Comments on: Conservatives Replace Scandal-Plagued Doolittle With Scandal-Plagued Calvert http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:19:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Tracy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/comment-page-2/#comment-3803671 Tracy Tue, 15 May 2007 17:23:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/#comment-3803671 #55 Again: "You should first answer the question about what a $200/hr. male hooker was doing in the WH..." I know as much as you do about what when on...if anything. I don't know what happened, neither do you, and considering you have presented NOTHING but innuendo and speculation, would you like me to make up an answer to satisfy your National Enquirer mentality? What I presented about Clinton is proven fact, what you have alleged went on in the WH is pure fiction. Please present some facts about what went on and I just might quit rolling my eyes....yet again. Why do you keep bringing up pure speculation, i.e. someone was getting "service" in the WH? "You would come off as less of a hypocrite if you showed even a fraction of concern about the frequent WH visits by a male hooker, who was still posting naked photos of himself on the Internet, as you do about Clinton’s BJ" I am concerned about visits by male hookers to the WH, but since absolutely nothing has been alleged or even remotely proven about the left's foaming at the mouth fantasies regarding this issue, I really can't comment about it. I am concerned with proven facts and you seem to be very concerned about fiction. BTW I am not concerned about Clinton's BJ. I am concerned about his bald face lie about it. Are we clear! (Jack Nicholson style)...for the last time? "Is that okay with you, if it’s a public place as long as it’s not in the WH?" No it's not OK. Now do you care to respond to #54 by providing the specific lies asked for or that there were terrorist organizations, i.e. Ansar al-Islam , responsible for planned attack on Americans, in Iraq prior to the 2003 invasion that were connected to al Qaeda? BTW... "I googled his name and accidentally came across some very raunchy ad-photos of him and saw more than I cared to see" So you were looking for photos!? That's sick. "All-night poker games, eh? Well, maybe strip poker. Or innocent(?) buttock massages?" Why don't you have your husband fufill your fantasies? You sure seem to be perverted and interested in speculating about others. #55

Again:

“You should first answer the question about what a $200/hr. male hooker was doing in the WH…”

I know as much as you do about what when on…if anything. I don’t know what happened, neither do you, and considering you have presented NOTHING but innuendo and speculation, would you like me to make up an answer to satisfy your National Enquirer mentality? What I presented about Clinton is proven fact, what you have alleged went on in the WH is pure fiction. Please present some facts about what went on and I just might quit rolling my eyes….yet again. Why do you keep bringing up pure speculation, i.e. someone was getting “service” in the WH?

“You would come off as less of a hypocrite if you showed even a fraction of concern about the frequent WH visits by a male hooker, who was still posting naked photos of himself on the Internet, as you do about Clinton’s BJ”

I am concerned about visits by male hookers to the WH, but since absolutely nothing has been alleged or even remotely proven about the left’s foaming at the mouth fantasies regarding this issue, I really can’t comment about it. I am concerned with proven facts and you seem to be very concerned about fiction. BTW I am not concerned about Clinton’s BJ. I am concerned about his bald face lie about it. Are we clear! (Jack Nicholson style)…for the last time?

“Is that okay with you, if it’s a public place as long as it’s not in the WH?”

No it’s not OK.

Now do you care to respond to #54 by providing the specific lies asked for or that there were terrorist organizations, i.e. Ansar al-Islam , responsible for planned attack on Americans, in Iraq prior to the 2003 invasion that were connected to al Qaeda?

BTW…

“I googled his name and accidentally came across some very raunchy ad-photos of him and saw more than I cared to see”

So you were looking for photos!? That’s sick.

“All-night poker games, eh? Well, maybe strip poker. Or innocent(?) buttock massages?”

Why don’t you have your husband fufill your fantasies? You sure seem to be perverted and interested in speculating about others.

