All of the handwringing by the conservatives over Eric Holder's decision to bring the trial of KSM to NY is in direct response to how much dirt will come out about the Bush/Cheney administration. Anyway, that was the thought that sprung to my mind the minute the hysteria from the right wing began upon the announcement.
AMERICA ON TRIAL
By Ted Rall
NEW YORK--One of my favorite books is by a conservative. Every American should read Stephen L. Carter's 1996 primer on ethics, "Integrity." Carter writes that integrity requires doing the right thing, "even at personal cost." In the world of politics, the example of Al Gore's father comes to my mind: a senator from Tennessee, Al Gore, Sr. openly opposed segregation and the Vietnam War even though he knew his outspokenness would cause him to lose his 1970 reelection campaign.
Faced with the choice between integrity and expediency, Republicans are taking the low road. Principles? Only when they're convenient. Never mind the Constitution, the Geneva Conventions or common decency--on the question of what to do about POWs rotting away at Guantánamo Bay concentration camp, right-wingers' concerns are purely practical. Read entire article.
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