Leahy Says He’ll Subpoena Rove, Discusses Potential Crimes Involved In Attorney Purge
Leahy Says He’ll Subpoena Rove, Discusses Potential Crimes Involved In Attorney Purge
Today on CNN’s Situation Room, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) blew off White House signals that Karl Rove and other senior Bush officials may resist testifying before Congress on the U.S. Attorney purge.
“Frankly, I don’t care whether [White House Counsel Fred Fielding] says he’s going to allow people or not. We’ll subpoena the people we want,” Leahy said. “If they want to defy the subpoena, then you get into a stonewall situation I suspect they don’t want to have.” Asked whether he’ll subpoena Rove, Leahy answered, “Yes. He can appear voluntarily if he wants. If he doesn’t, I will subpoena him.”
Leahy also addressed the right-wing talking point that the U.S. Attorney firings are meaningless because there “was no crime.” Leahy said that while President Bush has the authority to fire attorneys at will, “if it is done to stop an ongoing investigation, then you do get into the criminal area.” Regardless, he said, the administration’s politicization of attorneys “hurts law enforcement. That hurts fighting against crime.” Asked if he thinks any Bush officials may have committed perjury, Leahy said, “We’ll find that out.”
Watch it:
Transcript:
BLITZER: Do you think someone committed perjury?
LEAHY: We’ll find that out. That’s a — not always the easiest thing to prove. But we can certainly prove that we have not gotten complete answers. There’s a lot more. I think the American public deserves to have answers on this, instead of every day a little bit more dribbling out. Let’s get all the facts, but let’s have it under oath. It’s interesting, sometimes, when people are sworn in. It focuses their attention a little bit more.
BLITZER: The White House counsel, Fred Fielding, was up on the Hill today. I don’t know if you had a chance to meet with him. But he’s not necessarily ruling out allowing some White House staffers, maybe even Karl Rove to come and testify. Do you want Karl Rove to testify before your panel?
LEAHY: I’ve never met Mr. Fielding. Frankly, I don’t care whether he says he’s going to allow people or not. We’ll subpoena the people we want. If they want to defy the subpoena, then you get into a stonewall situation I suspect they don’t want to have.
BLITZER: Will you subpoena Karl Rove?
LEAHY: Yes. He can appear voluntarily if he wants. If he doesn’t, I will subpoena him. The attorney general said, Well, there are some staff people or lower level people — I’m not sure whether I want to allow them to testify or not. I said, Frankly, Mr. Attorney General, it’s not your decision. It’s mine and the committee’s. We will have subpoenas. I would hope that they wouldn’t try to stonewall subpoenas.
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BLITZER: But is there anything illegal in putting one of Karl Rove’s associates in and making him the U.S. attorney in Arkansas?
LEAHY: There’s nothing illegal in a president firing — by itself, in firing a U.S. attorney. What it does say, however, to law enforcement, You either play by our political rules — by our political rules — not by law enforcement rules, but by our political rules, or you’re out of a job. What I am saying is that that hurts law enforcement. That hurts fighting against crime. And if it is done to be stop an ongoing investigation — this is something we don’t know — if it is done to stop an ongoing investigation, then you do get into the criminal area.
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Another clown heard from.
Here Patrick, since you can’t read.
3-2.120 Appointment United States Attorneys are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate for a four-year term. See 28 U.S.C. Sec. 541. Upon expiration of this term, the United States Attorney continues to perform the duties of the office until a successor is confirmed. United States Attorneys are subject to removal at the will of the President. See Parsons v. United States, 167 U.S. 314 (1897).
March 14th, 2007 at 5:57 pmI hope I beat Patrick this time!
March 14th, 2007 at 5:57 pmBa-da-bing!
That is what the issue is. Carol Lam was fired because she was kicking over a nest of corruption that led to the higher levels of the administration and members of Congress.
March 14th, 2007 at 5:59 pmTruth is simply too fast for the left.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:00 pmDamn! They must have like a mid-month quota or somethin the way these fools are out today!
March 14th, 2007 at 6:00 pmFiring someone to obstruct a Justice department investigation of corruption is illegal dumb-ass.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:01 pmLeahy also addressed the right-wing talking point that the U.S. Attorney firings are meaningless because there “was no crime.†Leahy said that while President Bush has the authority to fire attorneys at will, “if it is done to stop an ongoing investigation, then you do get into the criminal area.â€
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE!
March 14th, 2007 at 6:01 pmwhat actuallly DOES happen if they ignore the subpeona, and/or sit in front of congress and plead the 5th the whole time?
March 14th, 2007 at 6:02 pmTruth is simply too fast for the left.
Comment by Patrick1
You’re WRONG quiz kid!! ‘Truth’ needs to be absorbed. ‘Too fast’ and you get into a quagmire…kind of like Iraq. You wouldn’t know ‘truth’ if it hit you upside the head with a 2×4!
March 14th, 2007 at 6:03 pmGET’ER DONE!!!
March 14th, 2007 at 6:03 pmDamn! They must have like a mid-month quota or somethin the way these fools are out today!
Comment by CONservative
Take it as a good sign. A VERY good sign. They are in a huge panic.
It’s a clear indication that the Bushies and Rove have sent the water boys out to spin this situation away before it blows up into a full blown OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE scenario for them.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:03 pmwhat actuallly DOES happen if they ignore the subpeona, and/or sit in front of congress and plead the 5th the whole time?
Comment by Punchy
Easy… they will blame Clinton for it.
LOL!
March 14th, 2007 at 6:04 pmMore truth for the moonbats.
And it may be this very amateurism that explains how the current Administration has managed to turn this routine issue of replacing Presidential appointees into a political fiasco. There was nothing wrong with replacing the eight Attorneys, all of whom serve at the President’s pleasure. Prosecutors deserve supervision like any other executive branch appointees.
The supposed scandal this week is that Mr. Bush had been informed last fall that some U.S. Attorneys had been less than vigorous in pursuing voter-fraud cases and that the President had made the point to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Voter fraud strikes at the heart of democratic institutions, and it was entirely appropriate for Mr. Bush–or any President–to insist that his appointees act energetically against it.
Take sacked U.S. Attorney John McKay from Washington state. In 2004, the Governor’s race was decided in favor of Democrat Christine Gregoire by 129 votes on a third recount. As the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and other media outlets reported, some of the “voters†were deceased, others were registered in storage-rental facilities, and still others were convicted felons. More than 100 ballots were “discovered†in a Seattle warehouse. None of this constitutes proof that the election was stolen. But it should have been enough to prompt Mr. McKay, a Democrat, to investigate, something he declined to do, apparently on grounds that he had better things to do.