]]> By: Tracy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/comment-page-2/#comment-3802547 Tracy Mon, 14 May 2007 23:56:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/#comment-3802547 #55 "You should first answer the question about what a $200/hr. male hooker was doing in the WH..." I know as much as you do about what when on...if anything. I don't know what happened, neither do you, and considering you have presented NOTHING but innuendo and speculation, would you like me to make up an answer to satisfy your National Enquirer mentality? What I presented about Clinton is proven fact, what you have alleged went on in the WH is pure fiction. Please present some facts about what went on and I just might quit rolling my eyes....yet again. Why do you keep bringing up pure speculation, i.e. someone was getting "service" in the WH? "You would come off as less of a hypocrite if you showed even a fraction of concern about the frequent WH visits by a male hooker, who was still posting naked photos of himself on the Internet, as you do about Clinton’s BJ" I am concerned about visits by male hookers to the WH, but since absolutely nothing has been alleged or even remotely proven about the left's foaming at the mouth fantasies regarding this issue, I really can't comment about it. I am concerned with proven facts and you seem to be very concerned about fiction. BTW I am not concerned about Clinton's BJ. I am concerned about his bald face lie about it. Are we clear! (Jack Nicholson style)...for the last time? "Is that okay with you, if it’s a public place as long as it’s not in the WH?" No it's not OK. Now do you care to respond to #54 by providing the specific lies asked for or that there were terrorist organizations, i.e. Ansar al-Islam , responsible for planned attack on Americans, in Iraq prior to the 2003 invasion that were connected to al Qaeda? BTW... "I googled his name and accidentally came across some very raunchy ad-photos of him and saw more than I cared to see" So you were looking for photos!? That's sick. "All-night poker games, eh? Well, maybe strip poker. Or innocent(?) buttock massages?" Why don't you have your husband fufill your fantasies? You sure seem to be perverted and interested in speculating about others. #55

“You should first answer the question about what a $200/hr. male hooker was doing in the WH…”

I know as much as you do about what when on…if anything. I don’t know what happened, neither do you, and considering you have presented NOTHING but innuendo and speculation, would you like me to make up an answer to satisfy your National Enquirer mentality? What I presented about Clinton is proven fact, what you have alleged went on in the WH is pure fiction. Please present some facts about what went on and I just might quit rolling my eyes….yet again. Why do you keep bringing up pure speculation, i.e. someone was getting “service” in the WH?

“You would come off as less of a hypocrite if you showed even a fraction of concern about the frequent WH visits by a male hooker, who was still posting naked photos of himself on the Internet, as you do about Clinton’s BJ”

I am concerned about visits by male hookers to the WH, but since absolutely nothing has been alleged or even remotely proven about the left’s foaming at the mouth fantasies regarding this issue, I really can’t comment about it. I am concerned with proven facts and you seem to be very concerned about fiction. BTW I am not concerned about Clinton’s BJ. I am concerned about his bald face lie about it. Are we clear! (Jack Nicholson style)…for the last time?

“Is that okay with you, if it’s a public place as long as it’s not in the WH?”

No it’s not OK.

Now do you care to respond to #54 by providing the specific lies asked for or that there were terrorist organizations, i.e. Ansar al-Islam , responsible for planned attack on Americans, in Iraq prior to the 2003 invasion that were connected to al Qaeda?

BTW…

“I googled his name and accidentally came across some very raunchy ad-photos of him and saw more than I cared to see”

So you were looking for photos!? That’s sick.

“All-night poker games, eh? Well, maybe strip poker. Or innocent(?) buttock massages?”

Why don’t you have your husband fufill your fantasies? You sure seem to be perverted and interested in speculating about others.

