Comments on: Gonzales Allows Karl Rove-Protege To Remain As U.S. Attorney, Even Though His Term Has Expired http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:21:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Vincent http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3812632 Vincent Sun, 20 May 2007 16:39:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/#comment-3812632 Woops. I meant to say Article II of the Constitution, not Article III. Woops. I meant to say Article II of the Constitution, not Article III.

]]> By: Vincent http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3812631 Vincent Sun, 20 May 2007 16:37:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/#comment-3812631 Why doesn't a Senator challenge the Constitutionality of Griffin's appointment? Article III of the Constitution provides that all major U.S. govt officers must be appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate. Since when can a Congressional act such as the puking patriot act override the Constitution? This frustrates me no end. Any 8th grader in a civics class (let's pretend that our schools still teach civics) is familiar with the hierarchy of U.S. laws, and knows that provisions in the Constitution cannot be altered except by a constitutional amendment. So what on earth is going on here? Why do Democratic senators not file Supreme Court challenges to all the unconstitutional "laws" that the repuking rubberstamp "Congress" passed between 2001 and 2006? Griffin's appointment was clearly unconstitutional. Why is the man still in office? What the hell is going on? The whole situation is so fucking cheesy and rotten and fascistic. How can even a half-witted senator tolerate this banana republican govt under cheney-bush's junta? For heaven's sake, will someone please invoke the Constitution and flush these people down the toilet? Why doesn’t a Senator challenge the Constitutionality of Griffin’s appointment? Article III of the Constitution provides that all major U.S. govt officers must be appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate. Since when can a Congressional act such as the puking patriot act override the Constitution? This frustrates me no end. Any 8th grader in a civics class (let’s pretend that our schools still teach civics) is familiar with the hierarchy of U.S. laws, and knows that provisions in the Constitution cannot be altered except by a constitutional amendment. So what on earth is going on here? Why do Democratic senators not file Supreme Court challenges to all the unconstitutional “laws” that the repuking rubberstamp “Congress” passed between 2001 and 2006? Griffin’s appointment was clearly unconstitutional. Why is the man still in office? What the hell is going on? The whole situation is so fucking cheesy and rotten and fascistic. How can even a half-witted senator tolerate this banana republican govt under cheney-bush’s junta? For heaven’s sake, will someone please invoke the Constitution and flush these people down the toilet?

]]> By: preAmeriKKKan http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3812202 preAmeriKKKan Sat, 19 May 2007 19:29:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/#comment-3812202 what was funny was imagining the look on turdblossom's face when the election, rigged though it was, STILL went the democrats way in '06. the problem is, we do have a core of loyal bushies that will allow the idiot in chief to do whatever he wants as long as it doesn't involve the loyal bushie to actually have to pay for it. try to explain to your kids and grandkids why it was so important to pawn your country off to china and saudi arabia to fight in a "war" that only gave succor to the rich. i'm sure they will be very interested in your explanation for why they are going to pay through the nose forever. repugs will rue the day they let bushco steal the white house, because any candidate that has an (R) after their name is poison from now on, and rightly so. what was funny was imagining the look on turdblossom’s face when the election, rigged though it was, STILL went the democrats way in ‘06.

the problem is, we do have a core of loyal bushies that will allow the idiot in chief to do whatever he wants as long as it doesn’t involve the loyal bushie to actually have to pay for it.

try to explain to your kids and grandkids why it was so important to pawn your country off to china and saudi arabia to fight in a “war” that only gave succor to the rich. i’m sure they will be very interested in your explanation for why they are going to pay through the nose forever.

repugs will rue the day they let bushco steal the white house, because any candidate that has an (R) after their name is poison from now on, and rightly so.

