FACT CHECK: Conservatives Attacking Schumer Don’t Mention D’Amato’s ‘Conflict Of Interest’
FACT CHECK: Conservatives Attacking Schumer Don’t Mention D’Amato’s ‘Conflict Of Interest’
To bolster their claims that the U.S. Attorney purge is merely “a lot of politics,” conservative members of Congress and their media allies have charged that Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has a “conflict of interest” because he is investigating the scandal while also serving as chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) has led the effort to tarnish Schumer, asserting that he has “crossed the line.” Citing Specter, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) claimed that Schumer’s supposed conflict “calls into legitimate question the whole basis for this purported investigation.” White House spokesman Tony Snow cited Schumer’s DSCC position during yesterday’s press briefing, and several media outlets have picked up on the charges.
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Thus far, none of these conservatives have mentioned the apparent “conflict of interest” that was raised in the 1990s, when then-Sen. Alfonse D’Amato (R-NY) was chairman of the Senate Whitewater Committee investigating President Clinton. As Media Matters noted, during that time, D’Amato was serving both as the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee and as national co-chairman of then-Sen. Bob Dole’s (R-KS) presidential campaign.
(The six-year, $50 million Whitewater investigation concluded with a special prosecutor finding no evidence of illegal actions by the Clintons.)
Contacted by ThinkProgress, Specter’s office said it could not cite any occasion when Specter had accused D’Amato of a conflict of interest.
In any case, it is clear that Schumer has no conflict of interest now. The investigations led by the Senate and House Judiciary Committees are focused exclusively on the Executive Branch and not on Congress. Potential investigations into improper behavior by members of Congress would be conducted by the respective congressional ethics committees. The charges against Schumer are merely a false, and hypocritical, distraction.
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I agree there is no conflict of interest.
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:29 amsilly me — i think arlen specter crossed the line when he bent over for the white house/justice dept by inserting the language into the bill that allowed the white house to appoint without confirmation their toady federal prosecutors.
isn’t it interesting that none of specter’s democratic senate colleagues never called him out publicly on this perversion of process. how civil of them. and nice to see his response is to bitch about schumer.
why is arlen specter being given a pass on this scandal.
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:32 amHi, Jake! I left you a message in the Renzi thread. I know how easy you find it to answer questions, so I know you’ll be happy to deal with that one.
And I agree that there’s no conflict of interest for Senator Schumer.
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:35 amThe Reich wing must be in total meltdown over the truth finally coming out. They certainly are grasping at straws. Ain’t it great?
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:39 am??? THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO CONFLICT! are you kidding me?wait. they’re redudlicans. this is normal.
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:45 amOh my god. Schumers the chairman of the DSCC?
Stop all investigations!
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:47 amLooks like the Gopers are having a meltdown. They’ll be at each other’s throats before long.
Goper’s Lament (Hard To Be A Republican)
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:47 amI am not concerned about that half as much as the fact Schumer himself is on record interfereing with an ongoing investigation. Fruthermore, this man used political pressure to rush an investigation and he also made demands and demaned info during an investigation. These are all things he is publicly stating are wrong and are the founding reasons he is investigating the administration. This is the reason it is factual to say this is a show trial. The main man on the Dems side should himself be investigated, forced to talk under oath at a public hearing, and be asked to leave the Senate. Since the Dems have completely failed to do any of this, it proves this is merely political and they don’t really care about this issue at hand. Very sad the Dems had to pick Schumer of all people since he himself has done all these things and we have written evidence proving it.
Without investigating him and demanding he step down from the Senate, there hearings continues to simply be a poltical show trial.
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:47 amHypocrisy and projection mean nothing to these people… it’s all for political points. R’s you had your chance to lead this country and do some good things… you did nothing but blame D’s for obstructionism…but we all know that that is your speciality… obfuscation and obstruction…
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:47 amInteresting how R2 is ignoring the facts of this current investigation and continues to attack Schumer. This screams of attack the messanger and not the message. Schumer isn’t running for president, he’s doing the job that is needed. Go ahead and continue to ignore the facts. I’m sure you can always come back here to TP to read up on them.