In New Mexico, another state in which recent elections have been decided by razor thin margins, U.S. Attorney David Iglesias did establish a voter fraud task force in 2004. But it lasted all of 10 weeks before closing its doors, despite evidence of irregularities by the likes of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or Acorn. As our John Fund reported at the time, Acorn’s director Matt Henderson refused to answer questions in court about whether his group had illegally made copies of voter registration cards in the run-up to the 2004 election.
As for some of the other fired Attorneys, at least one of their dismissals seemed to owe to differences with the Administration about the death penalty, another to questions about the Attorney’s managerial skills. Not surprisingly, the dismissed Attorneys are insisting their dismissals were unfair, and perhaps in some cases they were. It would not be the first time in history that a dismissed employee did not take kindly to his firing, nor would it be the first in which an employer sacked the wrong person.
No question, the Justice Department and White House have botched the handling of this issue from start to finish. But what we don’t have here is any serious evidence that the Administration has acted improperly or to protect some of its friends. If Democrats want to understand what a real abuse of power looks like, they can always ask the junior Senator from New York.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:04 pmTruth is simply too fast for the left.
Comment by Patrick1 — March 14, 2007 @ 6:00 pm
Another one of P1’s “fortune cookie” comments. Short, kinda weird, doesn’t mean anything.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:05 pmThank you, Vermont Senator Leahy.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:05 pmAnything to save face, eh Patrick1? ;)
C’mon, tell us what a great news day it is for Bushies.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:06 pmLets see if Patrick Leahy will actually do what he says. He is one of the few bald men in Congress, maybe he will do it.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:06 pmOoo, Patrick can cut and paste a WSJ editorial.
Pathetic.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:07 pmNo question, the Justice Department and White House have botched the handling of this issue from start to finish. But what we don’t have here is any serious evidence that the Administration has acted improperly or to protect some of its friends. If Democrats want to understand what a real abuse of power looks like, they can always ask the junior Senator from New York.
Comment by Patrick1
Like I said… it’s always Clintons fault.
WAAAAHHHH!!!! Mommy, Mommy… but Clinton did it too!
Alright, sing after me…
2 WRONGS MAKE A RIGHT!
EVERBODY NOW!
2 WRONGS MAKE A RIGHT!
EVERBODY NOW!
2 WRONGS MAKE A RIGHT!
EVERBODY NOW!
2 WRONGS MAKE A RIGHT!
EVERBODY NOW!
March 14th, 2007 at 6:07 pmPatrick has cut & paste skillz.
**yawn**
March 14th, 2007 at 6:07 pmIs Leahy going to subpoena Hillary?
March 14th, 2007 at 6:07 pmRepent ,this is the ghost of Christmases past,your very own …Jack Abramof.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:07 pmPATRICK1
The sooner we all simply ignore this moron, the sooner he’ll go away.
Why do you think he tries to post first for every article? It’s the attention.
As soon as you quit giving him his fifteen minutes of fame, he’s gone.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:08 pmNo question, the Justice Department and White House have botched the handling of this issue from start to finish. But what we don’t have here is any serious evidence that the Administration has acted improperly or to protect some of its friends. If Democrats want to understand what a real abuse of power looks like, they can always ask the junior Senator from New York.
Comment by Patrick1
Well, lets investigate it then.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:08 pmNo question, the Justice Department and White House have botched the handling of this issue from start to finish. But what we don’t have here is any serious evidence that the Administration has acted improperly or to protect some of its friends. If Democrats want to understand what a real abuse of power looks like, they can always ask the junior Senator from New York.
Comment by Patrick1
Do ALL the locksteppers live in some alternate universe like King George?? What am I talking about, of course they do!
March 14th, 2007 at 6:08 pmBa-da-bing!
That is what the issue is. Carol Lam was fired because she was kicking over a nest of corruption that led to the higher levels of the administration and members of Congress.
Comment by lestatdelc — March 14, 2007 @ 5:59 pm
And to the CIA, Military Contractors with Repugniscum ties, NO-BID CONTRACTS!!!, HALLIBURTON TRAITORS INCLUDING DICK(HEAD) CHENEY!!! THE LIST IS TIRING AND ENDLESS!!!!
March 14th, 2007 at 6:08 pm“Truth is simply too fast for the left.”
Since when is John Sununu considered “the left”?
Why do you hate John Sununu, Patrick? Why do you hate republicans? Why?
;)
March 14th, 2007 at 6:09 pmTruth is simply too fast for the left.
Comment by Patrick1 — March 14, 2007 @ 6:00 pm
Another one of P1’s “fortune cookie†comments. Short, kinda weird, doesn’t mean anything.
Comment by VerbalKint
Well, if you attach the phrase “in bed” to the end of Patrick’s fortune, at least it’s funny.
“Truth is simply too fast for the left — in bed.”
March 14th, 2007 at 6:09 pmThe second worst ever Republic president, Nixon, was brought down because he obstructed justice, looks like the first worst ever Republic president will meet the same fate.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:10 pmKarl & his stub peani
March 14th, 2007 at 6:10 pmOMG, I can hardly wait to get pasty-faced Rove on the witness stand under oath. That will really be something. I sure hope they put it on TV.
A question for Patrick1 - Who does the Attorney General work for? Who do the US Attorney’s work for? Bet you don’t get the answer right!
March 14th, 2007 at 6:11 pmNo question, the Justice Department and White House have botched the handling of this issue from start to finish. But what we don’t have here is any serious evidence that the Administration has acted improperly or to protect some of its friends. If Democrats want to understand what a real abuse of power looks like, they can always ask the junior Senator from New York.
Comment by Patrick1
Who cares!!!
Go after all of them if it pleases you, Bush Clinton, Mickey Mouse, Abraham Lincoln.
WHO CARE!!!
Sing after me…
2 WRONGS MAKE A RIGHT!
EVERBODY NOW!
2 WRONGS MAKE A RIGHT!
EVERBODY NOW!
2 WRONGS MAKE A RIGHT!
EVERBODY NOW!
2 WRONGS MAKE A RIGHT!
EVERBODY NOW!
