Waxman To RNC: Turn Over Your Emails
Waxman To RNC: Turn Over Your Emails
Earlier this month, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee made public a secret PowerPoint presentation about the 2006/2008 elections created by Karl Rove’s office.
Last January, that presentation was presented to dozens of political appointees at the General Services Administration by Rove deputy Scott Jennings. When Jennings concluded his presentation, GSA chief Lurita Doan allegedly asked her employees how they could “help ‘our candidates’ in the next elections.”
Today, oversight committee chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) issued a letter to the Republican National Committee requesting it turn over all email communications by White House officials relating to the presentation.
In communicating with GSA about the presentation, Mr. Jennings and his assistant used “gwb43.com” e-mail accounts maintained by the RNC rather than their official White House e-mail accounts. In their e-mails, they described the presentation as a “close hold” and said that “we’re not supposed to be emailing it around.”
To assist the Committee in its investigation of these issues, I request that you provide any electronic messages sent or received by Karl Rove, J. Scott Jennings, or any other White House officials using accounts maintained by the RNC that relate to (1) the January 26, 2007, PowerPoint presentation at GSA, (2) the presentation of any similar political briefings at other federal agencies or to other federal employees, or (3) the use of federal agencies or resources to help Republican candidates.
Waxman notes that the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service has “issued a report finding that the presentation itself and Ms. Doan’s comments could be violations of the federal Hatch Act,” which prohibits using government resources for partisan activities.
Read the full letter:
Mike Duncan
Chairman
Republican National Committee
310 First Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003Dear Mr. Duncan:
I am writing to request e-mail communications stored on Republican National Committee servers that relate to the use of federal agencies and federal resources for partisan political purposes.
Last week, the Committee held a hearing into allegations of misconduct at the General Services Administration. One of the issues examined at the hearing involved a partisan political presentation that White House Deputy Director of Political Affairs, J. Scott Jennings, made to the GSA Administrator, Lurita A. Doan, and approximately 40 GSA appointees in the GSA headquarters building on January 26, 2007. At this event, Mr. Jennings presented a 28-page PowerPoint briefing that reviewed the 2006 election results and identified the Republican party’s top electoral targets in upcoming federal and state elections. Following the presentation, Ms. Doan asked her staff to consider how GSA resources could be used to help “our candidates” in the next election.
Serious questions were raised at the hearing about the legality and propriety of Mr. Jennings’s presentation and the discussion that followed it. In addition, the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service issued a report finding that the presentation itself and Ms. Doan’s comments could be violations of the federal Hatch Act.[1] According to a White House spokesperson, however: “This is regular communication from the White House to political appointees throughout the administration.”[2]
In communicating with GSA about the presentation, Mr. Jennings and his assistant used “gwb43.com” e-mail accounts maintained by the RNC rather than their official White House e-mail accounts. In their e-mails, they described the presentation as a “close hold” and said that “we’re not supposed to be emailing it around.”[3]
To assist the Committee in its investigation of these issues, I request that you provide any electronic messages sent or received by Karl Rove, J. Scott Jennings, or any other White House officials using accounts maintained by the RNC that relate to (1) the January 26, 2007, PowerPoint presentation at GSA, (2) the presentation of any similar political briefings at other federal agencies or to other federal employees, or (3) the use of federal agencies or resources to help Republican candidates.
The Committee requests that you produce these documents on or before April 18, 2007.
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is the principal oversight committee in the House of Representatives and has broad oversight jurisdiction as set forth in House Rule X. An attachment to this letter provides additional information about how to respond to the Committee’s request.
If you have any questions regarding this request, please contact David Rapallo or Anna Laitin with the Committee staff at (202) 225-5420.
Sincerely,
Henry A. Waxman
Chairman
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Thank you Henry Waxman.
April 4th, 2007 at 12:34 pmMmmm, Delicious.
April 4th, 2007 at 12:35 pmScrew this criminals.They deserve it.
April 4th, 2007 at 12:37 pmYou know these scumbags got serious problems when they can’t resist breaking the Hatch Act law.
Can we arrest them now?
April 4th, 2007 at 12:38 pmah Nico. Thanks again. Your name seems to be associated with some of the best posts I read here….
April 4th, 2007 at 12:39 pmRubber, meet road.
The next step here will be for the Bush Administration to argue that the Presidential Records Act does not apply to them because Congress passed it — and it “unfairly regulates the Executive Branch.” Of course, Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton were fine with that.