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:54 amWithout investigating him and demanding he step down from the Senate, there hearings continues to simply be a poltical show trial.
Comment by Roger_Roger — March 22, 2007 @ 10:47 am
Do you have a link? Why didn’t the Republican congress investigate this before Dems took over if it was an issue?
LINK
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:57 amThese smear tactics should become a new word in the dictionary: rovian – mailicious, fraudulant accusations against a person for political gain.
The fact is Rove has gotten away with this for so long, and because its worked for him so well, he doesn’t know when to quit.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:00 amSilly FOX… it’s not a conflict of interest, it’s an interest in conflict.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:01 amWay to go, R2! You went right to page 14 of the wingnut playbook: when challenged, immediately attack the attacker. Use vague and unsubstantiated charges if necessary to distract.
Well done. Your handlers will be pleased. I’m sure there’s an extra animal cracker with milk for you today at snack time.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:02 amThe link is one of Schumer letters. This letter shows how he demanded a current investigation move faster. This letter also demands answers before the investigation is done. Furthermore, he is a politician which means this letter in general is political pressure. If this isn’t interfereing with an ongoing investigation by a political figure, I don’t know what is.
http://schumer.senate.gov/SchumerWebsite/pressroom/Letters/2005/07.12.05.DOJ%20ltr%20on%20leaks.pdf
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:03 am#11 Thats the point. This isn’t an issue and the Dems are proving it just like the Repugs did. Both have failed to investigate this matter. Cherry picking the situations you investigate shows us all this is just about politics and nothing more. Nothing is holding the Dems back from demanding Schumer leave the Senate.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:04 amOff Topic:
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:05 amImpeach junior and his uncle dick.
I’m not so sure executive privilege is meant to cover
criminal activity.
comment #8- what are you talking about?
instead of making claims of wrongdoing on schumer’s or the dems part, tell us exactly what investigations are you referring to?
yeah, i heard some people think… (insert nonsense here). doesn’t that mean (insert bogus insinuation here).
there is no conflict of interest. the problem is the a.g. acting in the place of the potus, without senate confirmation, then recalibrating the individual usa offices affecting every single ongoing investigation in the country. including investigations of criminal acts that lead to the white house.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:05 am#15 I agree. You don’t know.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:06 am#18 Schumer himself is on record stating that politicians have no right to demand ongoing investigation be pushed faster. Furthermore, TP themselves have shown Schumer stating it is wrong to ask questions and demand answers of an ongoing investigation by politicians because by its nature, it is political pressure. Does Schumer think he is above that standard?
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:09 amThat’s correct number four. The sad thing about it is that 30% will believe the lies.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:10 amR2-THIS IS CLEARLY WRITTEN ASKING FOR GENERALIZED (oops) information on the standards around certain positions, and how sercutity clearances can be met(or taken away) the letter also inquired on past relative examples. there is nothing about pressure or anything. Are you really that delusional???read your damn documents before you post them , or stop wasting our time.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:11 amUh – oh… R2’s “substantiation” of Schumer’s “political pressure” doesn’t really pass the smell test. For one thing, the letter is not directed to the officials actually conducting the investigation and there is nothing in the text “demanding” that the investigation move faster. For another the “answers before the investigation is done” that Schumer “demanded” appear to be questions of background information, not questions about the facts of this particular case.
R2 should have left the charges vague and unsubstantiated. No animal cracker for you.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:12 amRoger roger, You’re going to have to wait in the investigation line then because this train has already left the station and is not coming back. If any of the allegations you state have any merit then get them to a sympathetic ear in congress. Right now the focus is on the possibility of a much larger example of corruption that involves the white house so put your idea on the pile of “but they did it to” and I’m sure you’ll be contacted.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:12 amRX2,
Alberto needs a ride to Mexico.