]]> By: JNagarya http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/comment-page-2/#comment-3801628 JNagarya Mon, 14 May 2007 15:52:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/#comment-3801628 "Surely, not every single Republican in the Congress is corrupt. If not (and this could cover some Democrats as well, quite truthfully) this is one more argument for term limits. This guy is an 8-termer. Sixteen years in Congress. Frankly, we need to get rid of the “Career” Senator or Congressperson, and go back to citizen-legislators. There is truth to that old axiom about “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” "Comment by impeachcheneythenbush — May 10, 2007 @ 7:42 pm" If you haven't yet noticed, then I suggest you get an education in history. The Founders and Framers were -- it couldn't be more obvious -- "career politicians". It isn't the system of laws that's at fault; it's the individuals who are corrupt. It's already illegal to be corrupt, so it isn't the laws that are faulty. And who says there're are honest Republican'ts? Fact is, one has a choice: be a crook, and be a Republican't; be honest, and be thrown out of the Republican't Party. “Surely, not every single Republican in the Congress is corrupt. If not (and this could cover some Democrats as well, quite truthfully) this is one more argument for term limits. This guy is an 8-termer. Sixteen years in Congress. Frankly, we need to get rid of the “Career” Senator or Congressperson, and go back to citizen-legislators. There is truth to that old axiom about “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

“Comment by impeachcheneythenbush — May 10, 2007 @ 7:42 pm”

If you haven’t yet noticed, then I suggest you get an education in history. The Founders and Framers were — it couldn’t be more obvious — “career politicians”.

It isn’t the system of laws that’s at fault; it’s the individuals who are corrupt. It’s already illegal to be corrupt, so it isn’t the laws that are faulty.

And who says there’re are honest Republican’ts? Fact is, one has a choice: be a crook, and be a Republican’t; be honest, and be thrown out of the Republican’t Party.

]]> By: Lora http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/comment-page-2/#comment-3801153 Lora Mon, 14 May 2007 02:42:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/#comment-3801153 #54 Tracy, The ball was in your court, and you were the one who brought up Clinton's BJ, which we all know about, yet again. You should first answer the question about what a $200/hr. male hooker was doing in the WH even before the Talon News website was established and when there were also no press conferences scheduled. If you think there is a reasonable or innocent xplanation for this, then why hasn't one been forthcoming from Bush or anyone else in the WH? You would come off as less of a hypocrite if you showed even a fraction of concern about the frequent WH visits by a male hooker, who was still posting naked photos of himself on the Internet, as you do about Clinton's BJ, for which he was held accountable, as you should know. BTW, after the true identity of Jeff Gannon/James Guckert was outed, I googled his name and accidentally came across some very raunchy ad-photos of him and saw more than I cared to see. (I quickly closed the page.) Back on topic, from the police report description, it seems that Rep. Calvert himself was getting or about to get a BJ. Is that okay with you, if it's a public place as long as it's not in the WH? #54 Tracy,
The ball was in your court, and you were the one who brought up Clinton’s BJ, which we all know about, yet again. You should first answer the question about what a $200/hr. male hooker was doing in the WH even before the Talon News website was established and when there were also no press conferences scheduled. If you think there is a reasonable or innocent xplanation for this, then why hasn’t one been forthcoming from Bush or anyone else in the WH? You would come off as less of a hypocrite if you showed even a fraction of concern about the frequent WH visits by a male hooker, who was still posting naked photos of himself on the Internet, as you do about Clinton’s BJ, for which he was held accountable, as you should know. BTW, after the true identity of Jeff Gannon/James Guckert was outed, I googled his name and accidentally came across some very raunchy ad-photos of him and saw more than I cared to see. (I quickly closed the page.)
Back on topic, from the police report description, it seems that Rep. Calvert himself was getting or about to get a BJ. Is that okay with you, if it’s a public place as long as it’s not in the WH?

]]> By: Tracy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/comment-page-2/#comment-3800708 Tracy Sun, 13 May 2007 17:56:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/#comment-3800708 #38 "I realize, Tracy, that you don’t find anything wrong about lying to get the US to invade a nation that didn’t attack." Be specific about the lies. "...to keep on lying ala Cheney about Al Qaeda connections that didn’t even exist before the US jumped in." The intelligence before 9/11 said there was a connection. BTW it was proven that there were terrorist camps and organizations responsible for planned attacks on U.S. citizens before the 2003 invasion. #26 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/boehner-vote/#comment-3797411 #38

“I realize, Tracy, that you don’t find anything wrong about lying to get the US to invade a nation that didn’t attack.”

Be specific about the lies.

“…to keep on lying ala Cheney about Al Qaeda connections that didn’t even exist before the US jumped in.”

