Senior conservative will oppose Rice subpoena.
Senior conservative will oppose Rice subpoena.
Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA), the ranking Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said today he will not support the decision of Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) to subpoena Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, “marking the first time this year that he has broken with the committee’s top Democrat on a significant committee issue.” Apparently Davis knows everything he needs to know about the run-up to war:
“Subpoenaing Secretary [Condoleezza] Rice to discuss the Iraq-uranium issue is duplicative of multiple investigations that have already been concluded,” [Davis] said.
Davis accused [Waxman] of overstepping his bounds to call on Rice. Waxman wants her to discuss in more detail how a National Security Council aide inserted incorrect intelligence indicating that Iraq sought uranium from Africa into the President Bush’s 2003 State of the Union address.
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April 24th, 2007 at 8:43 pmWhat does that mean people?
Will they still be able to subpoena her now?
I want to know.
April 24th, 2007 at 8:43 pmSince it’s such a big waste of time, I guess we’ll all be spared Davis’ sanctimonious presence at the hearing, right?
April 24th, 2007 at 8:45 pmDavis is still trying to hide the wrongs of Bushco.
April 24th, 2007 at 8:46 pmThe big question is:
Why try to block the subpoena, if there is nothing to hide?
If Rice’s testimony ONCE was not enough for you Bush-haters, why would TWICE be? How about if Rice testifies every day from now until January 20, 2009? Would THAT be enough?
April 24th, 2007 at 8:47 pmWhy did the republicans make secret deals with the Saudis and Pakistans dictator in the days after 911?
April 24th, 2007 at 8:50 pmCAN THEY STILL GET A SUBPOENA IF THAT REPUBLICAN DOESNT VOTE TO AUTHORIZE?
ANYBODY KNOW PROCEDURE?
April 24th, 2007 at 8:50 pmSo what?
We are the majority now.
April 24th, 2007 at 8:50 pmComment by Frank Matthews
Subpoena power in the hands of the Democrats really sucks for you Republi-Crooks, huh?
LMAO…..
April 24th, 2007 at 8:50 pmIn the words of Chimpy McFlightsuit… “bring it on”
April 24th, 2007 at 8:51 pmIf Rice’s testimony ONCE was not enough for you Bush-haters, why would TWICE be? How about if Rice testifies every day from now until January 20, 2009? Would THAT be enough?
Comment by Frank Matthews
Just cuz we’re the majority and we wanna, AND Condi doesn’t have anything to hide does she? What’s the fuss…?
April 24th, 2007 at 8:52 pmHow about if Rice testifies every day from now until January 20, 2009? Would THAT be enough?
Comment by Frank Matthews — April 24, 2007 @ 8:47 pm
Actually Frank, it wouldn’t be enough, because it would mean that the Bush administration survives until then. It won’t be enough until Bush is impeached and thrown out of office, and criminal indictments are lodged against his many co-conspirators. But you wouldn’t understand that, Frank, because you hate America. You hate the Constitution and you hate the rule of law.
April 24th, 2007 at 8:52 pmPresident Bush should tell Rice to ignore the Waxmens subpoena and go about the business he appointed her to do.
Its pass time that Bush told Waxmen were to stick his subpoena.
April 24th, 2007 at 8:52 pmWhat is Davis afraid of, the truth? Testimony under oath. Is he afraid she’ll pull a Scooter Libby move?
April 24th, 2007 at 8:54 pmlestatdelc:
That really doesn’t answer the questions: a) why would TWICE be? b) How about if Rice testifies every day from now until January 20, 2009? Would THAT be enough?
April 24th, 2007 at 8:54 pmThis is the Rep. DAVIS that did such a fine job overseeing the Veterans’ Hospitals, right ??
April 24th, 2007 at 8:55 pm( I believe he was given a report about the deplorable conditions back in 2004 ).
Call me silly, but I’m not real confident with Rep. Davis’ oversight judgment.
In the world of Rape-Public-Cans honesty, integrity, and honor are insignificant options. What happened to their PROMISE to complete Phase II of the pre-war intel assemsment promised in 04, 05, 06? The sky is blue. What is the color of the sky in your world Rape-Public-Cans.
April 24th, 2007 at 8:56 pmIn the words of Chimpy McFlightsuit… “bring it onâ€
Comment by lestatdelc — April 24, 2007 @ 8:51 pm
How unorginal.
But cute. Even though you forgot to say you lifted it from Stephine Miller.