Got some spare time?
He’ll pay you by the mile & even stop off in Crawford to grab his bags.
Thanks, Rog, you’re a good boy.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:13 amSen. Arlen “Rubber Stamp” Specter should really get used to people taking action against the possibly illegal actions this administration has done.
It’s people like Sen. Arlen “Rubber Stamp” Specter and their inaction and willingness NOT to hold this administration accountable for anything that has led to his party loosing the majority in Congress.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:14 am#20 R2, you have offered no evidence that Schumer either “demand(ed) ongoing investifgation(s) be pushed faster” or that he asked questions and demanded answers of an ongoing investigation.
The letter you linked to offers neither.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:16 am“The link is one of Schumer letters. This letter shows how he demanded a current investigation move faster. This letter also demands answers before the investigation is done. Furthermore, he is a politician which means this letter in general is political pressure. If this isn’t interfereing with an ongoing investigation by a political figure, I don’t know what is.
http://schumer.senate.gov/ SchumerWebsite/ pressroom/ Letters/ 2005/ 07.12.05.DOJ%20ltr%20on%20leaks.pdf
Comment by Roger_Roger — March 22, 2007 @ 11:03 am”
RR, You are kidding right?????
This is not asking about SEALED inidictments…… It is asking about SECURITY CLEARANCES…… This is rediculous to say that HE did the same thing that the other Congress officials did. He talked to the…. Get this…… BOSS of the attorneys, not any specific attorney. Whoa….. Imagine that! Going to the boss to query about a investigation into OUTING of a CIA NOC operative.
It’s not like asking why they are not prosecuting the Republicans for this…..
GIVE ME A BREAK. These two things are not even REMOTELY the same.
If you can’t see that, then you will never understand simple law or the difference between shoplifting and murder.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:16 am“Schumer himself is on record stating that politicians have no right to demand ongoing investigation be pushed faster. Furthermore, TP themselves have shown Schumer stating it is wrong to ask questions and demand answers of an ongoing investigation by politicians because by its nature, it is political pressure. Does Schumer think he is above that standard?
Comment by Roger_Roger — March 22, 2007 @ 11:09 am”
You are NOT very bright are you????
In your very own document….. Shumer is urging them to APPOINT a independant investigator….. SOOOOOO….. That means that at that time, now read my lips…..
THER WAS NO INVESTIGATION GOING ON!
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:19 amThe charges against Schumer are merely a false, and hypocritical, distraction.
ooo.. what a surprise…
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:21 amPuhleeze! Two examples suffice. These were blatant conflicts of interest that were more direct and had far more dire consequences:
Ken Blackwell, OH’s Sec’y of State and chief election official, simultaneously running the Bush campaign in Ohio, 2004.
Ditto, Katherine Harris, Florida, 2000.
Remember?
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:21 amSpecter, Snow and Cornyn are representative of the very desperate and no-where to turn mentality that is currently unfolding within the Repub Party. It really is a party of lying and thievery and now that it is under the microscope, they are scurrying like the maggots and bacterial germs they truly are. If thier brains snapped from the immense pressure, it would be a blessing for the rest of us to not have to endure thier base stupidity of 30% (I don’t believe it’s that high) any more.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:22 amBut Clinton….I mean….D’Amato did it too!!!!
That was easy to say but it lacks all enjoyment for me. I wonder why the repugs get so much joy of saying things like that.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:22 amWasn’t the argument that rr is making against the same that the repubs made for just a couple weeks ago? That is wasn’t illegal for congress members to contact the US Attorneys in their districts and ask for a status and then express displeasure on the time frame? Yeah, I believe so.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:23 amBoy, if that doesn’t reek of desperation.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:24 amIf this isn’t interfereing with an ongoing investigation by a political figure, I don’t know what is.
http://schumer.senate.gov/ SchumerWebsite/ pressroom/ Letters/ 2005/ 07.12.05.DOJ%20ltr%20on%20leaks.pdf
Comment by Roger_Roger
Shorter R_R: I cannot read and really don’t know what anything is.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:25 amCome on! What the hell is going on here. If you think Schumer is a problem where were you in 2001 when Kathrine Harris, shrubs hack who was running his political campaign was also the attorney general of florida in charge of the vote count. A vote count that she stopped. Now there is a conflict of interest for you that actually did affect this nation.