Rove was crafty in hiding his e-mails at the RNC. If they do end up handing over the communications from the RNC. It makes it look like Democrats are probing the political files of the oppositon party.
April 4th, 2007 at 12:39 pmPhew, they found a way to take an even more unflattering picture of Mr. Waxman.
Imagine if he and Condi had kids. Yeeesh.
Anyway, I’m glad to see he’s barking up this tree, and all the other trees they’ve barked up (as Harry Reid said, every tree they’ve barked up has had a cat in it).
April 4th, 2007 at 12:40 pmSo the false hope of a permanent republican majority rested on criminal activity. No surprise there: republican are hypocrits and criminals.
April 4th, 2007 at 12:42 pmprogprog:BWAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA!!
someone sho do a ‘baby picture’ a la Conan O’Brien or David letterman
April 4th, 2007 at 12:45 pmThis is fascism - plain and simple. You will not get away with this witch hunt against the President.
April 4th, 2007 at 12:47 pmThe trolls will come here and scream that this is a violation of privacy… Funny that they don’t extend the same outrage to the private phone calls that the Bush Regime wiretapped… LOL
April 4th, 2007 at 12:47 pmCause he’s the Waxman!
Look out Rover, the sword of Damocles is hanging over your head. You are very close to the point where the Repudlickin’ Party will push you out of a window in order to save what is left of their tattered brand name.
-GSD
April 4th, 2007 at 12:48 pmCan we ARREST the whole bunch, NOW?
April 4th, 2007 at 12:49 pmThis is fascism - plain and simple. You will not get away with this witch hunt against the President.
Comment by Liberals Heart Terrorists — April 4, 2007
THIS IS DEMOCRACY MUTHA………..
Don’t you forget it. We have a President, not a King.
-GSD
April 4th, 2007 at 12:50 pmFor the latest news, email archives, hearings, legal filings and other essential documents on the Bush DOJ prosecutor firings, see:
April 4th, 2007 at 12:51 pm“The U.S. Attorney Scandal Documents.”
witch hunt, gimme a break
This administration has set the bar so low now that anything pretty much goes. You reap what you sow.
April 4th, 2007 at 12:57 pm# 10. The dictionary.com definition of fascism is :
In your short diatribe you refer to the Congress’ actions as fascism, but if you read the definition of fascism, its a “governmental system led by a dictator…”. The governmental system of the united states is led by a dictator named George Bush. Please explain your characterization of Congressional oversight as fascism when clearly, by the dictionary definition, only the government led by a dictator can be fascist.
Perhaps you want to rephrase you comments to suggest that Mr Waxman is conducting oversight of the fascist regime leader of the United States? That would be closer to the truth.
April 4th, 2007 at 12:58 pmThe presnit brought this on himself. Actually, Bush is to stupid to think of these things himself. It’s Rove and the rest of the Necons who are incompetent.
Bush just delivers the message, and he’s rather poor at that too. How dare he scnicker and make jokes in press conferences while US soldiers and innocent Iraqis are dying EVERY DAY.
Of all the bills congress sends him, he vetos the ones which save lives or help people (Stem Cell Research, Iraq Pullout, Environmental Protections..). He and his administration are dispicable human beings, who don’t deserve the right to be called Americans. As Bush’s father and Clinton go around the world on humanitarian missions, GWB will be at home drinking and clearing brush for the rest of his life after his Presidency, never having once helped anyone other than his cronies. A complete failure by every definition of the word.
April 4th, 2007 at 12:59 pmRICO, RICO, RICO!
-GSD
April 4th, 2007 at 12:59 pmThis is fascism - plain and simple. You will not get away with this witch hunt against the President.
Comment by Liberals Heart Terrorists — April 4, 2007 @ 12:47 pm
Your idiocy knows no bounds.
April 4th, 2007 at 1:06 pmWhere does this all lead? Congress doesn’t have the physical means to force compliance does it? If the RNC refuses to turn over the emails, if goodling refuses to come in and explain her rationale for hiding behind the 5th, If Rove, et refuse to be sworn in and testify, can we then have impeachment? What happens if bush is impeached and refuses to vacate?
April 4th, 2007 at 1:13 pmspeaking of failure, this may be old, but some people have not heard of it yet. Go to google, and type in failure, but instead of search, click on “I’m feeling lucky.”
Truly hilarious and yet, so poignant.
April 4th, 2007 at 1:13 pmWax On,
Wax Off,
Repeat.
April 4th, 2007 at 1:17 pmThis is fascism - plain and simple. You will not get away with this witch hunt against the President.