April 24th, 2007 at 8:56 pmFools on the Hill:
Perhaps you don’t know that Rice ALREADY testified to the truth, several times now? Yes, “testimony” under oath. So, I Davis is afraid afraid of anything other than the Witch Hunt mentality going on among the Fools on the Hill.
April 24th, 2007 at 8:57 pmSO
WILL THEY STILL GET A SUBPOENA FOR RICE NOW?
TYPE
YES OR NO IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER…….
THANKS
April 24th, 2007 at 8:57 pmActually Frank, it wouldn’t be enough, because it would mean that the Bush administration survives until then. It won’t be enough until Bush is impeached and thrown out of office, and criminal indictments are lodged against his many co-conspirators. But you wouldn’t understand that, Frank, because you hate America. You hate the Constitution and you hate the rule of law.
Comment by VerbalKint — April 24, 2007 @ 8:52 pm
We hate apple pie,
We hate Barney
We hate grandma and grandma
We hate kids playing baseball
We hate walking the dog down the street.
We hate sprinkles on ice cream.
Give me a Break
April 24th, 2007 at 8:58 pmRepresentative Davis was obviously adopted as he is from Virginia so he could not have aassumed the name from Uncle Jeff after the Emancipation Proclamation. He does not demonstrate the inteligence exhibited in the true “Davis” DNA string. His protests notwithstanding, Henry will get those buggers! I just wish he had more hair so Zooey, Trueblue, Unbelievable, katy, and others would love him more than they do me. He needs all the support he can get.
April 24th, 2007 at 8:59 pmLet me be Frank.
April 24th, 2007 at 8:59 pmNo damnit, I’m Frank!!
April 24th, 2007 at 9:00 pmJust cuz we’re the majority and we wanna, AND Condi doesn’t have anything to hide does she? What’s the fuss…?
Comment by Zooey — April 24, 2007 @ 8:52 pm
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Lynch mob mentality.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:00 pmIts pass time that Bush told Waxmen were to stick his subpoena.
Comment by kliege
We all know how well that worked for Nixon,now don’t we…
You neocon clowns are just too funny
April 24th, 2007 at 9:01 pmHe’s got plenty of hair, in those HUGE nostrils.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:02 pmI just wish he had more hair so Zooey, Trueblue, Unbelievable, katy, and others would love him more than they do me. He needs all the support he can get.
Comment by Clyde the Ripper
That particular Davis does need all the support he can get, but he’ll have to find it elsewhere, Clyde. I remain true…. :)
April 24th, 2007 at 9:03 pm“So, I Davis is afraid afraid”
that pretty much sums it up. thanks, frank!
April 24th, 2007 at 9:03 pmLynch mob mentality.
Comment by stevesh
Does that scare you? Does the truth scare you, stevesh?
April 24th, 2007 at 9:04 pmLynch mob mentality.
Comment by stevesh
No, it’s called accountibility, something you neocons are scared to death of.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:04 pmThe whole point is that we don’t know much about the false, cooked intelligence on the Niger uranium story, who was involved, or why.
The reliable Tom Davis is just doing his Sargeant Schultz imitation. He doesn’t know nussink and doesn’t want to know nussink. I guess that’s the GOP version of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:05 pm“I Davis is afraid afraid” = “I doubt Davis is afraid”
April 24th, 2007 at 9:05 pmHopefully Davis (and ALL his ilk) will get what they so rightfully deserve…
…shame, disease, poverty, tragedy, hopelessness…
…leading them to choose…
…self-euthanization…
…very soon…
April 24th, 2007 at 9:07 pmI think “Lynch mob mentality” should scare ANY African-American in this country.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:08 pmLynch mob mentality.
Comment by stevesh — April 24, 2007 @ 9:00 pm
Steve, you should know all about that from your Tuesday night KKK rally. And want to talk about mob mentality, hmm nothing like that good ole republican mantra “You’re either with us, or against us”
Then there was that time you mobsters got all sexually excited because some past president lied about a BJ. Hahe
Consider your Ass-Whooped!
April 24th, 2007 at 9:09 pmi think you had it right right the first time
April 24th, 2007 at 9:09 pm“Its (sic) pass (sic) time that Bush told Waxmen were (sic) to stick his subpoena.”
I often notice that Bush-lovers have a hard time spelling.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:10 pmDo they do that in honor of their beloved leader,
or,
is it reflective of those who support the Shrub ??
Zooey? I just got bad/good news…
:(
April 24th, 2007 at 9:12 pmLynch mob mentality.