22. whiteyfresh — March 22, 2007 @ 11:11 am has it right. There is nothing that puts pressure on anyone to speed up the investigation. All you have to do is read the pdf and you will see that.
The full court smear press is on to find any way to stop the federal prosecutor investigations. You will see more and more
arise and be disproven just as fast as they raise there ugly heads. But that won’t matter to the right. Their point is to muddy the water, not to stop criminal activity they are involved in.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:27 amBush is absolutely correct–this US Attorney scandal will be a “show trial” it will show how corrupt and unprincipled the Bush-led Republican Party really is. Keep in mind the Democrats want Rove under oath and in public with his testimony because he is the man who took 5 trips to the Grand Jury before he finally figured out his story was related to outing a CIA agent. There is something REALLY BIG about this US Atty mess because why else would the White House push back so hard? It sure ain’t about “executive privilege” just ask Nixon and Clinton about “executive privilege.”
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:28 amCome on! What the is going on here. If you think Schumer is a problem where were you in 2001 when Kathrine Harris, shrubs hack who was running his political campaign was also the attorney general of florida in charge of the vote count. A vote count that she stopped. Now there is a conflict of interest for you that actually did affect this nation.
22. whiteyfresh — March 22, 2007 @ 11:11 am has it right. There is nothing that puts pressure on anyone to speed up the investigation. All you have to do is read the pdf and you will see that.
The full court smear press is on to find any way to stop the federal prosecutor investigations. You will see more and more
arise and be disproven just as fast as they raise there ugly heads. But that won’t matter to the right. Their point is to muddy the water, not to stop criminal activity they are involved in.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:29 amdlet sez:
The Repugs have so litlle to be happy about these days, dlet…don’t deny them their few simple (and I do mean ’simple’) pleasures… ^_^
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:30 amIt’s because of people like Specter that BushCo find it so easy to obstruct justice. What an insult. Specter is an insult.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:30 amIts nearly noon, eastern time. I assume the Republic Party stooges here will soon be parked in front of their radios, getting their latest marching orders from Rush. Until they get their new information we can expect the same tired arguments ad nauseum. After 3 pm eastern they will have new ideas. So just hold on a bit longer.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:30 amThis only proves Carl Rove is alive and well.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:31 am#39,. Concubine Katie Harris was Secretary of State of Florida, not their Attorney General.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:32 amBush is absolutely correct–this US Attorney scandal will be a “show trial†it will show how corrupt and unprincipled the Bush-led Republican Party really is. Comment by AboveTheClouds
Exactly. Bush and his cronies have LIED repeatedly about the firings of these U.S. Attorneys. Now, they refuse to testify under oath. No doubt there are many things Bush would rather hide from the American public.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:33 amThis partisan war that Democrats are itching for will be your downfall. Bush and his party can agree on so little, why would you give them an issue to rally around?
The American people hired Democrats to stop the war or improve healthcare – NOT to go on a witch hunt. Bush is just upping the ante by daring Dems to subponea Rove. They foolishly took the bait. The next ante will be impeachment.
Schumer and his radical allies are going to bring the Democrats down. Bush and the Republicans can’t go any lower – Democrats can. This will be Iran Contra redux all over again and in the end it will hurt Democrats. You will go too far too fast. Remember 1988 – you lost. You will lose again.