]]> By: Bjobotts http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3810265 Bjobotts Fri, 18 May 2007 05:57:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/#comment-3810265 Gonzales never had any intention of removing Griffin or getting Senate approval. Rove needs Griffin in place for the '08 elections to disrupt the Clinton campaign. Griffin should have already been indicted as the evidence against him for election fraud is overwhelming. Hopefully this will happen before the election. Gonzales never had any intention of removing Griffin or getting Senate approval. Rove needs Griffin in place for the ‘08 elections to disrupt the Clinton campaign. Griffin should have already been indicted as the evidence against him for election fraud is overwhelming. Hopefully this will happen before the election.

]]> By: Lee http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3810066 Lee Fri, 18 May 2007 02:15:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/#comment-3810066 Every single day this so-called administration sinks lower & lower. Pathetic. Every single day this so-called administration sinks lower & lower.

Pathetic.

]]> By: ManipulationNation http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3810063 ManipulationNation Fri, 18 May 2007 02:12:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/#comment-3810063 Unfortunately, Bush, Cheney, Rove, and Gonzales have little credibility left. They lie and they deceive, time after time. My guess is that their goal is to keep power for themselves and/or like-minded power brokers for as long as possible, no matter what the cost. Controlling the Justice Department is one part of how they can make this happen. Unfortunately, Bush, Cheney, Rove, and Gonzales have little credibility left. They lie and they deceive, time after time.

My guess is that their goal is to keep power for themselves and/or like-minded power brokers for as long as possible, no matter what the cost. Controlling the Justice Department is one part of how they can make this happen.

]]> By: Dan http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3810046 Dan Fri, 18 May 2007 02:02:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/#comment-3810046 I thought that interim-appointment provision in the "patriot" act was only in case of an emergency... or does the fact that the U.S. is at war make everything an emergency? I thought that interim-appointment provision in the “patriot” act was only in case of an emergency… or does the fact that the U.S. is at war make everything an emergency?

]]> By: Jim http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3810030 Jim Fri, 18 May 2007 01:43:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/#comment-3810030 Do we know which "Patriot Acts" Griffin performed on Karl Rove in exchange for the appointment? Or is that covered by "executive privilege"? Do we know which “Patriot Acts” Griffin performed on Karl Rove in exchange for the appointment? Or is that covered by “executive privilege”?

]]> By: OxyCon http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3809926 OxyCon Fri, 18 May 2007 00:27:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/#comment-3809926 Griffin is nothing more than a partisan "oppo" research hack. He wasn't sent to Arkansas to do legal work. He's been sent on a mission to do what scumbags like him do best. He's looking for all the dirt he can find on as many Democrats as he can find. Griffin is nothing more than a partisan “oppo” research hack.
He wasn’t sent to Arkansas to do legal work.
He’s been sent on a mission to do what scumbags like him do best. He’s looking for all the dirt he can find on as many Democrats as he can find.

]]> By: nofltwlt http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3809914 nofltwlt Fri, 18 May 2007 00:18:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/#comment-3809914 Don't forget Tim Griffin "caged" 70,000 voters consisting of minorities, service members and college students. THIS WAS THE VOTER FRAUD THEY SHOULD BE INVESTIGATING not that made up shit that Karl Rove keeps on the news. Don’t forget Tim Griffin “caged” 70,000 voters consisting of minorities, service members and college students.

THIS WAS THE VOTER FRAUD THEY SHOULD BE INVESTIGATING not that made up shit that Karl Rove keeps on the news.

]]> By: Karim http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3809897 Karim Fri, 18 May 2007 00:07:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/#comment-3809897 These people have no shame. These people have no shame.

]]> By: the Lone Voice of Reason http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3809855 the Lone Voice of Reason Thu, 17 May 2007 23:36:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/#comment-3809855 Thanks President Bush, you could'nt have made my point better about flatearthers like you. You need to take a class in american history. America is a republic ruled by democracy. I'll break it down for you, democracy means, demos (people, or self) and kratos (rule). Did you grow up home schooled? you remind me of those whackos pick up rattlesnakes in church. Thanks President Bush, you could’nt have made my point better about flatearthers like you. You need to take a class in american history. America is a republic ruled by democracy. I’ll break it down for you, democracy means, demos (people, or self) and kratos (rule). Did you grow up home schooled? you remind me of those whackos pick up rattlesnakes in church.

