Via Newsmax:
Democrats know a lot about criminalizing the political process — and the terrible consequences to our nation and our democracy when it happens.
We saw it happen again and again in the 1990s, after multiple Cabinet secretaries in the Bill Clinton administration were “investigated” by “independent counsels” — and every one of them resulted in no conviction, despite the rush to judgment and the media’s use of the word “scandals” when an “investigation” is worth even less than an “indictment” as evidence of actual wrongdoing.
We Democrats also pride ourselves on our liberalism and commitment to due process and the presumption of innocence embedded in the U.S. Constitution. That is why my father taught me that when Sen. Joe McCarthy, R-Wis., used innuendo and accusation to destroy reputations without a fair trial or any due process, it was contrary to all our liberal principles.
Yet we see the shameful indictment of Texas Gov. Rick Perry by the Travis County (Austin) district attorney because Perry vetoed funding of the public corruption unit. He did so after the district attorney leading that unit had pleaded guilty to drunken driving.
Whether or not Perry was right or wrong in vetoing that funding, motivated by good reasons or bad reasons, is not relevant. The voters get to decide that issue. But it is a perversion of the criminal justice system, a classic case of prosecutorial abuse, to indict Perry as a way of deciding the wisdom of his veto. Voters should decide that, not a prosecutor.
It is even more outrageous to anyone who cares about due process and civil liberties to read the comments from local and state Democrats in the state Texas Democratic Party about the Perry indictment. Most of the comments I read used language of guilt or a presumption of wrongdoing because of the fact of the indictment.
He forgets of course that there was an impeachment of Clinton in the House for perjury and obstruction of justice.
Davis criticizes Texas Democrats who call for Perry’s resignation. Among those is Joaquin Castro, whose Julian is being touted as a potential VP running mate with…wait for it…Hillary Clinton. I’m sure that the Castro brothers would have no reason whatever to call for the resignation of Rick Perry…