But I thank you. I can’t wait to smear Schumer the way you have smeared our Commander in Chief.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:33 am#2 – Arlen Specter seems to have located an endless cache of lines to cross.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:35 amPoor widdle Repuke babies.
Waah! Waah! Waah!
Somebody call the Repukes a WAAAAAHmbulance.
Those mean Democrats are being PARTISAN!
LOL. The Repukes have been brutally partisan for 12 years.
Payback’s a BITCH. Bend over and take it like a man, Repukes.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:35 amThere is clearly no difference between a Senator pressuring a Congressional investigation to move faster, and a Senator pressuring a DOJ investigation to move faster, and then pushing to have a US Attorney fired because that DOJ investigation didn’t move fast enough.
There is also clearly no difference between the above and having the White House fire a US Attorney because he or she is investigating allies of the White House.
Stupid LIE-berals.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:36 amThis is silly. Any politician on one side has an interest in harming the other side. It’s not as though the campaign committee members are the only ones thinking about getting more of their own side elected. The “conflict of interest” here is just what usually goes under the name “politics.”
And sure there’s politics in that sense here. But the issue is also substantively important.
I can’t believe this conflict-of-interest line is going to have much effect on public perception. We have our faults as a public, but we’re not that stupid.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:36 amYo Liberals Heart….Would you agree that the 70 million dollars spent by the Republic Party to investigate the non issue of Watergate, (that only turned up Clinton lying about a sloppy blowjob or two) was likewise a “partisan war” but perpetrated by the Republic Party? What goes around comes around.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:38 amhttp://schumer.senate.gov/ SchumerWebsite/ pressroom/ Letters/ 2005/ 07.12.05.DOJ%20ltr%20on%20leaks.pdf
Comment by Roger_Roger — March 22, 2007 @ 11:03 am
You’re joking right Rog. Everybody needs to see this letter to see what a sham your argument is.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:39 amSchumer unlike the Republicans was doing his JOB.
You Republicans think that the only job is winning and keeping office and outside of that have no responsiblity.
Do you even understand the difference between writing a letter and firing somebody so they can’t continue their job. And who was the politician running for office that Schumer was trying to smear with an investigation?
I can see I’m going to have to give up trolls today because I’m not going to discuss the talking points YOU were fed today.
To follow up on my last post, I wanted to clarify that I mean that any accusations that lying or criminal activity has occurred constitute a smear, no matter whether those accusations are backed by facts or not.
Chuck Schumer killed Valerie Plame. See? That smear is exactly the same as the smear that Bush’s White House fired US attorneys without cause, for political reasons, and, in some cases, because they were investigating Republicans and possibly the White House.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:39 am“Bush and the Republicans can’t go any lower – Liberals Heart Terrorists”
Somebody report this Repuke troll to Karla Rove…he’s obviously gone off his KoolAid. Repuke Trolls are NOT allowed to criticize our fearless Chimp.
LOL!
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:39 amLooks like Roger Repuke has admitted that the Chimpy thugs have done something wrong by firing US Attorneys who were investigating Repukes.
He is condemning Schumer by saying he is doing the same bad thing as Chimpy and Gonzo are doing.
“There is also clearly no difference between the above and having the White House fire a US Attorney because he or she is investigating allies of the White House.”
Looks like you just screwed up, Roger Repuke. You admitted Chimpy and Gonzo did something wrong in AttorneyGate.
Once again, the forces of freedom and justice prevail over the forces of evil and stupidity (also known as Repukes).
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:42 am22. Are you really that delusion
Comment by whiteyfresh — March 22, 2007 @ 11:11 amal???
Rhetorical?
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:47 am#39,. Concubine Katie Harris was Secretary of State of Florida, not their Attorney General.
Comment by Ben Dover — March 22, 2007 @ 11:32 am
I sit corrected.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:47 ampigboy:
I didn’t think Katherine Harris certifying the election for Bush was a conflict of interest and either is Schumer.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:49 amThe Republics must hate the internet. We now have the ability to do research and prove that they are a bunch of hypocrites. But, you always have the trolls who don’t know how to use “the Google” to see if the current talking point from the Republics is a truth, lie or another hypocritical talking point.