Comment by Liberals Heart Terrorists
I guess the Abramoff thing was a witchunt? The Safavian thing a witchunt? Cunningham a witchunt? Enron witchunt? Foley Witchunt? Not to mention many others such as port deals.
Seems to me LHT, their is an awful lot witches being found in the shady tree.
BTW what does a witchunt have to do with fascism? I do wonder how you connect those completely diametrically opposed dots?
April 4th, 2007 at 1:18 pmbob (not the hacker) sez:
Then we have a dictator, not a President. At that point, it’s time to get your gun.
With any luck, it won’t come to that, and we’ll be able to deal with these criminals within the framework of law, before they succeed in completely destroying that framework.
April 4th, 2007 at 1:19 pmIf the RNC refuses to turn over the emails, -BTHacker
Cmon Bob your a hacker you know as well as I that these emails aren’t only stored on the RNC server =)
April 4th, 2007 at 1:20 pmWitch hunt? which hunt is the witch hunt? Finding if Federal resources and Federal agencies were used for partisan political purposes? Or those nasty WMD’s.
April 4th, 2007 at 1:21 pmI’m sure it’s nonpartisan. But if the same thing happens to the Dems you “progressives” would call it what it is. Wrong.
April 4th, 2007 at 1:22 pmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism
Please read LHT.
April 4th, 2007 at 1:22 pmThey knowingly violated the law. And they are obstructing justice. How is that a witch hunt? Man the bush supporters say some weird stuff.
April 4th, 2007 at 1:24 pmI’m sure it’s nonpartisan. But if the same thing happens to the Dems you “progressives†would call it what it is. Wrong.
Comment by Kevin —
Got a crystal ball Kevin?
If it violates the Hatch act then it is wrong. Period.
April 4th, 2007 at 1:27 pmthere’s a wonderfully delicious burrito calling-nay, bellowing- my name right now.
Back later..
Peace!!!
April 4th, 2007 at 1:27 pmIts now 1:30 in the Eastern Time Zone, halfway through todays Rush Limbaugh show. The trolls are no doubt quiet now because they have collected at the trough to get their talking points for the rest of the afternoon. I assume troll time will increase again in about 90 minutes.
April 4th, 2007 at 1:30 pmThe Bush cultist shrieks: “This is fascism!!!”
Nah, that’s not fascism, dummy. Take it from one of our more famous fascists:
Benito Mussolini: “Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.”
April 4th, 2007 at 1:30 pmPoor Kevin. He assumed that like most laws, The Hatch Act was supposed to be used only against Democrats. Turns out that laws apply to both parties. Kevin, this also includes laws against obstruction of justice. I know, I know, it’s fair play — not what you wanted.
April 4th, 2007 at 1:34 pmI’d like to see you fools try it! Those emails are private RNC property. Tell Wax-Head to shove off!
April 4th, 2007 at 1:34 pmRedneck:
You dumbarse, you have no privacy since the Patriot Act. hahahaahha
April 4th, 2007 at 1:42 pmA golden oldie for Bush cultists — remembering an earlier time when the rules were a little different:
“Republicans Members of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee started a Congressional Investigation into the White House Database. The Database was a list of Clinton Supporters, including the White House Christmas Card List. Members of the Committee asked for the information three months before the 1996 Presidential Election. They were charging the Clinton Administration with theft of government property, because they believed the database was occasionally shard with The Democratic National Committee. Republican Congressmen David McIntosh asked the Justice Department for a criminal probe. [Washington Post, 9/9/98]”
Yes, redneck, those emails are “private RNC property”! But, oh, oh, someone might have said the same thing about the Clintons’ Christmas Card List.
April 4th, 2007 at 1:43 pmredneck: you a lawyer? If no, STFU.
April 4th, 2007 at 1:51 pmWaxman is now in Syria getting information on those secret deals made by Cheney and Halliburton. Yes and the deal Bush made to have prisoners tortured too. More information is being told about the crimes of the past 6 years that Bush has done. Now the GOP is trying hard to lie about Iraq and it’s safety so the American people will support the money Bush needs to pay for these promises he made. When American find out who low the White House has taken us all hell will break out. It’s been a 6 year crime corruption wave done by Bush/Cheney/Rummy. Notice the word by Bush is support our troops as we see how our injured troops are supported at Walter Reed. Support our troops means just give Bush all your money and turn your back on how Bush treats our inured Troops. Yes let those brave soldiers who come home injured live with mice/roaches/mold and let maggots eat their open wounds until they die, that’s what Bush means when he says SUPPORT OUR TROOPS.