March 14th, 2007 at 6:12 pmPatrick: If bush fired USAs because either they were not prosecuting political opponents or because they were prosecuting political allies, that is the definition of obstruction of justice.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:13 pmStop feeding Patrick? But I like feeding it, so I can marvel at its incredible stupidity.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:14 pmMore truth for the moonbats.
And it may be this very amateurism that explains how the current Administration has managed to turn this routine issue of replacing Presidential appointees into a political fiasco. There was nothing wrong with replacing the eight Attorneys, all of whom serve at the President’s pleasure. Prosecutors deserve supervision like any other executive branch appointees.
The supposed scandal this week is that Mr. Bush had been informed last fall that some U.S. Attorneys had been less than vigorous in pursuing voter-fraud cases and that the President had made the point to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Voter fraud strikes at the heart of democratic institutions, and it was entirely appropriate for Mr. Bush–or any President–to insist that his appointees act energetically against it.
Take sacked U.S. Attorney John McKay from Washington state. In 2004, the Governor’s race was decided in favor of Democrat Christine Gregoire by 129 votes on a third recount. As the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and other media outlets reported, some of the “voters†were deceased, others were registered in storage-rental facilities, and still others were convicted felons. More than 100 ballots were “discovered†in a Seattle warehouse. None of this constitutes proof that the election was stolen. But it should have been enough to prompt Mr. McKay, a Democrat, to investigate, something he declined to do, apparently on grounds that he had better things to do.
In New Mexico, another state in which recent elections have been decided by razor thin margins, U.S. Attorney David Iglesias did establish a voter fraud task force in 2004. But it lasted all of 10 weeks before closing its doors, despite evidence of irregularities by the likes of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or Acorn. As our John Fund reported at the time, Acorn’s director Matt Henderson refused to answer questions in court about whether his group had illegally made copies of voter registration cards in the run-up to the 2004 election.
As for some of the other fired Attorneys, at least one of their dismissals seemed to owe to differences with the Administration about the death penalty, another to questions about the Attorney’s managerial skills. Not surprisingly, the dismissed Attorneys are insisting their dismissals were unfair, and perhaps in some cases they were. It would not be the first time in history that a dismissed employee did not take kindly to his firing, nor would it be the first in which an employer sacked the wrong person.
No question, the Justice Department and White House have botched the handling of this issue from start to finish. But what we don’t have here is any serious evidence that the Administration has acted improperly or to protect some of its friends. If Democrats want to understand what a real abuse of power looks like, they can always ask the junior Senator from New York.
Comment by Patrick1 — March 14, 2007 @ 6:04 pm
Your ability to regurgitate all those pesky talking points in one post is amazing. I’m in absolute awe. I’m sure it took a lot of time and effort to come up with a thoughtful response like this.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:14 pm#17… that’s funny…
March 14th, 2007 at 6:15 pm…guess I feel kind of empowered, being considered courageous, as a member in the company of glowing domedom…
Hey Patrick, this investigation is obviously a part of the VAST RIGHT WING CONSPIRACYâ„¢.
So now what do you do that some Republicans are now also behind it?
Waaaahhhh… what’s a paid GOP Troll to do?
WAAAAHHHH!!!
I know what! BLAME IT ON CLINTON!
LOL!!!
That’s all you losers have left to defend yourselves.
PATHETIC.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:16 pmPatrick1,
You are quite a slide specimen of stupidity. How is that? Were you born in an infected lab?
March 14th, 2007 at 6:16 pm#13 Nice copy and paste job. You forgot to mention the Presidential election of 2000. You should relly read George Orwell’s “1984″
March 14th, 2007 at 6:16 pmTruth is simply too fast for the left.
Comment by Patrick1
You are good just like a superhero with truth and justice and the American way!!!!
March 14th, 2007 at 6:16 pmNice try. There was no voter fraud in Washington State. The GOP Secretary of State, the GOP State AG, and the GOP appointed US Attorney all saw the bogus claims of voter fraud for what they were… bogus.
Glad to see you spew your talking point spin that you have been fed. Well done bigot-boy troll.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:17 pmYour ability to regurgitate all those pesky talking points in one post is amazing. I’m in absolute awe. I’m sure it took a lot of time and effort to come up with a thoughtful response like this.
Comment by verse18 — March 14, 2007 @ 6:14 pm
Actually, it would be quite impossible for Patrick1 to come up with something like this. He cut and paste a WSJ editorial.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:17 pmYour ability to regurgitate all those pesky talking points in one post is amazing. I’m in absolute awe. I’m sure it took a lot of time and effort to come up with a thoughtful response like this.
Comment by verse18
Ctrl+V
March 14th, 2007 at 6:17 pmNo wonder the Left cannot get anything done.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:18 pmThis ‘Cotton Top’ Leahy is all they have. He is a mumbler.
BINGO! God, how I love being right! I just have a very good feeling that this is the “ant that moved the rubber tree plant” story, being played out for all of us.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:19 pmYou mean his lots of time and effort it took to cut and paste a WSJ op-ed that is fact and truth free?
Color me impressed.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:20 pmShit,
March 14th, 2007 at 6:21 pmMeet Fan.
Patsie, here, stand in front of fan.
R2DumbToo, turn the fan on HIGH and step right close up to Patsie.
Good trolls…
Flaco, don’t take your bad day out on Leahy and Sununu.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:22 pmWhat’s that noise?
Oh, never mind, just trolls howling from under their britches.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:22 pmYou are good just like a superhero with truth and justice and the American way!!!!
Comment by Flaco
I’m sure Patrick appreciates support from a limp dick like you, Flaco.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:22 pmYa’ll trolls gotta stick together!
I hope I beat Patrick this time!
Comment by CONservative.
When you gonna stop the war asahat.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:23 pmYou guys are in power remember?
#47- Why me laugh… ?
March 14th, 2007 at 6:23 pmLets see what the headlines are on other news sites…
The Water Carriers are out in full force today with meaningless headlines to distract the mindless masses.
Yep, the Bushies are in very SERIOUS trouble.
I predict that this story may be what we’ve all been waiting for.
Bush’s Water(gate)loo.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:24 pmZooey could end this nightmare of a administration by giving Bush some head then we could impeach him. You up for it Zooey? It was your idea.
U would be a hero to the TP masses.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:26 pmWhen are you going to enlist, asahat?
March 14th, 2007 at 6:27 pmNo question, the Justice Department and White House have botched the handling of this issue from start to finish. But what we don’t have here is any serious evidence that the Administration has acted improperly or to protect some of its friends. If Democrats want to understand what a real abuse of power looks like, they can always ask the junior Senator from New York.