Karma’s a bitch and it is coming back to bite them big time.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:50 amThe Republicans have to go with what they’ve got. And as this example shows, they’ve got precious little.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:51 amDidn’t that little bitch Specter say just days ago that if he were still head of the Committee, he would have investigated this matter and held hearings? Little f-ing troll-pony-ass-bitch! I hate them ALL!!!
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:54 am#53. Obviously, you have no morals. A “smear” based on facts is not a smear — it’s simply facts. A smear based on lies is just another lie. You should be used to the second type.
How about this: THE BUSH WHITE HOUSE LIED TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ABOUT THE DISMISSAL OF THE U.S. ATTORNEYS. See, that’s an example of a FACT.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:55 amHas there been a rush to stand behind the president by the republicans or more of a wait and see attitude? Show me the people who fall into ranks behind the president on this. The republicans will not hitch their wagon to this lame duck with a tarred legacy. They’ll defend their party but not the president. If the dems go after the man and his administration the republicans will allow it to happen. If the dems go after the republican party then there will be a fight.
Bush is in this alone the way he’s talking now. It has the appearance that he want’s the congress to attempt impeachment so he could possibly get some troops to rally behind/around him.
It also has the appearance of the real slow bleed by congress to finally crack this nut.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:56 amArlen Spector serves at the pleasure of the President, don’t you Sen. Spector. Remember, we still have the genital electrodes.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:58 amI didn’t think Katherine Harris certifying the election for Bush was a conflict of interest and either is Schumer.
Comment by Jake
She was the co-chair of Bush’s election committee in Florida and responsible for certifying an extremely tight and controversial election, and you see no conflict of interest? Unbelievable.
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:03 pm“Arlen Spector serves at the pleasure of the President, don’t you Sen. Spector. Remember, we still have the genital electrodes.
Comment by Alberto Gonzales — March 22, 2007 @ 11:58 am”
Of course he does…. That’s why they put him on the Warren Commission.
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:04 pmMaybe we should get Michael J. Fox on board to speak about his “friend” Specter. That really rubs my fur the wrong way, the way he leaned upon Specter during the Limbaugh attacks. Remember?
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:04 pm58. I didn’t think Katherine Harris certifying the election for Bush was a conflict of interest and either is Schumer.
Comment by Jake — March 22, 2007 @ 11:49 am
There we differ. She put her co-chairmanship of shrub election campaign before her duties.
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:05 pmChanging the FOCUS…
…doesn’t change the FACTS…
…FOCUS people…
…FOCUS…
…besides…
…Repulsivescum NEVER met a conflict of interest…
…they couldn’t simply IGNORE…
…L’il Dick and Halliburton…
…Scumlia’s duck hunting trip with L’il Dick…
…and the SCOTUS’ partisan conflict of interest vote in 2000…
…all SCREAM…
…fu*k a conflict of interest, and the Repulsivescum horse it rode in on!
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:06 pmLHT
The partisan war that Republicans started with the world in the ’80s IS their downfall and we are watching them fall right now – today. You righty, trollie types prove that you did actually just fall off the turnip truck when you relentlessly spew garbage like LHT and Pattycakes, et al.
Some of us have been paying very close attention for a very long time now. We are immune to Righty PR spin, we know the history of the issues and the players, and you wingers have absolutely no idea how laughably stupid you appear to be when you start in with the jibber-jabber. You might have entertained some of the dumber kids in your high school classes, but that’s the last time anyone thought you were funny, or smart, in a positive way.
Dragging yourselves in here every day is like one of those little ADD kids with a green snot-bubble in his right nostril yanking constantly at his Mother’s clothes, demanding a treat that she does not have, and wouldn’t give him if she did. Give it up – scrape up a little dignity and self-respect – hang out at free republic and team up with like-minded pals to plot your next big takeover, how’bout??
