Sandy Berger committed crimes against America. No, he does not deserve the death penatly, but life in prison without parole would be appropriate. He is a killer of the worst kind.
Now some people may be scratching their heads in confusion. Isn’t Sandy Berger some guy who at worst committed a white collar crime? Is theft or burglary worthy of life in prison? How is that worse than murder?
When a murderer kills someone, unless the family had never taken a picture of the victim in their life, at least there are memories. As bad as killing someone is, burning down their house in addition is worse, especially if their mementos perish in the fire. Killing sacred memories is pure heartlessness.
It is one thing to metaphorically shred the constitution, which apparently for Bill Clinton and his administration was the most popular hobby, even more so than golf, which he cheats at (mulligans anyone?). It is another to sneak into a building and burn an original copy of it. Sandy Berger admitted to removing classified documents from the National Archives. Pieces of American history are forever dead.
The only thing that matters when all is said and done is the judgment of history. Bill Clinton has been doing everything he can to alter how the history books will view him. He has now gone beyond public relations. This was one of the most serious financial crimes ever committed. If anybody thinks Sandy Berger did this without Bill Clinton in mind, then they rolled up the stolen papers and smoked them. Given that the administration were spoiled 1960s brats, that would be a plausible explanation.
This is worse than most of the Clinton scandals. This is not playing slap and tickle with a barely legal girl. This is what was meant when “High Crimes and Misdemeanors,” was set as a standard.
What kind of people do this? What kind of people are willing to destroy parts of history to save their own skin? These are the people who collect FBI files on their political opponents. These are the people that use the IRS against their political opponents, from the NRA to Paula Jones (like a woman making $35,000 per year needs to be audited by the IRS). These are the people that criticize the Bush administration for firing US attorneys, when they fired the travel office staff and accused them of embezzlement, wrecking their reputations (A jury acquitted the head of the travel office, Billy Dale, in one hour). These are the people that vandalize White House computers by removing all the “W’s” and call it a childish prank, rather than what it is, vandalism of government property. These are the people that lie under oath, and have to surrender their licenses to practice law.
Sandy Berger did more than destroy property. Property can sometimes be fixed. When neighborhood hooligans bashed in the family mailbox when I was a kid, we bought a new one (Sadly enough my dad was not legally allowed to rig the mailbox with explosives that would only detonate when severe force such as a baseball bat was applied to it). This property cannot be fixed. It is dead. It is gone forever.
Killers do not value human life. Sandy Berger did not value human history. He did not value the life of documents that were to last as long as this nation. Can anyone imagine what America would be today if Thomas Jefferson or John Adams had destroyed documents out of jealousy towards George Washington?
If a person only owned one possession, or one item of value, and that item was taken, that person would be reduced to nothing. They would be dead inside. The only thing America has is its history. We have nothing without it. People in Richard Nixon’s administration went to jail over misdeeds, and Richard Nixon resigned. Whether one loved or hated him, he spared the country an impeachment hearing, the same way he refused to contest the 1960 election that many believe was stolen from him. His sense of honor, despite his many flaws, put his nation before himself. These are concepts that Bill “Finger wagger and Finger banger” Clinton and Al “I won the popular vote, screw the Electoral College, it’s only the Constitution” Gore cannot grasp.
This is not about right versus left. It is about right versus wrong. Liberals believe that they are good and conservatives are evil, therefore it is perfectly ok to lie, cheat, steal because the ends justify the means. Cash in a freezer? No problem? Lying under oath? Everybody does it, especially about sex. Causing a constitutional crisis to win an election? Hey, what is a constitution if it allows republicans to wield power. Dead people voting? Sure, why not.
Sandy Berger is the bottom of the barrel, the worst of even this lot. He is a cold blooded subhuman abomination. America is trying to win a War on Terror, and Sandy Berger cares more about his own reputation and that of his former boss than of 3000 dead Americans. We will now never know the truth.
Is it possible that those documents that were stolen would have made him and Bill Clinton look good? Sure. It makes perfect sense to steal documents that exonerate one or cast one in a positive light.
I feel like taking Sandy Berger to Guantanamo and torturing him. Not forced interrogation…torture…until he turns over the documents. This may come across as barbaric, but so is murdering pieces in the American historical chain.
Thank you Sandy. Thank you for reminding me that there is no low too low for the Clintonistas. I knew they loathed the military. I did not know they loathed their country.
This was an act of treason. As I said, the death penalty is too severe, but life in prison without parole would be totally appropriate for this historical document butcher.
The tragedy is long after Sandy Berger has taken his criminal body and left this Earth, there will still be memories of him. I wish that could be erased. Then again, of course Bill or Hillary Clinton can have one of their friends steal and destroy those as well.
eric
The Sandy Berger situation has baffled me from the beginning. Anyone else would have been would have been thrown in jail and tormented in the media. Oh Wait! He was working for the Democrats.
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