Comment by Patrick1 — March 14, 2007 @ 6:04 pm
Oh?
The timing is well worth noting. But the Lewis investigation wasn’t the only trouble Lam was making. Look what else was happening in the couple weeks before May 11th …
April 28th, 2006 — Cunningham-Wilkes-Foggo “Hookergate” scandal breaks open. Probe grows out of San Diego US Attorney’s Office’s Cunningham investigation. CIA Director Goss denies involvement.
April 29th, 2006 — Washington Post reports that Hookergate’s Shirlington Limo Service had $21 million contract with Department of Homeland Security.
May 2nd, 2006 — Kyle “Dusty” Foggo confirms attendence at Wilkes/Cunningham Hookergate parties.
May 4th, 2006 — Watergate Hotel subpoenaed in San Diego/Cunningham/Hookergate probe.
May 5th, 2006 — WSJ reports that Kyle “Dusty” Foggo, who Goss installed as #3 at CIA, is under criminal investigation as part of the San Diego/Cunningham investigation.
May 5th, 2006 — Porter Goss resigns as Director of Central Intelligence.
May 6th, 2006 — WaPo reports on questionable DHS contract awarded to Shirlington Limo, the ‘hookergate’ Limo service under scrutiny as part of the San Diego/Cunningham investigation. Similar report in the Times.
May 7th, 2006 — House Committee to investigate DHS contract with Hookergate’s Shirlington Limo.
May 8th, 2006 — Lyle “Dusty” Foggo resigns at CIA.
May 11th, 2006 — LA Times reports that Cunningham investigation has expanded into the dealings of Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA), House Appropriations Committee Chairman.
Sampson writes email about Lam being a “real problem”.
May 12th, 2006 — Federal agents working on the San Diego/Cunningham investigation execute search warrants on the home and CIA office of Kyle “Dusty” Foggo.
Another thing to consider is, as cmc over at TPMmuckraker noted in the comments:
March 14th, 2007 at 6:27 pmHeadline on the runner says:
Gonzales, will he survive?
Can’t wait till the runner says
Bush/Rove, will they survive????
Can’t effing wait.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:28 pmMaybe the superbly moral Vice President will tell Leahy to go f*ck himself again.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:28 pmZooey could end this nightmare of a administration by giving Bush some head then we could impeach him. You up for it Zooey? It was your idea.
U would be a hero to the TP masses.
Comment by Flaco
I’ve been trying, but you’re always there first, Flaco.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:29 pmRe: #54
March 14th, 2007 at 6:29 pmMistress Z ~
Take him up on it, then subcontract it out to Halliburton.
Patrick Leahy is a good guy - always has been.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:29 pmI hope you all know I’m being facetious. I was trying to see how easy it was to do patrick1’s job. Being a sycophantic boot-licker to an imbecile. Not that hard really.
The first time I replied to patrick1 like this, he actually thougth I was SUPPORTING him. What a simpleton.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:30 pmYep, I smell an OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE investigation in the air.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:31 pmTruth is simply too fast for the left.
Comment by Patrick1
You are good just like a superhero with truth and justice and the American way!!!!
Comment by Flaco
Would you two homophobes (closeted gays) get a room for your love fest?
March 14th, 2007 at 6:31 pmYou two stroking each other in public is kinda gross.
The Top 10 Reasons Gonzales Must Go:
March 14th, 2007 at 6:32 pm1. Lying Under Oath
2. Purging Prosecutors
3. Misusing the Patriot Act’s National Security Letters
4. Authorizing Illegal NSA Domestic Surveillance
5. Enabling John Yoo and Unchecked Presidential War Powers
6. Rendering the Geneva Conventions “Quaint”
7. Supporting Military Commissions and the End of Habeas Corpus
8. Blessing Unprecedented Expansion of Presidential Signing Statements
9. Facilitating a CIA Leak Cover-Up
10. Gutting Minority Voting Rights
I remember a while back, someone was willing to “take one for the team”, but it wasn’t Zooey. It was a guy I believe.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:32 pmComment by wayne
I’m checking orbitz for Watergate hotel rooms for them right now.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:34 pmFlaco, you got pwned, dude. Zooey is too much for you.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:34 pm“I really think there’s a serious estrangement between the White House and Alberto now,†one of the Republicans said….
….inside the White House, aides to the president, including Mr. Rove and Joshua B. Bolten, the chief of staff, were said to be increasingly concerned that the controversy could damage Mr. Bush.
“They’re taking it seriously,†said the other of the two Republicans who spoke about the White House’s relationship with Mr. Gonzales. “I think Rove and Bolten believe there is the potential for erosion of the president’s credibility on this issue.â€
OOPS.
The Trolls may not be worried, because, well, you know, “Clinton did it too” but the Bushies are indeed VERY worried about it.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:34 pm#65, and as every first year law student knows,
March 14th, 2007 at 6:35 pmThere is no habeus corpus in the constitution…
Comment by Angry One #65
…Thanks Angry One…
…nuff said!
March 14th, 2007 at 6:37 pmHey FT, wasn’t it Krazny?
March 14th, 2007 at 6:37 pm#64 wayne
I think it more likely that ‘they’ are filling up at the self-service pump.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:38 pmI remember a while back, someone was willing to “take one for the teamâ€, but it wasn’t Zooey. It was a guy I believe.
Comment by ForTruth
He said Flaco was always there first, slurping away.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:39 pmI’ve heard this Patrick Leahy is missing one nut either from an industrial accident or maybe from a freak sex act with Zooey.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:40 pmComment by RUCerious — March 14, 2007 @ 6:35 pm
There is no “no bank robbing” in the Constitution either. The body of U.S. law does within just the Constitution.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:41 pmGotta go kiddies, mommy is calling me.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:41 pm#75 Comment by Flaco — March 14, 2007 @ 6:40 pm
What next? The “he looks ugly” defense?
March 14th, 2007 at 6:42 pmI’ve heard this Patrick Leahy is missing one nut either from an industrial accident or maybe from a freak sex act with Zooey.
Comment by Flaco
Dude, I can get into the blood aspect, but I like my men fully functional.
Remember? That’s why we had to break up.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:42 pmFlaco, you’re making this too easy, baby.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:44 pmWell now that u mention it he is scary looking bye.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:45 pmHey FT, wasn’t it Krazny?
