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I think the President appoints special prosecutors, not Congress.

The ICC would require Congress to ratify it anyway, so Obama isn't really the issue.  I believe Clinton supported it, but, as with Kyoto, obviously it didn't have a snowball's chance in Hell under Gingrich.  As it would apply equally to Obama, I don't see the obvious partisan politicking inherent to supporting it.  If anything, it could be sold as imposing accountability on politicians, which is fairly popular at the moment with the public.

As to prosecuting Junior, that's up to Eric Holder, assuming he's confirmed (unfortunately he seems to be the one nominee the Reps are trying to stop).  He's been getting an earful on it from the grassroots activists (even responded with "Enough, folks, I hear you"), but I doubt they're going to prosecute, because it's too easy to take the chickenshit way out.  That said, even if they were planning to, they wouldn't say so, because Bush would simply start issuing blanket pardons.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 11:32:46 PM EST
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I just got a letter from the fine Ms Feinstein telling me that this was the time to end partisanship and let the criminals waltz on their merry way.

Cool.

Anybody checked the ICC site, where they list all the signatory states? http://www.icc-cpi.int/statesparties.html - perhaps someone can tell me an alternative name for Chile, since I don't see it there.

Pray tell. Does this mean that (from the ICC site), the "jurisdiction of the ICC will be complementary to national courts, which means that it will only act when countries are unable or unwilling to investigate or prosecute."

Sounds like the state that the US is in. Bush can pardon his ass from here to ubiquity and all I think of is him getting taking down 1 ICC Lane for the trial of the century.

All it will take is some country to charge his ass. What is that country starting with 'V' on the list? Anyone can get the ball rolling. All they have to prove is that the homeland apparatus isn't taking care of the potential case that the ICC would then have jurisdiction over. That Bush pardons himself or that Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Feinstein won't even consider looking into the matter, all the better since it will be all the more clear.

I'm kidding about Venezuela. I don't think that they would be the right country. Spain would be cool. They could get known for this and expiate a lot of their past.

Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.

Frank Delaney ~ Ireland

by siegestate (siegestate or beyondwarispeace.com) on Mon Jan 12th, 2009 at 03:51:10 PM EST
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What's wrong with the cheese eating surrender monkeys showing some spine?  Ah yes, I remember, Sarkozy wants to play with the big boys...

notes from no w here
by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Mon Jan 12th, 2009 at 03:55:32 PM EST
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Settled then~! Ireland will be the one to volunteer Cheney and his government for the stockade at Bruxelles. Huzzah~!

Don't connect it to our man O'Bama though.

Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.

Frank Delaney ~ Ireland

by siegestate (siegestate or beyondwarispeace.com) on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 02:24:31 AM EST
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We'll catch him on a stopover in Shannon - seeing as he used it for rendition flights...

notes from no w here
by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 08:18:29 AM EST
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