Conscience of America_Thank you Keith Olbermann.

[Carthaigh]

[quote JoeH]12 jurors and a judge thought differently. If Martha Stewart can be tried, convicted and go to jail for lieing, so can Scooter. In addition he was found guilty of obstruction of justice. You should not get a free pass just because you work for the President or Vice President.
Please don't feed the trolls.

[Seacrest]

[quote JoeH]12 jurors and a judge thought differently.
A judge appointed by Bush, no less.

[jimbrady]

I guarantee you 'mint didn't watch more than 45 seconds of that. He had a job as a sportscaster (a small slippery step above salesman), no way he could have a good idea to share. [/irony]

[Dennis S]

Wasn't Reagan a sportscaster?

[jimbrady]

[quote Dennis S]Wasn't Reagan a sportscaster?
/B-movie actor/Great communicator

[JoeH]

[quote Dennis S]Wasn't Reagan a sportscaster?
Don't confuse 'mint with the facts. it might shatter his illusions. But, yes, Reagan did a stint as sportscaster before becoming an actor.

[Seacrest]

Limbaugh as well.

[davester]

For Limbaugh it was all downhill from there.

[RgrF]

[quote JoeH][quote Dennis S]Wasn't Reagan a sportscaster?
Don't confuse 'mint with the facts. it might shatter his illusions. But, yes, Reagan did a stint as sportscaster before becoming an actor.
Actually he was always an actor.

For a while what he did was a simulated broadcast. In those days local stations had neither the money nor technology to do every game live. Home games were live while most road games were doctored to seem live.

The radio personality pretended to be away at the other teams ballpark. He would have a wire service ticker of the game as it progressed. As the wire came in they would provide sound effects, the crack of a bat, crowd noise etc. while the announcer would dramatically replay the game for the home town folks and thus sell commercial time at a premium.

The audience was never told he wasn't at the game but in a studio hundreds of miles from the game.

By all accounts Mr. Reagan was good at keeping them believing he was really describing something he was watching in person rather than reading from a wire. All in all, good training for an actor or a future politician.

[chas_m]

Yes, lying to the FBI, the Justice Department and the Grand Jury is NOT a crime.

If you're a Republican.