Turley fears Obama sellout on Bush investigations

Jonathan Turley thinks Democrats in general and Barack Obama in particular will give Republican illegalities a pass if/when they’re in power next year.

Judging by a comment from Obama legal advisor Cass Sunstein (of whom I expected better), and Passive Pelosi™ keeping under wraps the idea of a new Church Commission, Turley is right to be “very, very afraid.”

Sunstein, in another Obama the squishmeister/Kumbaya chorus master type of comment, said that investigating too much would risk politicizing public service unless the crimes were “egregious.”

“We’ve had eight years of moral relativism and the avoidance of legal process,” stated Turley. “And to start a major campaign with the suggestion that we're going to distinguish between egregious and non-egregious crimes promises more of the same.”

“Did we just see accountability go out the window for good?” Keith Olbermann asked Turley.

“That would probably wrap it up,” Turley replied.

Be very, very afraid — of an Obama victory. At least on the issue of civil liberties, you’re not going to get hypocrisy from McCain.

And, this fall, exercise your idealism and vote Green. If Obama loses? Maybe it’s better.