The intelligence before 9/11 said there was a connection. BTW it was proven that there were terrorist camps and organizations responsible for planned attacks on U.S. citizens before the 2003 invasion.

#26

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/boehner-vote/#comment-3797411

]]> By: Jon http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/comment-page-2/#comment-3799848 Jon Sat, 12 May 2007 17:04:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/#comment-3799848 C'mon guys and gals, leave Tracy alone. I work with enough 28%ers to know that bush can absolutely, positively do *no* wrong. Any wrongs he may do have got to be fabricated by the media, and even if they were real they wouldn't be nearly as bad as what Clinton did. Bush could go on live TV drunk as a skunk and let the whole world watch him begin WWIV by nuking russia, mecca, the vatican and japan with absolutely no provocation and they would still say "WELL AT LEAST HE DIDNT GET A BJ AND LIE ABOUT IT!" as the rest of the planet was shrouded by a series of mushroom clouds. It doesnt matter that virtually *every* office in the government has been exposed for blatant corruption, cronyism and ineptitude at nearly every level, that we went to war under false pretenses and have spent billions on something that we were promised would be free, lost thousands of lives in something that was promised to be a cake-walk with flowers and candies being showered on our troops. A domestic economy that's in the crapper with trade deficits skyrocketing, economic growth slowed to a crawl, a housing market that's the worst in nearly 20 years and individual debt contintually climbing because millions of americans can't afford what they need to get by on what they make alone. Forget all that though, because bush still hasn't lied about a blowjob so he's still the best. The Tracy's of this country are why the rest of the world thinks that America is full of stupid, spoiled assholes. C’mon guys and gals, leave Tracy alone. I work with enough 28%ers to know that bush can absolutely, positively do *no* wrong. Any wrongs he may do have got to be fabricated by the media, and even if they were real they wouldn’t be nearly as bad as what Clinton did. Bush could go on live TV drunk as a skunk and let the whole world watch him begin WWIV by nuking russia, mecca, the vatican and japan with absolutely no provocation and they would still say “WELL AT LEAST HE DIDNT GET A BJ AND LIE ABOUT IT!” as the rest of the planet was shrouded by a series of mushroom clouds. It doesnt matter that virtually *every* office in the government has been exposed for blatant corruption, cronyism and ineptitude at nearly every level, that we went to war under false pretenses and have spent billions on something that we were promised would be free, lost thousands of lives in something that was promised to be a cake-walk with flowers and candies being showered on our troops. A domestic economy that’s in the crapper with trade deficits skyrocketing, economic growth slowed to a crawl, a housing market that’s the worst in nearly 20 years and individual debt contintually climbing because millions of americans can’t afford what they need to get by on what they make alone. Forget all that though, because bush still hasn’t lied about a blowjob so he’s still the best.

The Tracy’s of this country are why the rest of the world thinks that America is full of stupid, spoiled assholes.

]]> By: Lora http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/comment-page-2/#comment-3799151 Lora Sat, 12 May 2007 00:27:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/#comment-3799151 To gf120581 from Wikipedia "In 1993 Calvert was arrested for soliciting a prostitute. The Riverside Press-Enterprise went to court to force the Corona police to release the police report. In that report, the arresting officer wrote: "I observed a male subject in the driver seat... As I made my way to the driver door, a female immediately sat up straight in the front passenger seat. It appeared as if her head was originally laying in the driver's lap... Both subjects were extremely nervous. I noticed that the male subject was placing his penis into his unzipped dress slacks, and was trying to hide it with his untucked dress shirt... The male subject started his vehicle and placed it into drive and proceeded to leave. I ordered him three times to turn off the vehicle, and he finally stopped and complied... The male identified himself as Kenneth Stanton Calvert... and stated 'We're just talking that's all, nothing else.' ...I spoke with Linberg separately. I asked her if she had ever been arrested for anything, and she said, 'Yes, for prostitution and under the influence of heroin.' Linberg said she had last 'shot up' approximately one week prior and is currently on methadone." Also in 1993, Calvert and his former wife, Robin, were divorced after 15 years of marriage. His ex-wife later accused him of not paying the alimony arranged. In addition, his father committed suicide." Sounds like a great guy, doesn't he? To gf120581

from Wikipedia
“In 1993 Calvert was arrested for soliciting a prostitute. The Riverside Press-Enterprise went to court to force the Corona police to release the police report. In that report, the arresting officer wrote:

