Monday, May 12, 2008

Do the Presidential Candidates Believe that Presidents Are Above the Law?

By Francis T. Mandanici

Regarding whether President Bush and officials in his Administration committed any crimes, Senator Barack Obama told Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Daily News that he would have his new "Attorney General immediately review the information that's already there" and if that information showed that "crimes have been committed, they should be investigated" because nobody is "above the law." Bunch in his article stated that many Americans wondered whether an Obama Administration would seek to prosecute Bush officials for crimes that they may have committed. Senator Obama stated that at the present time "I can't prejudge [whether Bush officials committed any crimes] because we don't have access to all the material right now." The other presidential candidates would probably say the same thing.

However, the public record already has sufficient information that shows that President Bush and his officials committed various crimes and the presidential candidates can make judgments on these matters now.

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