This is the letter that I sent to Kay Bailey Hutchison today:
I am writing to you because you said something today that was very inconsistent with your previous stated views. This was what you said to Tim Russert today:
"I certainly hope that if there is going to be an indictment that says something happened, that it is an indictment on a crime and not some perjury technicality where they couldn't indict on the crime so they go to something just to show that their two years of investigation were not a waste of time and dollars."
Back in 1999, your view was a little different about "a perjury technicality",
In 1999:
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Willful, corrupt, and false sworn testimony before a Federal grand jury is a separate and distinct crime under applicable law and is material and perjurious if it is `capable' of influencing the grand jury in any matter before it, including any collateral matters that it may consider. See, Title 18, Section 1623, U.S. Code, and Federal court cases interpreting that Section.
The President's testimony before the Federal grand jury was fully capable of influencing the grand jury's investigation and was clearly perjurious.
...Then came the dress, the tapes, and the Federal grand jury. The attempt to obstruct and cover-up grew, expanded, and developed a life of its own. It overpowered the underlying offense itself. A new strategy was required, fast: The President was advised: `Admit the sex, but never the lies.' Shift the blame; change the subject. Blame it on the plaintiff in the Arkansas case. Blame it on her lawyers. Blame it on the Independent Counsel. Blame it on partisanship. Blame it on the majority members of the House Judiciary Committee. Blame it on the process"
Why was this the case when it was Bill Clinton committing perjury but not for Karl Rove or Scooter Libby? Is this the "criminalization of politics" or are you serving interests that are against your constituents that elect you?
Thank you,
Cohe Bolin
Thanks to justmy2 for the 1999 quote. I live in this womans disrict and have voted against her, written many letters etc. This is the way to get a response. We should contact our elected officials and hold them accountable for their actions! WE are the ones that elect THEM, not the other way around. THEY work for US, we need to remember that!