Comment by stevesh
If Americans have nothing to hide why cant Bush and Hillary read all our email and listen to all our phone calls?
April 24th, 2007 at 9:13 pmIts pass time that Bush told Waxmen were to stick his subpoena.
Comment by kliege
They would have to remove Jeff Gannons member so it could be inserted properly.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:13 pmZooey? I just got bad/good news…
:(
Comment by whiteyfresh
Oh no! Tell me.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:14 pmConsider your Ass-Whooped!
Comment by Can-O-Whoop-Ass
I consider it so, but he may not understand, the poor dear….
April 24th, 2007 at 9:15 pmHo-hum. Tom Davis is my congressman. I’m so sorry…
April 24th, 2007 at 9:17 pm#2
What does that mean people?
Will they still be able to subpoena her now?
I want to know.
Comment by Repo-whores-suk — April 24, 2007 @ 8:43 pm
Yep, doesn’t make ANY difference if the GOP members have a problem with it, Waxman can issue subpoenas all by his lonesome, and the minority party can do absolutely NOTHING about it
And the best part, is that the rules changes giving Waxman this power were implemented during Clinton’s Admin to let Dan Burton issue any and all subpoenas he wanted, even for such burning issues as the Clinton’s Christmas Card list
What makes this anti-Clinton hysteria biting the GOP’s ass even more enjoyable is that, even when the GOP knew it was headed for a political Little Big Horn with the November elections, they didn’t change the rules back to their pre-Clinton status
It’s just too richly ironic that all that anti-Clinton hysteria is now biting the very idiots who pushed it so hard for so long
How’s that irony taste, trolls?
April 24th, 2007 at 9:18 pmRepo-whores-suk
I believe they can still subpoena her if they get enough votes on Waxman’s committee.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:22 pmConsider your Ass-Whooped!
Comment by Can-O-Whoop-Ass
I consider it so, but he may not understand, the poor dear….
Comment by Zooey — April 24, 2007 @ 9:15 pm
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Bobby Boucher mentality. Waterboy Waxman meets the Oxbow Incident.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:25 pm#28 Zooey
I was not clear. My “hair” comment referenced Mr. Waxman, not the faux Davis. If I had as much hair on my head as Henry has on the posterior portions I would be in the White House and DUHbya would be peddling carved mesquite chips from his cell in Leavenworth.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:27 pmBobby Boucher mentality. Waterboy Waxman meets the Oxbow Incident.
Comment by stevesh
You watch too much television. You might want to stop rotting your brain.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:36 pmPlease tell me when Secretary Rice testified under oath about what she knew and when she knew it, regarding why the infamous 16 words about Iraq seeking uranium from Africa were in a draft SOTU speech, then removed, then back in for Bush’s SOTU address on 1-28-03, and then retracted after Joseph Wilsons bombshell NY Times op-ed debunked the whole sham?
April 24th, 2007 at 9:38 pmIf this is no big deal why was Joseph Wilson smeard so vehemently by the Bush Admin?
Why was Valerie Plame Wilson and her colleagues betrayed by their government?
The Bush Admin and all their lackeys will continue to dodge, dip, duck, dive, and dodge this wrench as long as they’re able. Why? Can you say T-R-E-A-S-0-N?
If I had as much hair on my head as Henry has on the posterior portions I would be in the White House and DUHbya would be peddling carved mesquite chips from his cell in Leavenworth.
Comment by Clyde the Ripper
Clyde,
Who needs a man who wastes his hormones growing hair? Just look at where it’s gotten us. :D
I do like your idea about the carved mesquite chips from Leavenworth…
April 24th, 2007 at 9:38 pmBobby Boucher mentality. Waterboy Waxman meets the Oxbow Incident.
Comment by stevesh — April 24, 2007 @ 9:25 pm
Well for a minute I felt bad not knowing who Bobby Boucher was, but seeing he was in a movie rated 5.5 out of 10 stars, it must have appealed to those 30%’ers. It makes sense since you right tards tend to live in fantasy land any way.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:38 pmWaterboy Waxman meets the Oxbow Incident.
Comment by stevesh #47
…stick around stupidish…
…after ‘08 elections…
…with the help of the Patriot Act…
…that’ll be your gods bushiva, Lil Dick and Co…
…and if we’re lucky…
…lackeys like YOU…
April 24th, 2007 at 9:38 pmNote how in arguing that the Niger uranium issue is “duplicative” none of these clowns can name a single investigation that has taken place, nor what conclusions have been reached.