“I observed a male subject in the driver seat… As I made my way to the driver door, a female immediately sat up straight in the front passenger seat. It appeared as if her head was originally laying in the driver’s lap… Both subjects were extremely nervous. I noticed that the male subject was placing his penis into his unzipped dress slacks, and was trying to hide it with his untucked dress shirt… The male subject started his vehicle and placed it into drive and proceeded to leave. I ordered him three times to turn off the vehicle, and he finally stopped and complied… The male identified himself as Kenneth Stanton Calvert… and stated ‘We’re just talking that’s all, nothing else.’ …I spoke with Linberg separately. I asked her if she had ever been arrested for anything, and she said, ‘Yes, for prostitution and under the influence of heroin.’ Linberg said she had last ’shot up’ approximately one week prior and is currently on methadone.”

Also in 1993, Calvert and his former wife, Robin, were divorced after 15 years of marriage. His ex-wife later accused him of not paying the alimony arranged. In addition, his father committed suicide.”

Sounds like a great guy, doesn’t he?

]]> By: gf120581 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/comment-page-2/#comment-3799077 gf120581 Fri, 11 May 2007 23:41:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/#comment-3799077 In addition to those malfeasances listed above, wasn't Calvert caught playing hood hockey with a prostitute during his first term in Congress (and I seem to remember his excuse was, "I had relations for her, but I didn't pay for it"or something along those lines)? In addition to those malfeasances listed above, wasn’t Calvert caught playing hood hockey with a prostitute during his first term in Congress (and I seem to remember his excuse was, “I had relations for her, but I didn’t pay for it”or something along those lines)?

]]> By: Lora http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/comment-page-2/#comment-3798864 Lora Fri, 11 May 2007 22:05:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/#comment-3798864 Tracy-troll, Since you are still so hung up about Clinton's dalliance with Monica, why don't you explain to us what $200/hr. gay hooker/phony journalist Jeff Gannon/James Guckert was doing during his various overnights and daytime visits to the White House when no press conferences were even scheduled? All-night poker games, eh? Well, maybe strip poker. Or innocent(?) buttock massages? Don't you think your dear preznit ought to explain to the public and/or Congress what a hooker who was still posting naked photos of himself on the Internet was doing at the WH so many times? Tracy-troll,
Since you are still so hung up about Clinton’s dalliance with Monica, why don’t you explain to us what $200/hr. gay hooker/phony journalist Jeff Gannon/James Guckert was doing during his various overnights and daytime visits to the White House when no press conferences were even scheduled? All-night poker games, eh? Well, maybe strip poker. Or innocent(?) buttock massages? Don’t you think your dear preznit ought to explain to the public and/or Congress what a hooker who was still posting naked photos of himself on the Internet was doing at the WH so many times?

]]> By: Tracy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/comment-page-1/#comment-3798334 Tracy Fri, 11 May 2007 18:54:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/#comment-3798334 #23 Be specific. #23

Be specific.

]]> By: Tracy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/comment-page-1/#comment-3798332 Tracy Fri, 11 May 2007 18:53:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/#comment-3798332 #21 I know it doesn't mean anything to those who aren't married...like yourself. #21

I know it doesn’t mean anything to those who aren’t married…like yourself.

]]> By: Tracy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/comment-page-1/#comment-3798329 Tracy Fri, 11 May 2007 18:52:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/#comment-3798329 #21 As if Clinton didn't spew continual lies throughout his two terms? #21

As if Clinton didn’t spew continual lies throughout his two terms?

]]> By: Tracy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/comment-page-1/#comment-3798325 Tracy Fri, 11 May 2007 18:49:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/#comment-3798325 #16 "His many lies have gotten hundreds of thousands killed and ruined our standing in the world." What specific "lies"? #16

“His many lies have gotten hundreds of thousands killed and ruined our standing in the world.”

