I'm an Obama supporter and I support Hillary's decision in the rape case

Hippo_Tron

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Mon Feb-25-08 03:23 AM
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I'm an Obama supporter and I support Hillary's decision in the rape case

I've given my justification here already and you can read it if you like.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4748049&mesg_id=4755621

Furthermore, I have enormous respect for anyone who is a public defender. As disgusted as we are reading this story imagine how difficult it would be to actually have to defend that guy. I know that I couldn't stomach it and I give serious credit to anybody that can when they're not being paid millions of dollars to do so.

For all of my fellow Obama supporters who aren't so blinded by hatred of Hillary that we still support the right to a fair trial and the right to an attorney, please check in.

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sandnsea

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Mon Feb-25-08 03:28 AM
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1. Officers of the Court must also tell the truth

As long as there was some circumstance or bit of evidence that caused her to believe that the story was remotely plausible, then she did the right thing. Far too many people are overlooking the responsibility lawyers have to tell the truth in court. They really are supposed to.

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dkf

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Mon Feb-25-08 03:47 AM
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2. I agree.

I'm sure she must have an idea of who gave her the information she based her affidavit on.

The case made enough of an impact on her that she wrote about it in her book.

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Raejeanowl

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Mon Feb-25-08 03:56 AM
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3. Thanks And Bless You

It's not exactly like she wanted the nasty case, or had the power to refuse it, or didn't speak about it openly (including her misgivings and conflicts) in her own book. The recently published account says she gave it her all; it was her obligation to defend him.

The kind of obligation real public servants sworn to uphold the interests of the public discharge, however distasteful and contrary it may be to their private beliefs.

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donheld

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Mon Feb-25-08 03:58 AM
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4. It's totally disgusting that this has received so much time on DU

It happened 32 years ago. A lot has changed in 32 years. The idea that some FOOL decided this should play on DU is just plain stupid. IMHO If you needed to discredit Hillary with something you'd have to have more than this.

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Johnny__Motown

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Mon Feb-25-08 04:00 AM
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5. There is a difference between defending your client and attacking the victim

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FrenchieCat

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Mon Feb-25-08 04:03 AM
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6. I haven't commented on this for this very reason.

My cousin was a Public Defender.....just made Commissioner.

There are certain issues that come up, that I don't believe are worthy of comment. This is one of them.

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NastyRiffraff

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Mon Feb-25-08 04:07 AM
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7. Thank you! A voice of reason

I once was engaged to a public defender. It's a thankless job, for low pay. Most of their cases involve clients who aren't exactly pillars of the community. Our court system, flawed as it is, does provide for everyone having a competent attorney. And that attorney must put aside his or her feelings about the defendant, and in this case, the victim, and vigorously defend the client. Which is what Hillary did. She wasn't happy about it, even tried to get out of it. But once she was that person's attorney, she had to use all available ethical means to defend him.

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JimGinPA

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Mon Feb-25-08 04:22 AM
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8. Honestly, None Of Us Here Have Enough Information...

To actually make an objective judgement one way or the other. That's the only reason I haven't commented in the other threads about it. I have no sympathy for her, whatever decisions she made in defending that pedophile are on her conscience.

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Spider Jerusalem

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Mon Feb-25-08 04:36 AM
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9. I agree...

Counsel have an obligation to provide the best defence possible; it's part of the right to a fair trial and the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. There may be many things to fault Hillary for, the fact that she actually did her job as an attorney is not one of them.

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cali

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Mon Feb-25-08 04:38 AM
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10. I completely agree with you

Attacking Clinton on this is wrong on so many levels. And you're right: It's fueled by hate. Nothing more.

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rodeodance

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Mon Feb-25-08 04:45 AM
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11. Thanks.

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AtomicKitten

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Mon Feb-25-08 06:17 AM
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12. bullshit elicits bullshit in a what goes around comes around kind of way

I don't think I could possibly care less about this. The problem is that the Clinton camp has been lobbing gutterball salvos at Barack left and right: "Muslim! Cocaine! Plagiarism! Snub!" .

At some point, it's only natural that a bullshit quota is reached, retribution appears like a light bulb above one's head, and more bullshit, like this, ensues. It's a never-ending cycle of nastiness.
It's lame. It's politics.

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