And no, Tom, the Secretary has never answered questions about her own personal involvement in the decision making process, but I do seem to remember her comments vis a vis “smoking guns” and “mushroom clouds.”
Seems like there’s real fire here, and that the Secretary is finding herself in quite a pickle. Waxman is being pretty effective, I must say.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:39 pmI think “Lynch mob mentality†should scare ANY African-American in this country.
Comment by Frank Matthews #35
…what goes around…
…comes around…
…your time will come too…
…Frankie and steviestupidish…
…your rotten Karma demands it…
April 24th, 2007 at 9:41 pm#15 Until she delivers full, complete and honest disclosure is enough.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:46 pmYeah, she testified alot. Why do they need to hear her again…
Wait… did you say subpoenie….You mean testify under oath….. ya’ll doe need one a them ther subpoenies. She’s Condaliar…I mean Condoleeza Rice she would never lie. Why can’t these hearing be like they was befour wid nun a dem der subpoenies An tellin of the truth an nat. Goddamn subpoenies always make republicans forget everthing… oohhh she gon look dumb now…
DR RICE: Hello, I’m doctor Rice and i can’t recall a DAMN thing… Except that I’m a Doctor And one of the best damn liars this side of the rockies..
Uh?… for the record i’d like to strike everything i’ve said and am about to say and reserve the right to change any thing i might say that might look like a lie….Uh?… in order for you to believe that i never meant to say that and i always misspeak when i’m asked questions… accidently of course.
GW: See Alberto! Thats How a pro Starts… Thats my Condie
April 24th, 2007 at 9:46 pmyep, waxman can issue the paper on his own say-so.
this from TIME:
As the new chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, Waxman will have free rein to investigate, as he puts it, “everything that the government is involved with.” And the funny thing is, Waxman can thank the Republicans for the unique set of levers he will hold. Under a rules change they put through in the days when they used the panel to make Bill Clinton’s life miserable, the leader of Government Reform is the only chairman who can issue subpoenas without a committee vote. Then Chairman Dan Burton–who famously re-enacted the suicide of Clinton deputy White House counsel Vince Foster by shooting at what he called a “head-like thing” (later widely reported to be a melon) in his backyard–issued 1,089 such unilateral subpoenas in six years.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:47 pm#18 lifted what?
Chimpy McFlightsuit? Heard that on numerous blogs and found it a funny and accurate descriptor.
Unless you are referring to “bring it on” in which case, Chimpy McFlightsuit is the author of that one.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:48 pm…And furthermore,
re: ‘If this is no big deal why was Joseph Wilson smeard so vehemently by the Bush Admin?
Why was Valerie Plame Wilson and her colleagues betrayed by their government?’
AND WHY WAS SCOOTER LIBBY THROWN UNDER THE BUS?
April 24th, 2007 at 9:48 pmPoor Davis is going to learn again that “Elections have Consequences”.
It matters not one whit who he thinks Waxman should subpoena.
And it would seem to me if Congress can subpoena an Xmas card list, they can sure bring the Secretary of State up the Hill. I say in chains, if necessary. Designer ones, of course, that match her shoes.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:53 pmAnd Davis is wrong. Condi has never been quizzed by people that are actually interested in the truth instead of covering for the Decider.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:55 pmThe questions Waxman has said he wants Rice to address have already been answered by her several times, including (i) at her Senate confirmation hearing; (ii) in the 2005 WMD Robb-Silberman Commission report, and (iii) in the report on pre-war intelligence by the Senate Intelligence Committee.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:57 pmNo Frank. Having Rice testify every day from now until the end of time is not good enough. She needs to resign emmidiatly in flaming shame.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:59 pmthat post was a blob. another try:
waxman has the power to subpoena rice on his sole say-so.
this from TIME.
April 24th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
S-U-B-P-O-E-N-A !!!!! AAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!…
R-U-N F-O-R-E-S-T R-U-N!!!
IBDIA-IBDIA-IBDIA…..WATZ UP DOC?
April 24th, 2007 at 10:04 pmComment by dog-walker #65
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April 24th, 2007 at 10:17 pmComment by dog #68
Nice troll…
…now roll over and play DEAD…
…look’s like dog-walker…
…put some of that Chinese herb in your dog food…
…with post #65…
heh :-/%#@ troll
April 24th, 2007 at 10:44 pmgrr. grr. grrrr.
