Republicans call it "criminalizing politics". Democrats call it

[DemsUnited]

"getting crime out of politics."

Heh. Heard that on Stephanie Miller this morning...

[Catrina]

1. Republicans criminalize politics!

[Acryliccalico]

2. I just call it mafia!!!

:kick:

[marbuc]

3. Republicans explicitly endorse "politics as usual"

Dems (at least some) recognize voters are fed up with politics as usual, and strive to return the power to the people.

[unblock]

4. i say they are "politicizing crime"

they commit crimes and then spin the hell out of it.

[Rodger Dodger]

6. Were Crime's in the G. W.'s Whitehouse?

The world will find out this week. One thing is for sure, a crime is a crime any any other name;Civil or criminal. The only difference, is you can buy your way out of a civil crime but not so in a criminal. If you commit the crime you'll have to do the time.

[emulatorloo]

5. "trivializing treason"

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/10/normalization-of-treason-republicans.html

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Then why is the White House and the Republican party engaged in a concerted campaign to make treason acceptable during a time of war? That's exactly what they're doing. On numerous news shows today, Republican surrogates, their talking points ready, issued variations of the following concerning White House chief of staff Karl Rove's outing of a covert CIA agent as part of a political vendetta:

- It's the criminalization of politics
- Is this 'minor' leak really worth all this?
- Political payback is common and should not be criminalized
- Mis-speaking or mis-remembering is not a crime

Yes, the Republicans are now making light of an intentional effort to expose an undercover CIA agent, working on weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East, no less, while we are at war in the Middle East on that very issue.

<snip>

[LiberalinNC]

7. Actually The Daily Show on Thursday did a piece on this!

But the SM show is pretty funny! (Thank God for her, she makes me laugh at all the bs going on in the wh)