Breaking the law is illegal

In this article from The Weekly Standard (a.k.a. the "If we spend all our time explaining why everything the Bush administration does is the soul and essence of conservative philosophy, we'll get nice high-paying jobs in the Republican machine" magazine), Bill Kristol and Jeff Bell allege that the recent spate of indictments against conservative stalwarts (DeLay, Rove, etc.) is part of a wider strategy of prosecuting conservative Republicans:

Meanwhile, a kind of ideological criminalization of active, visible
conservatives has become almost second nature to the left and the elite
professions, including journalism and teaching, in which they predominate.

Interesting point. It might even be true. I could point out, as E.J. Dionne does here, that this trend was begun by Republicans a decade ago (nyah-nyah!). But to me, the more important points are:

1. When Kristol says that legal attacks are being directed against "conservatives," apparently he only means "conservative Republicans." Last I heard, there has been no indictment of scholars at the Heritage Foundation, organizers at Focus on the Family or the Christian Coalition, or writers for National Review. In recent years, only Republcan politicians have been found to have broken the law. That should tell conservatives something about the party to which they've linked all their fortunes.

2. What would be the response to such a "criminalization" strategy? The only ways I can think of to prevent conservatives from being prosecuted for alleged crimes are:
A) to make some kind of special exemption or policy that gives conservatives special protection from criminal investigations, or
B) to stop conservatives from breaking the law.
Something tells me that Kristol and Bell aren't thinking too hard about ways to implement Option B...
Needless to say, Option A, if enacted, would cripple our democracy.

If you break the law, you should be indicted and punished for it. It doesn't matter who does the indicting. Law is law, and breaking it is illegal no matter what your political philosophy. Sorry to say this, but if Kristol and Bell think that their vision for America is more important than following America's laws, then they are enemies of democracy.