Comment by RUCerious
It was AkaDad, but he called in dead.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:45 pmThere is no “no bank robbing†in the Constitution either. The body of U.S. law does within just the Constitution.
Comment by lestatdelc — March 14, 2007 @ 6:41 pm
I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard our friggin AG say that!
March 14th, 2007 at 6:45 pmWhat damn law school did the numnutz attend again?
And to think that up till my senior year at UCSB I was majoring in prelaw polisci.
Geez.
I think I hear the ding dong of troll time clocks being punched out…
March 14th, 2007 at 6:48 pmAnd the stench is lessening…
It was AkaDad, but he called in dead.
Comment by Zooey —
Please have the common courtesy of not mentioning to Krazny that I offered him up~!
March 14th, 2007 at 6:49 pmThe Trolls may not be worried, because, well, you know, “Clinton did it too†but the Bushies are indeed VERY worried about it.
Comment by JPV
The Bushies are in total freekout mode over this. heh
March 14th, 2007 at 6:49 pmY’know, I’d really really, really, really REALLY
March 14th, 2007 at 6:50 pmLike to see rove ‘resist’
Yeah.
Gonzales is a goner. He will be sacrificed in an attempt to save Rove, who cannot, under any conditions, afford to testify under oath.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:50 pmWhen you gonna stop the war asahat.
You guys are in power remember?
Comment by Flaco
Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones you talking-point regurgitator…and use spell check, it’s spelled ASShat!!
March 14th, 2007 at 6:52 pmDogjudge,
Exactly!
We have a saying here in Texas; don’t argue with a pig, it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:52 pmThe fascist lap dogs should be ignored, dont legitimize their convoluted delusion’s
The Constitution of the United States
Under powers forbidden to congress
Article 1 Section 9 (2)
“The privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended unless when in the case of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.
So I guess it’s OK for an AG….
March 14th, 2007 at 6:53 pmI haven’t seen a collective freakout by the trolls this big in a long time, if ever. I think we might be witnessing the death rattle of Karl Rove’s brownshirt forces. It is like the orcs losing all sense of purpose and direction when Sauron is struck down.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:54 pmThe Top 10 Reasons Gonzales Must Go:
Surely there must be enough for the Top 20 Reasons then…
March 14th, 2007 at 6:55 pmPlease bring Rove in to my dungeon before testifying at Senate Hearing. I will bring some of my S&M friends and they will give him a workover. Then I will use my waterboarding device. We will then deliver him to the Capitol. He will speak. And Bush Chaney will be impeached within the month. Sound like a plan? (I ran it by the Sargeant Major and he is drooling at getting KKKRove in his hands…..salivating…..
March 14th, 2007 at 6:55 pmVK ~ And now, as if by the wave of a magic wand (or time clock), Bibbidy Bobbidy Boo!
March 14th, 2007 at 6:56 pmThey’re gone. Mysteries abound.
Ah, the sweet sound of a tightening noose. For some reason we haven’t heard that sound since before January 20, 2001. I wonder why that is?
March 14th, 2007 at 6:56 pm#88 - Gonzales is a goner. He will be sacrificed in an attempt to save Rove, who cannot, under any conditions, afford to testify under oath.
Gitmo Abu Gonzo is in deep guano.
If the Dems would start further investigations, so too would Darth Cheney, KKKarl Rove, and Emperor Bush Himself.
One step at a time.
Remember, it was tax fraud that brought down Al Capone.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:56 pmGonzales is a goner. He will be sacrificed in an attempt to save Rove, who cannot, under any conditions, afford to testify under oath.
Comment by VerbalKint
Too late for that, even if Speedy resigns, it is already gotten out that Rove was involved. He will be subpoenaed anyway. Hard to get that cat back in the bag after it has gotten out.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:57 pmPlease have the common courtesy of not mentioning to Krazny that I offered him up~!
Comment by RUCerious
Of course….. :)
March 14th, 2007 at 6:58 pmThey’re gone. Mysteries abound.
Comment by RUCerious — March 14, 2007 @ 6:56 pm
It’s quitting time for the trolls. They will rest up and return tomorrow.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:59 pmThe drone army is collapsing.
General Grievous Rove is sweating like a stuck pig.
Blood in the water.
-GSD
March 14th, 2007 at 6:59 pmPapSmear, T’rashy, Flaccid and virulent venereal…
…are all shook up today…
…seems Leahy and the Dems have injected some sanity/reality into…
…the criminal Bushites’ fantasy camp…
…and EVEN have some REPULSIVESCUM TRAITORS hedging their bets…
…so naturally they’re REGRESSING…
…hiding in the (Clinton, Carter, Buchanan) past…
…their intellectual, moral and spiritual dwarfism…
…does not afford them the opportunity to rise above…
…substituting petty worthless jabberwocky…
…for reasoned, intelligent debate…
…after all…
…they’re all…
…viral in nature…
March 14th, 2007 at 7:00 pmturdblossom’s going to end up with a tit in the legal wringer one way or another by the time the unsinkable Bushmarck has sunk.
i’m glad that they’ve gone SO far this time that America will have a bad taste in its mouth for 50-60 years into the future. burn those bridges boys! leave no lie untold, no law unbroken!!
March 14th, 2007 at 7:00 pmRocks911: “don’t argue with a pig. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.”
Priceless!
March 14th, 2007 at 7:08 pmCan someone please do something about getting some decent trolls in here? These middle-school kids we have to deal with are so tiresome.
March 14th, 2007 at 7:09 pmZooey could end this nightmare…by giving Bush some head…You up for it Zooey? It was your idea. U would be a hero to the TP masses.
Comment by Flaco
I’ve been trying, but you’re always there first, Flaco.
Comment by Zooey — March 14, 2007 @ 6:29 pm
that makes me so proud to know you… :-)
March 14th, 2007 at 7:10 pmzing!
Karla Rove is going to make a beautiful blushing prison bride.
LOL!!
March 14th, 2007 at 7:11 pmI’d like to see Rove in a reanactment of that lovely scene in Pulp Fiction, you know the one with the gimp.
March 14th, 2007 at 7:11 pmWhat the hell is going on at the WSJ and the NYTimes Editorial offices?
Do they have the Kool-Aid in the drinking fountains?
They’re worse than the Moonie Times!!
March 14th, 2007 at 7:12 pmi LOVE it when Leahy gets pissed off! he’ll have Rove screaming daddy (and Gannon won’t even be around this time)
March 14th, 2007 at 7:13 pmthat makes me so proud to know you… :-)
zing!