April 4th, 2007 at 1:56 pmWhat’s the matter redneck - got something to hide? Isn’t that what we’ve been getting told since the ‘Patriot’ Act? That if you have nothing to hide then you don’t have anything to worry about?
April 4th, 2007 at 2:00 pmYo redstateredneck:
given bush’s absymal (that means bad) poll numbers, (barely 30% of the country aprove of his presidency) how can there be any “red”states, other than the state of denial.
April 4th, 2007 at 2:08 pmI’d like to see you fools try it! Those emails are private RNC property. Tell Wax-Head to shove off!
Comment by redneck, redstate
OK, we’ll confiscate via eminent domain!
April 4th, 2007 at 2:08 pmredneck to cop: Just try to take my cocaine. It’s private property.
April 4th, 2007 at 2:10 pmcop to redneck: OK. **whack**
Comparing this to wiretapping is ludicrous. We are wiretapping terrorists - not the Democratic Party or it’s operatives.
AND if Waxman wants to investigate election wrongdoing, how about the Wisconsin Rep whose son slashed GOP tires the day before the 2004 election?? How about investigating the Kerry campaign’s ties to CBS who used false documents to try to affect an election.
April 4th, 2007 at 2:16 pmYou can get madder than that redneck. Pop off on how all who don’t think like you is commie scum and you got a couple of friends these scum should meet. Smith and Wesson.
I know it’s in you. You just gotta try harder.
April 4th, 2007 at 2:17 pmLHT, the justification is quiet clear. It is against the law to use Federal resources and Federal agencies for partisan purposes. If this happened then I’m sure you’ll want the law to be upheld. If it didn’t happen I’m sure you’d want the accused to be exhonorated.
Either way the emails are needed. Show where this is illegal because so far it looks straight forward.
this has got to scare those in the RNC shadows.
April 4th, 2007 at 2:20 pmComparing this to wiretapping is ludicrous. We are wiretapping terrorists - not the Democratic Party or it’s operatives.
Prove it. You can’t, so your assertion itself is ludicrous to the core.
Congressional oversight is a bitch, eh?
April 4th, 2007 at 2:22 pmI think a subpoena would be better than a courteous letter requesting the emails. That was an invitation to dump the servers if i ever saw one.
April 4th, 2007 at 2:22 pmThe PRA was passed specifically to stop what Bush is doing. Just like FISA was setup to stop what he is doing.
Bush is a criminal plain and simple. He has clearly broken two laws that were created to keep presidents honest. Something Bush knows nothing about.
April 4th, 2007 at 2:38 pmAhoy, ye scurvy dogs. Heave to and prepare to be boarded.
April 4th, 2007 at 2:46 pmYeah, all well and goos to demand the documents. Then, in a 12 years the Supreme Court will rule that Waxman was entitled to the docs and that they have to be turned over. At which time, the rNC will not be able to find them…..
April 4th, 2007 at 2:56 pmRE: LHT, redstateredneck, et al, etc.
Smarter trolls, please!
April 4th, 2007 at 2:57 pmriiiiiiiight anon. And all will just quietly wait for these documents.
Man this really scares the shit out of some people.
Spudge, does this request even apply to Presidential records? It appears to me more of whether or not Federal resources were used for partisan political motives.
Although, in a larger scope, the lack of documents going thru this path does bring up where they are and how they were sent.
April 4th, 2007 at 3:05 pm6 years with no oversite. Brutal. If this “blows” over in a fashion similar to Scooter Libby…my head will explode.
April 4th, 2007 at 3:07 pmLHT the republicans had al that time to investigate your grievous claims, yet they did not. I guess your beef is with them, nto with thte current congress who are investigating stuff now.
April 4th, 2007 at 3:11 pm“Those emails are private RNC property.”
redneck appears not to have read the Presidential Records Act. As Spudge Boy notes, any presidential records on RNC servers are the property of the United States.
April 4th, 2007 at 3:18 pmAND if Waxman wants to investigate election wrongdoing, how about the Wisconsin Rep whose son slashed GOP tires the day before the 2004 election??
Yeh, and lets spend ten million to investigate Newts affair!
/sarcon
When that, juvenile action, above, becomes part of THIS issue then we will discuss it. For now it’s not and has nothing to do with the Hatch Act.
