Lying GOP Liar Brags About How Anti-Tim-Kaine Ad Evokes Willie Horton, Then Denies It, Is Liar
Not really a great model
Among Monday's other political weirdness was a brand-new web ad from the Republican National Committee, condemning Tim Kaine for doing this horrible thing years ago: he served as a defense attorney for several bad criminals, helping them get a fair trial just like the U.S. Constitution requires. Shocking! But they were bad people, so in taking their cases, clearly Kaine had to be in favor of their crimes, right? Worse, he tried to keep murdery people from being put to death, surely a terrible thing for a devout Roman Catholic to do. As pure scary criminals will kill us all propaganda, it does a fairly artful job of reframing Tim Kaine, the Universal Stepdad, as a minion of Satan:
. @timkaine helped build his career as a lawyer by defending the worst criminals in our society. America deserves better. pic.twitter.com/kt58nvloOK
— GOP (@GOP) October 3, 2016
In Virginia, if the Governor is going to commute a death sentence, they are required to report their reasons to the Virginia General Assembly. Here's one Tim Kaine wrote when he DID commute someone's death sentence:
In issuing its ruling, the Fourth Circuit properly limited its consideration to psychiatric evaluations and other evidence pertaining to Walton’s mental state during the period from 1997 to 2003. By the time I first reviewed this matter, shortly before Walton’s scheduled execution in June 2006, three years had passed since the evidence on his mental competence was presented to the court.Due to the history of judicial concern about his mental status, I determined that it was important to have current and independent information about Walton’s mental condition in order to comply with the law forbidding execution of a mentally incompetent person. Accordingly, I delayed Walton’s June 2006 execution date until December 8, 2006, for the purpose of conducting an independent evaluation of his mental condition and competence.During that six-month period, I was provided with current and independent information pertaining to Walton’s mental state from a number of sources including a thorough review of records maintained by the Department of Corrections, updated evaluations by psychiatrists, and information provided by persons who had interacted with Walton on a regular basis over a period of years.In reaching the conclusion to commute Walton’s sentence to life in prison without possibility of parole, I recognize and respect the inherent obligation of each branch of government has to afford each to the others the dignity accorded by our separation of powers. Nonetheless, Article V, Section 12 of the Constitution of Virginia confers the extraordinary power of clemency on the Governor which the ends of justice call for the discharge of such duty, particularly where the exercise of that extraordinary power is, in my view, mandated by the Constitution of the United States of America.
I'm thinking "Because I'm Catholic and following my religious convictions" wouldn't really have cut it. I don't imagine your "I don't believe in the death penalty" would, either. A Governor can't just say "Naw, mang...I don't like it" and commute a sentence. There's a protocol involved.
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"Hey, Hitler got REALLLY big crowds!! Look how big HIS crowds were!"