Comment by katy
Me and Flaco is gettin’ married — soon as he turns 16. :P
March 14th, 2007 at 7:15 pm56 - great post.
Thanks.
March 14th, 2007 at 7:15 pmWhen you gonna stop the war asahat.
You guys are in power remember?
Comment by Flaco
Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones you talking-point regurgitator…and use spell check, it’s spelled ASShat!!
Comment by CONservative
Hey fcuktard, asshat spell check? u r the bright one for sure.
Now ASShat in the dictionary gives me your name.
March 14th, 2007 at 7:16 pmI’d like to see Rove in a reanactment of that lovely scene in Pulp Fiction, you know the one with the gimp.
Comment by ForTruth
But he does that every night…..maybe there’s a video…
March 14th, 2007 at 7:16 pmIt’s quitting time for the trolls. They will rest up and return tomorrow.
Comment by VerbalKint — March 14, 2007 @ 6:59 pm
Obviously Patrick1 has to get his beauty sleep so that he can be first on each thread in the morning.
March 14th, 2007 at 7:17 pmThis scandal could bring down both Gonzales AND Rove.
Politicizing the US Attorneys is a Constitutional crisis.
Looks like they’re already throwing Harriet under the bus.
And Alberto’s deputy has fallen on his sword.
March 14th, 2007 at 7:17 pmGotta love these room temperature IQ trolls (yes, I am talking about you Patrick1, Jake, michael):
But.. but… Clinton! Carter! Er, uh, dissolve Congress! Uh, oh, Clinton!
And I thought everything Clinton did was bad. Silly me.
Moronic brownshirt wankers…
March 14th, 2007 at 7:18 pmWould it be asking too much if the Senate Judiciary Committee used “coercive interrogation techniques” on Rove and Gonzalez, televised on CSPAN of course. (Wouldn’t that boost their ratings!!!)
March 14th, 2007 at 7:18 pmMay those who know of the crimes of this Administration continue to come forward with testimony and evidence of wrongdoing.
March 14th, 2007 at 7:20 pmGonzales is going down like Jeff Gannon in the Green Room with a tube of Astro-glide.
-GSD
March 14th, 2007 at 7:21 pmLeahy kicks ass!
It is time to put stuff ON the table.
No holds barred either. We need hearings on AIPAC.
They’ve been involved in espionage, why are they still operating?
March 14th, 2007 at 7:21 pmComment by JaneESchneider — March 14, 2007 @ 7:17 pm
Jane, good to hear from you again. My best to you and Wayne.
March 14th, 2007 at 7:21 pm[…] were they fired? Congress needs to find out, particularly in light of the revelation that Bush’s White House Counsel at the time, Harriet […]
March 14th, 2007 at 7:22 pmHey fcuktard, asshat spell check? u r the bright one for sure.
Now ASShat in the dictionary gives me your name.
Comment by Flaco — March 14, 2007 @ 7:16 pm
You really shouldn’t lay down your mirrors, over your dictionary pages - *SSHAT!
March 14th, 2007 at 7:27 pmObviously Patrick1 has to get his beauty sleep so that he can be first on each thread in the morning.
Comment by JaneESchneider — March 14, 2007 @ 7:17 pm
Actually it’s “first on each” small boy “in the morning”…like all Repugniscums!!! Massive numbers of boy touchers everywhere!!! FBI, Justice, the WH!! everywhere!!!
March 14th, 2007 at 7:28 pmTee hee!!!
The wheels of this criminal administration are really starting to fall off now.
When reading this story, all I could do was giggle.
Ha!
March 14th, 2007 at 7:28 pmZooey could end this nightmare…by giving Bush some head…You up for it Zooey? It was your idea. U would be a hero to the TP masses.
Comment by Flaco
Bush the Cheerleader is more likely to suckumb to your advances - and you’re more likely to offer them :)
March 14th, 2007 at 7:28 pmHi, BnF–I wish I had more time to read and comment here, we’re both still REALLY busy at work. We WILL, however, finally each get computers at home in about a month, so we’ll both be back.
I have to leave now, gotta go watch Keith. Goodnight!
March 14th, 2007 at 7:28 pmThis Attorneygate scandal could dig up another, even nastier scandal.
Bill Moyers called the Marianas “the heart of darkness” of the GOP.
Abramoff was involved. Sweatshops, sex slavery and forced abortions.
When the US Attorney on Guam started to investigate, Abramoff made one phone call - to Karl Rove - and he was gone.
The US Attorney on Guam was replaced with a Repuke party hack. The investigation into sex slavery and forced abortions was immediately dropped.
March 14th, 2007 at 7:29 pmMay those who know of the crimes of this Administration continue to come forward with testimony and evidence of wrongdoing.
Comment by Briseadh na Faire — March 14, 2007 @ 7:20 pm
there it is… haven’t seen that in a while…
March 14th, 2007 at 7:33 pmi’m sure that it’s working… repeat, everyone… repeat…
May those in this administration who know the truth and have evidence of the crimes in this administration present it as soon as possible.
I can see it. I can feel it. Feel the feeling of what that would be like. There’s your quantum physics. Seriously.
March 14th, 2007 at 7:36 pmYou really shouldn’t lay down your mirrors, over your dictionary pages - *SSHAT!
Comment by ValiantVenusGrewFromUranus
Thanks for your help there, although no amount of pointing out facts to the ignorant will ever get through, especially when they’re suffering from such a severe case of cranial rectumitis!
March 14th, 2007 at 7:37 pmI’m still here, VerbalKint — just watching some T.V. now.
P.S. Gregor Samsa — who said anything about dissolving Congress?! (according to Art. II Sec. 3, if there’s any such disagreement the President can simply adjorn them to such Time as he shall think proper ; )
March 14th, 2007 at 7:39 pmTom3:
Kinda like how Clinton replaced the U.S. Attorney for Little Rock to cover up Whitewater, right? Too bad this time there’s no Independent Counsel law to make up for that and the Patriot Act allowed replacements without Senate votes . . .
March 14th, 2007 at 7:42 pmBush Hit-Woman Behind Prosecutor Firings Has Long History of Purges to Protect Bush
http://www.gregpalast.com/ bush-hit-woman-behind-prosecutor-firings-has-long-history-of-purges-to-protect-bush/
Greg Palast reminds us that Harriet Miers’ past “purge” helped keep George W. Bush’s priority placement in the Texas Air National Guard a secet.