April 4th, 2007 at 3:41 pm#45 — Where do you get that Kerry had ties to CBS — just pulling nonsense out of your arse? The CBS National Guard story was investigated and a report published by none other than the law firm, under the oversight, of Bush 41’s Attorney General, Richard Thornburgh, and there is no scintilla of evidence of any connection whatsoever of the news division of CBS with the Kerry campaign. BTW, a host of producers got fired for that in a show of accountability that is lacking from the current administration that you blindly support. You might try to read the report before posting such nonsense or are you an idiot all the time or just play one here for yucks. LHT= IDIOT!
April 4th, 2007 at 3:44 pmAnd, if the RNC e-mail accounts are typical POP3 accounts, with minimal storage, the RNC does not have any of the e-mails in question. The RNC is not Google, storing everything forever. If the e-mails exist at all, they exist only on the client computers, from they were sent and where they were received.
This is going to yield a whole lot of nothing.
April 4th, 2007 at 3:49 pmIf a/the government owned computer was used then ANY data that passes thru it can be logged. The same goes for using a company computer. The owner of that computer has a right to log every keystroke and every communication that goes thru it.
April 4th, 2007 at 3:51 pm#49 - I am sure that their sysadmins would not be willing to go to jail to protect Rove’s pasty white ass - I sure wouldn’t.
April 4th, 2007 at 3:54 pmIf the e-mails exist at all, they exist only on the client computers, from they were sent and where they were received.
This is going to yield a whole lot of nothing.
Comment by Bruce Wilder
No, thats not always true. I would save packet logs of things (emails webpages etc) that went thru those computers as they were sent thru the ‘tubes’ from clients to email servers (or ISP) not matter where or what that person sitting at the computer thinks there email went.
April 4th, 2007 at 3:56 pmBruce – One of the most common e-mail configurations is for the sending and receiving servers to have a copy of the e-mail that the end user can delete and a log copy on the sending and receiving server that the end user cannot access. If any ISPs on the way have logging turned on there can be many more copies of any given message.
April 4th, 2007 at 3:59 pm#58 AND if Waxman wants to investigate election wrongdoing, how about the Wisconsin Rep whose son slashed GOP tires the day before the 2004 election??
What are you talking about? Those involved (including Rep. Moore’s son) were given jail time for misdemeanor property damage!!! Who gets time for that? I guess Democrats. Why don’t you actually know about something before commenting. It just makes you look stupid.
April 4th, 2007 at 4:08 pm#10 you mean witch-hunt like in investigating a land deal and eventually prosecuting a BJ? Nope, Waxman wont spend as much time or money on this mis-administration’s mis-deeds, but the results wil be oh, so much more in keeping the true meaning of justice.
April 4th, 2007 at 4:22 pmHouse democrats need to do one simple thing: refuse appropriations to pay the salary of any government employee who ever at any time used an RNC or other non-USGOV email server between the hours of 9AM and 5PM, unless those communications are automatically forwarded to the official government record-keeping system. Give them the benefit of the doubt: exempt 90 minutes a day for lunch and coffee breaks for party business. Party communications SHOULD be secret. But if taxpayers pay for it, taxpayers have the right to see it. That’s the law.
April 4th, 2007 at 4:27 pm#58 Sorry, my #65 should be for LHT in #45.
April 4th, 2007 at 4:30 pmThis is so clearly fascism, thanks LHT, for pointing it out.
Fascism = duelly elected legislative branch attempting to force disclosure of potentially illegal actions by executive branch.
Fascism = trying to prevent a unitary executive from running the entire government without oversight.
Fascism = stopping wars with no apparent purpose, and not fanning the flames of fear of some mutable Other.
You are the brilliantest!
April 4th, 2007 at 4:49 pmWay to go Mr. Waxman
GET THE WEASELS!
April 4th, 2007 at 5:24 pmSince the Hatch Act was drafted by a Republican, obviously it does not apply to Republicans. Only to Democrats.
Duh.
April 4th, 2007 at 5:34 pm#71 To quote Rep. Grassley…”Does that apply to a Republican, too?”
April 4th, 2007 at 5:38 pmBeing a Republican Cultist means never having to check your references.
April 4th, 2007 at 6:05 pmWaxman smells a thief under every bush with that nozzle of his. He is a disgrace to Congress.
April 4th, 2007 at 7:13 pmHenry Waxman smells a corrupt Republican thief under every Bush, and is now in a position to dig them all out and expose their corruption to the light of truth and integrity.
Thank you Henry Waxman. You are a True American Patriot, while those “culture of corruption” Republicans who are trying to cover for the worst administration in American history are beneath contempt…and are a “clear and present danger” to our democracy.
