Just talking to an informant on the Democrat side.  Unsurprisingly, this person heard that throwing political opposites in jail is a 'third world thing.'  I heard the (shell-shocked looking) Andrea Mitchel say this right after the debate so I knew it was going to be a talking point that would get play.  Here would be my rebuttal:

You know what else goes on in third-world banana republics?  Politically powerful people get away with anything and everything since they are above the law.  That's what!