April 24th, 2007 at 11:24 pmBad dog! No biscuit!
April 24th, 2007 at 11:34 pmThe troglodyte crooks on the right are just in the way anyhow. They had twelve years to prove they can govern and they failed miserably. The stupid rubbernecks should just go home anyway…they bring nothing to the table.
April 24th, 2007 at 11:34 pmThe Republicans are sweating. Something is in the brew. Truth has finally caught up with them.
That said, we as Americans need to come together.
April 24th, 2007 at 11:51 pmThe Democrats are in charge now, Sparky…sit down and shut up and watch how the job is supposed to be done in Congress.
April 25th, 2007 at 12:13 amTom Davis will have a short political career. Americans are fed up with Bush and this administration. Davis’s performance on the oversight committee is appalling.
He has made himself very vulnerable. Good for us is that he is a representative and is up for election every two years – two and out in this case.
April 25th, 2007 at 7:10 amThis officially makes Davis a co-conspirator in obstructin of justice.
April 25th, 2007 at 7:22 amdr. rice is a big girl and henry waxman will not be deterred!
April 25th, 2007 at 8:32 amIf they would tell the truth, they would only have to testify one time. Lying is not tesifying, it is lying.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:51 amThey definately wouldn’t want the line of questioning under oath to in any way help to pave the way for discovering who / what is REALLY responsible for the horror that occured on that day that Bush is so in love with . . . 9-11.
April 25th, 2007 at 9:58 amLIVE WAXMAN HEARING VIDEO HERE.
only two matters — condi rice and r.n.c. e-mails.
no m.z.m. and no andrew card (today).
April 25th, 2007 at 10:14 amDon’t forget the aluminum tube comment – on CNN’s Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer. Sept.8, 2002
‘We do know that there have been shipments going into Iran, for instance — into Iraq, for instance, of aluminum tubes that really are only suited to — high-quality aluminum tools that are only really suited for nuclear weapons programs, centrifuge programs.’ Then she went on to make the “smoking gun” / “mushroom cloud” analogy.
This is something she and the administration knew not to be true. Regardless, Dick Cheney repeated it as fact on Meet the Press, citing an article written by the now discredited administration mouthpiece, Judith Miller, in the NY Times.
The New York Times later writes that “almost a year before (her statements on CNN), Ms. Rice’s staff had been told that the government’s foremost nuclear experts seriously doubted that the tubes were for nuclear weapons…. The experts, at the Energy Department, believed the tubes were likely intended for small artillery rockets.”
This is one of the biggest lies. She needs to be held to account.
April 25th, 2007 at 10:50 amSENATOR ROBERTS:
“I don’t think there should be any doubt that we have now heard it all regarding prewar intelligence,†he quips. “I think that it would be a monumental waste of time to replow this ground any further.â€
This was said in response to a question asking when phase II of the Senate Report on Prewar Intelligence examining how Bush manipulated intelligence for his phony war.
It’s the cover -up!
I would like to see Condiliar testify everyday until she actually spits out the truth.
April 25th, 2007 at 11:57 amSoooo…..if she decides that she doesn’t need to comply to a subpoena made in the legal, constitutionally prescribed way, the rest of us don’t either? If an attorney were to knock on my door because I’m selling knock offs of their products locally and cutting them out of a market (formerly illegally), can I tell them….nah…you’ve done business here long enough. Sorry. But if you could send some new product my way, that’d rock..thanks.
Cuz if so, it’s back to the wild west! Yee ha! Let the smartest folks win…and we start with shooting all the lawyers and politicians. Honestly..if they are able to brush of an investigation by the body of the congress that is supposed to be the voice of the people, our only outlet to check the government, as the other 2/3rds of government branches are privatized, then why should we have to obey any laws.
This is a question that I think needs to be posed if Condi decides to not comply with the subpoena and continue the correspondance in letters. And again…if she doesn’t comply…well, that should be ushering in a new era with a whole new batch of freedoms for us. So I guess it’s actually win win either way..ooh..forgot about the five guys running American media.
Guess we’re screwed.
April 26th, 2007 at 2:01 pmIf Lieing Leezy does testify, it will start a new round of questioning concerning the way the committees were operated during the Republican Guard majority. Pat Roberts, Arlen Specter and Sensenbrener are now being shown to have whitewashed anything involving Cheney before the Congress changed majority in January. Rice will be shown for her perjury.
May 5th, 2007 at 11:42 am