March 14th, 2007 at 7:43 pmDear DemLeaders - PLEASE keep up investigating everything about every Republican!! That way, whiny pacifists who elected you might not notice you aren’t doing a thing to end the war! (That IS the platform you were elected on, right?)
March 14th, 2007 at 7:44 pmRe: Congression subpoena for Rove — has any High-Level Staffer EVER been forced to testify in front of Congress? Regardless of party affiliation, there is such a thing as Separation of Powers and Executive Privilege — how can the President expect to receive candid advice from his staff if they have to worry about such advice being asked about by Congress? Legitimate oversight is one thing, but prying into confidential Executive matters when there’s no crime in replacing U.S. Attorneys is completely unacceptable. I would hope the President goes to the mat on that one.
March 14th, 2007 at 7:48 pmFrom Article II, Section 3: “on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper;”
Nice try, Jake. Where, exactly, is the disagreement between the houses on this issue? In addition, in your next post you seem to be admitting that it would not be good for Bush if there was still an independent councel law. Leahy doesn’t need that law to subpoena members of the administration, smart guy.
March 14th, 2007 at 7:48 pm“Timothy Griffin, Karl Rove’s assistant, the President’s pick as US Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas…was the hidden hand behind a scheme to wipe out the voting rights of 70,000 citizens prior to the 2004 election.”
“Key voters on Griffin’s hit list: Black soldiers and homeless men and women. Nice guy, eh? Naughty or nice, however, is not the issue. Targeting voters where race is a factor is a felony crime under the Voting Rights Act of 1965.”
the full story from Greg Palast:
March 14th, 2007 at 7:49 pmhttp://www.gregpalast.com/ bushs-new-us-attorney-a-criminal/
Dear DemLeaders - PLEASE keep up investigating everything about every Republican!! That way, whiny pacifists who elected you might not notice you aren’t doing a thing to end the war! (That IS the platform you were elected on, right?)
Comment by valiant venus
Dear Miss No Credibility Hag,
Unlike the rightwing scum in this country, who can only think about the icky homo sex, Dems can do more than one thing at a time.
March 14th, 2007 at 7:49 pmCan someone please do something about getting some decent trolls in here? These middle-school kids we have to deal with are so tiresome.
Comment by KRank — March 14, 2007 @ 7:09 pm
I propose forming a troll school, with the dean of trolls, Exley, as its headmaster.
March 14th, 2007 at 7:50 pmVV: “whiny pacifists…”
Jesus: “Blessed are the peacemakers.”
VV, is it tiring to continually have to stand up for the forces of darkness?
March 14th, 2007 at 7:50 pmDear DemLeaders - PLEASE keep up investigating everything about every Republican!! Comment by valiant venus — March 14, 2007 @ 7:44 pm
Wow, you’re calling for the prosecution of your criminal party? Or was that another *attempt* at sarcasm? You’re so criminally bad at it, it’s hard to tell - st*pid c*nt.
That way, whiny pacifists who elected you might not notice you aren’t doing a thing to end the war! (That IS the platform you were elected on, right?) Comment by valiant venus — March 14, 2007 @ 7:44 pm
Says the whiny war wh*re who might not notice the colossal failures of her entire party.
Actually Mighty C*nt - holding Bush accountable *was* the platform we elected them to do. While you were busy ignoring Foley, Abramoff, Libby and the rest of your *culture-of-corruption*. America was voting your disgusting immoral and *whiny* *sses out of office. Or are you too st*pid to remember the 2006 election?
Your myspace page looks like you haven’t eaten since before the election, so we’ll just chalk up your st*pid statements to low blood sugar? ‘Kay princess?
Tell me, did your *daddy* or your *rabbi* get you that job in the Commodities trading? Because a Poli-sci major is hardly *qualified* to do that job. It does explain the collapse of so many companies in the mortgage industry, if people like you are the *best* our universities are putting out!
March 14th, 2007 at 7:51 pmComment by valiant venus
Comment by Jake
Looks like some OT being put in by the water-carriers tonight, eh?
March 14th, 2007 at 7:53 pmDear Miss No Credibility Hag,
Unlike the rightwing scum in this country, who can only think about the icky homo sex, Dems can do more than one thing at a time.
Comment by Zooey — March 14, 2007 @ 7:49 pm
She can’t even *eat* and *live* at the same time, poor little Anorexic whack job. She sure does *whine* a lot, for someone that doesn’t like that trait in others. She reminds of the self loathing GOP gays. They like criticizing themselves, by criticizing others as well! The funniest part is her calling Liberals *wimpy*, while trying to act like the biggest bull d*ke around! Talk about *sexual-confusion*!
March 14th, 2007 at 7:53 pmVV, is it tiring to continually have to stand up for the forces of darkness? Comment by Bluedog49 — March 14, 2007 @ 7:50 pm
Without them, she would have died from starvation a long time ago. The dark energy is all that supports her tiny frame! ;)
March 14th, 2007 at 7:54 pmJake, you wouldn’t happen to be shilling for the administration from a windowless west wing office, would you?
March 14th, 2007 at 7:55 pm“with the advice and consent of the Senate”
Key words. AG, Rove and Bush were about to install federal attorneys without legislative oversight, based on an obscure and overlooked provision of the Patriot Act that was unconstitutional in-the-cradle (and subsequently quickly chucked by Congress upon discovery).
Trolls want to quote the constitution? Weren’t you all in favor of the Pariot Act? Do you hold contempt toward the constitution? Make up your minds! Which is it? Constitution or Patriot Act? Choose.
March 14th, 2007 at 7:58 pmLOL @ CONservative! First it was that that I would be leaving at 5pm when my “shift was over”. Then, when I don’t leave at 5pm, it means I am putting in “overtime”?! What’s your excuse for posting here then?
March 14th, 2007 at 7:59 pmJake, give it up. No one here is buying your BS. You have two talking points, and they are both long dead. One is that Clinton fired a bunch of USAs. The other is that the President is allowed to fire USAs. Can’t you see just how desperate and pathetic these thoroughly debunked talking points sound? The Bush administration abused its power by applying thuggery and intimidation to the USAs to persuade them in turn to abuse their power in the pursuit of partisan political goals. Then it lied about it. Several times. And now it has been caught.
March 14th, 2007 at 8:01 pmVerbalKint:
No. Are you working from a windowless Rayburn or Hart Building office?