It is incredible that the party of Dwight David Eisenhower, another True American Patriot and very honorable man, has come to this. What a crying shame.
April 4th, 2007 at 9:11 pmLurita, Doan YOU STOP WEAVING THEM LITTLE BASKETS IN YA PADDED CELL, YA MIGHT BE GETTING SOME COMPANY FROM Rove, CHIMPya, Cheney, Rice, ALL of Busland Uber Allies AND SOME OTHER STRAGGLERS—YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS YA QUOTA, RIGHT? VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL HATCH ACT COULD BE “HATCHING” SOME INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CREATIVE BASKET-WEAVING!!!!! HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH!!!!! HAH!
April 4th, 2007 at 9:41 pmThinkprogress regulars–Don’t Feed the Trolls! Seriously! Just ignore ‘em!
But yeah, Waxman rocks the house. MARS, BITCHES!â„¢ (because someone had to say it.)
April 4th, 2007 at 9:44 pmThis is fascism - plain and simple. You will not get away with this witch hunt against the President.
Comment by NeoCONs Fart Terrorists
No, it’s democracy at work, plain and simple. And if it’s a witch hunt, it’s because there are evil witches (and warlocks) to hunt. Eat your heart out, boy, the days of true fascism/Bush-Cheneyism are coming to an end.
April 4th, 2007 at 9:57 pmThis is the first time I have seen this blog, its interesting. To the point;I am very glad to finally see some oversight of this so called administration. I don,t understand why impeachment has been a problem “High Crimes and Misdemeanors” you got it all.
April 4th, 2007 at 10:28 pmWaxman has just begun to fight. Remember how he listed more than 100 times and places where Condum Rice lied about everything from 9/11 to the Iraq invasion? This is on the congressional record.
April 4th, 2007 at 10:29 pmThe rovebag is bursting and the bushbag is being weedwhacked, while the cheneybag is hiding behind the shrubs in the Rose Garden. The pathetic republicans and anyone who voted for the scum called “president,” are in complete denial, all 30 percent of them. They know they got scammed, but they cannot own up to it, afraid to show their stupidity and ignorance. It’s time to have a congressional arrest warrant issued to put the above-mentioned fecal matter into a toilet where they can be flushed into a sewer where the rats will welcome them as family.
Dirty, rotten bastards, bunglers, and butchers, all!
Bush’s Nixon tapes have surfaced. He avoided emails personally, but his people didn’t, and they thought no one would find them. Notice that no one is accusing the Bushies of acting intelligently.
These fascists are going down!
April 4th, 2007 at 10:33 pmwaxman’s a monster! we need more like him.
April 4th, 2007 at 10:38 pmI feel sure — wrt the Presidential Records Act, the Hatch Act…and all the other acts — that Chimpy has issued signing statements (officially stamped by Abu) saying they don’t apply to him. For him, it’s feels so good to be King.
April 5th, 2007 at 1:01 amI say its time to pay up, if the President wants 100 billion for the war create a war tax to pay for it in the same fiscal year, every taxpayer over 100 thousand of taxable income would pay an extra 5% or more to pay off the supplimental war spending. Alot of people would turn against this war if they really had to pay for it.
April 5th, 2007 at 10:10 amNot exactly a PowerPoint, but…
April 5th, 2007 at 10:55 amTHIS BUSH ADMINISTRATION IS AS DISHONEST AS CAN BE, FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
GEORGE W BUSH IS NOT COMPASSIONATE, ARTICULATE, TRUTHFUL NOR A RESPECTED LEADER.
WE USED TO BE A RESPECTED LEADR, NOW WE ARE HATEDM AND IN ONLY FIVE YEARS
SYDELLE ZABOW
April 5th, 2007 at 5:22 pmIN JUST FIVE YEARS, BUSH HAS MADE US A HATED, DISTRUSTED GOVERNMENT
BUSH IS A DISASTER.
SYDELLE ZABOW
April 5th, 2007 at 5:29 pmIs Waxman married–if not, I want that guy. He is a freakin’ pitbull for justice!!
April 5th, 2007 at 7:03 pmWAXMAN AND PELOSI are MORONS!! Lunatic ego maniac Morons!!
April 6th, 2007 at 11:34 amThe wingnuts are screaming like a wounded animal!
April 6th, 2007 at 11:36 pmThe Neocons are getting called on their shit and the winged nuts are melting…MELTING!
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