathy for Nader.

    In case you don’t watch it, it should be noted that Napolitano makes an exception from Libertarianism for abortion. He says a separate life begins at conception and that the fetus has all the rights of a person, thus abortion is murder. So from Fox’s point of view (may-I-never-see-it-that-way), he’s got that going for him.

  21. 21.

    Lex

    I can’t find the cite at the moment, but if memory serves, making a false statement to Congress is a crime whether or not under oath, and making false statements to other federal officials even when not under oath can be a crime in certain specific circumstances (statements regarding international shipping, aliens, some other stuff).

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