March 14th, 2007 at 8:01 pmBC:
Too late — those U.S. Attorneys were already replaced according to the properly-passed-and-signed-into-law provision that Feinstein is now trying to repeal. Good luck with that!
March 14th, 2007 at 8:03 pmNo. Are you working from a windowless Rayburn or Hart Building office? Comment by Jake — March 14, 2007 @ 8:01 pm
Are you working from your mother’s basement? ‘Cause you sound like a 12 year old boy that needs to get laid by someone other than his *dad*.
March 14th, 2007 at 8:04 pmAs a “pacifist according to V V”, I’ve got to say, woman or not, I’d like to slap her.
not wanting to piss away a trillion dollars in failing to bring justice to terrorists or help anyone on earth, secure the limblessness and insanity of untold thousands of American kids and Iraqi orphans isn’t pacifism, VV, it’s sanity.
pissing away a trillion dollars in exchange for a bunch of amputees, orphans, corpses, and ruined cities isn’t brave or smart or responsible. it’s stupid, and the people who support it are stupid too, and not patriots or heroes. the people who oppose it, have always opposed it, and come to oppose it are smart, not pacifists.
JFC! - is it really rocket science?????
March 14th, 2007 at 8:04 pmVerbalKint:
Fine - if firing U.S. Attorneys for political reasons is now off-limits, let’s make sure the standard is applied across party lines next time.
March 14th, 2007 at 8:05 pmToo late — those U.S. Attorneys were already replaced according to the properly-passed-and-signed-into-law provision that Feinstein is now trying to repeal. Good luck with that! Comment by Jake — March 14, 2007 @ 8:03 pm
Yet several administration officials appear to have committed perjury in the process. Good luck indeed! We have a Libby redux. This time, you CONs didn’t have enough time to delete the emails, and you’ve been *caught* under oath to congress. Not just in a grand jury!
More CONs are gonna fry! Bush better get his *pardon-pen* ready! He’s gonna need it - dum bass!
March 14th, 2007 at 8:06 pmP.S. Gregor Samsa — who said anything about dissolving Congress?! (according to Art. II Sec. 3, if there’s any such disagreement the President can simply adjorn them to such Time as he shall think proper ; )
Comment by Jake
Wrong….
He can call a special session and Adjourn a session. No where does it state he can disolve congress.
and you skipped mentioning section 4:
March 14th, 2007 at 8:08 pmThe President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
That way, whiny pacifists who elected you might not notice you aren’t doing a thing to end the war!
Comment by valiant venus #135
Dear virulent venereal disease,
If you convene a meeting of all of the other mothball encrusted al Crackker bush’s…
…(pun definitely intended- and please note small “b”)…
…in your Daughters of the Confederacy Bridge club…
…and all of you incestuous bi*ches pressure your corrupt, TREASONOUS, right wing, al Crackkker conned’self-servative…
…Congress persons and Senators…
…to assist the Democrats in obtaining a 60 vote super majority with which to override your DEMON god Bushiva’s veto…
…I guarantee you we’d be out of Iraq quicker than you inbred bi*ches can SCREAM…
…”Hit it again DaddY, only this time HARDER!”
March 14th, 2007 at 8:10 pmLOL @ CONservative! First it was that that I would be leaving at 5pm when my “shift was overâ€. Then, when I don’t leave at 5pm, it means I am putting in “overtimeâ€?! What’s your excuse for posting here then?
Comment by Jake
You know that might be the first constructive thing you’ve said all day!! I come on here to speak truth to power but since the army of water-carriers such as yourself insist on ignorantly defending these criminals come hell or high water…I don’t know what the hell I’m doing here!
March 14th, 2007 at 8:11 pmHey FT, wasn’t it Krazny?
Comment by RUCerious — March 14, 2007 @ 6:37 pm
I admit it, it was, but hey someone has to do something.
March 14th, 2007 at 8:11 pmwhen there’s no crime in replacing U.S. Attorneys is completely unacceptable. I would hope the President goes to the mat on that one.
See Constitution, re: Advice and consent of congress.
March 14th, 2007 at 8:11 pmOK patrick1, firehead, jake and other trolls. Let’s try it this way.
When a president, any president, Republican, Democrat, independent, whatever, takes his oath of office it includes seeing that the laws of the land are fairly discharged. He (maybe she in the future) appoints an attorney general to help him take care of this part of his job. He and the AG appoint US attorneys to take care of the details in the various districts around the nation. One of them does his/her job and catches a politician taking bribes from a campaign donor and in return steers some government business to the donor’s business. In other words they are indulging in corrupt activities that are against the law. Local policitians find out what is going on and get the word to the president’s political advisor who gets together with the president and the AG. They don’t want the politician, who is in their party, and the donor to their campaigns to get in trouble, so they get rid of the US attorney and the crooked politician and the donor get away with a crime. Now let’s consider a few questions: Right or wrong? Legal or illegal? Honest or corrupt? If Hillary is our next president (Heaven forbid) and she pulls the same scam, will that be okay with you?
March 14th, 2007 at 8:12 pm“Too late — those U.S. Attorneys were already replaced according to the properly-passed-and-signed-into-law provision that Feinstein is now trying to repeal. Good luck with that!”
Comment by Jake
A law that was unconstitutional to begin with. They are occupying the job unconstitutionally. They should be recalled.
March 14th, 2007 at 8:13 pmwayne:
Did you miss the part of my question to Gregor Samsa that went like this: “– who said anything about dissolving Congress?!”? I was ASKING him, not stating that the President can dissolve Congress (and, yes, of course the Congress can impeach and remove Bush anytime you get 15 more GOP Senators to do so).
March 14th, 2007 at 8:13 pmJake: “Fine - if firing U.S. Attorneys for political reasons is now off-limits, let’s make sure the standard is applied across party lines next time.”
Again, nice try. No, sorry, this is about firing U.S. Attorneys as a way to obstruct and ruin certain embarassing federal criminal proceedings. That’s definitely against the law. It’s called obstruction of justice, something I could have sworn was important to conservatives just about 10 years ago.
March 14th, 2007 at 8:14 pmI volunteer to build the scaffolds on the Mall right by the Washington Monument. Or perhaps we should borrow Madame La Guillotine from the Smithsonian…I assume they have one there…if not, I think the French would be happy to lend us a hand. I have a long list and we will be busy for days and days.
March 14th, 2007 at 8:14 pm