What specific “lies”?

]]> By: Dick Cheney http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/comment-page-1/#comment-3797829 Dick Cheney Fri, 11 May 2007 15:31:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/#comment-3797829 CONTACT INFORMATION? Calvert For Congress - P.O. Box 20123 - Riverside, CA 92516 Phone: 951-784-1811 / Fax: 951-680-6093 / Email: kencalvert@calvertforcongress If you don't like the man... quit electing him!!! That is your answer. Apparently he is good enough to represent his district for the past 15 years... He has a website where you can volunteer to help him. He has opposition from a Dem candidate. This is America... like it or not... ----------------it is not LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT --------it is CHANGE IT OR LOSE IT CONTACT INFORMATION?
Calvert For Congress – P.O. Box 20123 – Riverside, CA 92516
Phone: 951-784-1811 / Fax: 951-680-6093 / Email: kencalvert@calvertforcongress

If you don’t like the man… quit electing him!!!
That is your answer.

Apparently he is good enough to represent his district for the past 15 years…
He has a website where you can volunteer to help him.
He has opposition from a Dem candidate.
This is America… like it or not…
—————-it is not LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT
——–it is CHANGE IT OR LOSE IT

]]> By: Proud Dem http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/comment-page-1/#comment-3797703 Proud Dem Fri, 11 May 2007 14:19:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/#comment-3797703 Just another fox guarding the door of the chicken house. Just another fox guarding the door of the chicken house.

]]> By: Perry Logan http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/comment-page-1/#comment-3797547 Perry Logan Fri, 11 May 2007 10:35:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/#comment-3797547 Do you think maybe Republicans literally can't see their own corruption? I mean, it might be a neurological disorder or something. No wonder they screw things up so much. Do you think maybe Republicans literally can’t see their own corruption? I mean, it might be a neurological disorder or something. No wonder they screw things up so much.

]]> By: buzzbomb http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/comment-page-1/#comment-3797531 buzzbomb Fri, 11 May 2007 07:35:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/#comment-3797531 Yet another republican crook who deserves at best an 8 by 10 cell but probably more fitting his ass dangling from the end of a rope. Yet another republican crook who deserves at best an 8 by 10 cell but probably more fitting his ass dangling from the end of a rope.

]]> By: Bjobotts http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/comment-page-1/#comment-3797529 Bjobotts Fri, 11 May 2007 07:13:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/#comment-3797529 If the members of the committee were satisfied with his answers then they are all in it together. Maybe that's a give-me on the appropriations committee...we shall all profit by our appropriations. The party of corruption and Greed. Boehner is just a point man, as hypocritical as they come. If the members of the committee were satisfied with his answers then they are all in it together. Maybe that’s a give-me on the appropriations committee…we shall all profit by our appropriations. The party of corruption and Greed. Boehner is just a point man, as hypocritical as they come.

]]> By: JPark http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/comment-page-1/#comment-3797511 JPark Fri, 11 May 2007 06:04:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/#comment-3797511 m12, where exactly DOES the buck stop? m12, where exactly DOES the buck stop?

]]> By: Lora http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/comment-page-1/#comment-3797501 Lora Fri, 11 May 2007 05:47:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/#comment-3797501 #37 Harry Truman was famous for saying, "The buck stops here." With Dumbya Bush, the buck never stops. Moreover, after Attorney General McGrath fired a special prosecutor for being too zealous in his investigations of government corruption, Truman then gave the AG the boot. Quite a bit different from the current situation with Bush and Gonzales! But thank you for acknowledging the greatness of a Democrat President. #37
Harry Truman was famous for saying, “The buck stops here.”
With Dumbya Bush, the buck never stops. Moreover, after Attorney General McGrath fired a special prosecutor for being too zealous in his investigations of government corruption, Truman then gave the AG the boot. Quite a bit different from the current situation with Bush and Gonzales!
But thank you for acknowledging the greatness of a Democrat President.

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