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:06 pm#65- They’ll say anything. They’ve sold thier collective souls to the devil, or whoever that monkey is in the WH. Throw them a banana and they’ll wave and perk right up. Cute, aren’t they? -heh-
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:08 pmThe fact that the Bush cabal have committed the egregious crime of politicizing the justice department remains a fact and all their attacks against Schumer will not make that crime go away.
It is this Republican trait of ignoring the message and attacking the messenger that enabled the world’s only super power to get it’s ass kicked in Iraq.
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:11 pm#73- I concur, on that. I imagine Michael J. Fox regrets his allignment during the Limbaugh slur, don’t you think?
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:16 pmActually, #73 was another, very verbal assault on Specter that I was agreeing with, before it was deleted.
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:17 pmJake and Roger and the other Repuke trolls all sold their souls to the Devil himself.
The Religious Reich Wingnuts and the Repukes are joined at the hip.
The Religious Reich are NOT real Christians. They are haters who follow the Antichrist.
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:29 pm#70. SLAM!
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:29 pmthis site cracks me up. SCRUB SCRUB SSCRUB
and it calls itself a progressive news site. HAHAHAHAHAHA
why do you keep scrubbing legitimate comments LIKE
ARLEN SPECTOR YOU ARE THE CAUSE OF THIS MESS …… DO US ALL A FAVOR AND DROP DEAD
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:44 pmThis partisan war that Democrats are itching for
will be your downfall
But I thank you. I can’t wait to smear Schumer the way you have smeared our Commander in Chief.
Comment by Liberals Heart Terrorists — March 22, 2007 @ 11:33 am
BRING IT ON!
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:46 pmOf course he does…. That’s why they put him on the Warren Commission.
Comment by RemoveBush — March 22, 2007 @ 12:04 pm
So another Texan could be President?
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:53 pmIf Katherine Harris didn’t have a conflict of interest in being Sec. of State in Fla., monitoring elections, and also being Bush’s campaign manager, there is no such thing as conflict of interest. The Nixon Party is being bitten by their own snake.
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:23 pmNo, Arlan Spector, it is you that have crossed the line. Remember your buddy, Rickie the Rooster? Pennsylvanians gladly said good bye to Rickie. It’s your turn in 2008. Read somewhere that, you, Arlan, don’t support funding the troops. You will be an easy target in 2008. Just keep on sucking up to the boy Bush and you will be looking for a new job in January 2009. PA is getting “bluer” everyday.
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:25 pmComment by Keith Gore Wiseman #81
Thanks for THAT one Keith…
…and HOW ABOUT…
…the ‘04 (REselection campaign)…
…Ohio and Black(beard)…
…THEY did it to us AGAIN!
…so to hell with the Repulsivescum and their conned’self-servative slaves…
…PURGE the Congress and the country of ‘em…
…Loyalist TRAITORS ALL!
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:35 pmSen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) again shmuck and media whore for the left.
March 22nd, 2007 at 3:24 pmHey Flake-O – Karl Rove called. He said you use your teeth too much, so I’m cancelling our appointment.
Regards,
Ken Mehlman
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:42 pmTYPICAL repugnant-repub rightwingnut crank fudge-pachyderm UNDERHANDED, DOUBLEDEALING, BACKSTABBING HYPOCRISY—-”When WE do it, IT’s OKAY–When YOU do it, IT’s ILLEGAL!” THAT KIND OF LYING CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR CAN NOT AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED IN CONGRESS—-Specter WILL BECOME A DECEASED SPOOK and Cornyn BETTER START GETTING INTO RAISING HIS NAMESAKE “Corn” BECAUSE HE WON’T BE HERE IN 2008, ALONG WITH Specter AND OTHER repugnant-repubs!!!!!
March 22nd, 2007 at 9:13 pm