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Romney's Double Standard

Mitt Romney is one tough talker when it comes to imprisoning suspected foreign terrorists. How does he feel about people in the United States who are suspected of breaking the law? If they happen to work for his presidential campaign, he puts them on paid leave.

The director of operations of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign will be on a paid leave of absence while the authorities investigate accusations that he impersonated a state trooper in Massachusetts and told a reporter in New Hampshire that he had run the reporter’s license plate, the campaign said Friday.

Jay Garrity is presumed innocent and, if he's charged, is entitled to a fair and speedy trial. Why does Romney believe the accused who are imprisoned at Guantanamo are entitled to anything less?

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    "speedy trials" (none / 0) (#1)
    by diogenes on Sat Jun 23, 2007 at 07:17:23 PM EST
    Whether the Gitmo people are "enemy combatants" or "prisoners of war", they have no right to a speedy trial in front of a civilian jury.  

    Fear of fairness? (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by Repack Rider on Sat Jun 23, 2007 at 09:12:53 PM EST
    Whether the Gitmo people are "enemy combatants" or "prisoners of war", they have no right to a speedy trial in front of a civilian jury.

    What if they are "captured by mistake?"

    What is the irrational right-wing fear of asking a few questions about why someone is there before throwing away the key?  It's almost pathological.

    I guess if you never try to find out whether you have made a mistake, you will never have to live with the knowledge that you made a mistake.  It makes a kind of perverted, unethical sense, doesn't it?

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    See also (none / 0) (#2)
    by Molly Bloom on Sat Jun 23, 2007 at 07:37:29 PM EST
    Rudy and Kerik, Ravenel, and Alan Placa



    Mitt Romney corporate slug (none / 0) (#4)
    by Aaron on Sat Jun 23, 2007 at 10:30:12 PM EST
    Mitt Romney is a slimeball who leaves a slick behind him wherever he goes like a slug. You can just smell the corporate money oozing out of every pore.  He's their guy through and through, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if he gets the Republican nomination.  Another bought and paid for front man for corporate interests in America. Par for the course for the Republican Party.