]]> By: CFM 56-3 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3809852 CFM 56-3 Thu, 17 May 2007 23:34:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/#comment-3809852 I’m not sure why you bring up the fact that the earth is flat. I suppose your one of those whackos thinks we actually circle the sun. LOON!!!! Elites are liberals. Admit it. It's the reactionists and the revolutionaries that must be kept under watch. I’m not sure why you bring up the fact that the earth is flat. I suppose your one of those whackos thinks we actually circle the sun. LOON!!!!

Elites are liberals. Admit it. It’s the reactionists and the revolutionaries that must be kept under watch.

]]> By: Some Guy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3809842 Some Guy Thu, 17 May 2007 23:23:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/#comment-3809842 just a word to our esteemed senators for future reference... political oversight involves more than asking for promises, it means doing your damn job. if someone is not qualified, then say no. period end of story. Senate: (to Gonzalez) do you promise to actually uphold the laws of this country or as your record and previous positions indicate, are you going to continue to circumvent our our laws and constitutional protections as a nation? Gonzo: hey, I promise (sh$t eatin' grin). Senate: (in that motherly tone of voice) <em>Do</em> you really promise? Gonzo: I promise! Senate: <em>OK</em>, but we'll be watching you. just a word to our esteemed senators for future reference…

political oversight involves more than asking for promises, it means doing your damn job. if someone is not qualified, then say no. period end of story.

Senate: (to Gonzalez) do you promise to actually uphold the laws of this country or as your record and previous positions indicate, are you going to continue to circumvent our our laws and constitutional protections as a nation?

Gonzo: hey, I promise (sh$t eatin’ grin).

Senate: (in that motherly tone of voice) Do you really promise?

Gonzo: I promise!

Senate: OK, but we’ll be watching you.

]]> By: President Bush http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3809840 President Bush Thu, 17 May 2007 23:20:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/#comment-3809840 Lone Voice of Reason, This is no game. We play for keeps. You on the left can keep your mamby pamby play by the rules ways, but we play dirty. I'm not sure why you bring up the fact that the earth is flat. I suppose your one of those whackos thinks we actually circle the sun. LOON!!!! Our country is the greatest when there is a small aristocratic elite that systemically subjugates the rest of you low wage earners. We have to keep that wage down because if you get to comfortable in a middle class lifestyle, you'll start protesting and sh*t all over again lilke you all did in the 60's. Man, that sucked!! Maybe I could do a signing statment that would allow me to arrest people for protesting. Shock and AWE!!! Lone Voice of Reason,

This is no game. We play for keeps. You on the left can keep your mamby pamby play by the rules ways, but we play dirty.

I’m not sure why you bring up the fact that the earth is flat. I suppose your one of those whackos thinks we actually circle the sun. LOON!!!!

Our country is the greatest when there is a small aristocratic elite that systemically subjugates the rest of you low wage earners. We have to keep that wage down because if you get to comfortable in a middle class lifestyle, you’ll start protesting and sh*t all over again lilke you all did in the 60’s. Man, that sucked!! Maybe I could do a signing statment that would allow me to arrest people for protesting.

Shock and AWE!!!

]]> By: Lame Duck http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3809839 Lame Duck Thu, 17 May 2007 23:19:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/#comment-3809839 Man that catholic girl that beat up Karl as a kid really messed him up. Lame Duck, I will send the Secret Service over to your place to service you for that comment. Just as soon as I plug this thing in here!!! Comment by President Bush The spooks already live here and we get along just fine thank you very much =) Man that catholic girl that beat up Karl as a kid really messed him up.

Lame Duck, I will send the Secret Service over to your place to service you for that comment. Just as soon as I plug this thing in here!!!
Comment by President Bush

The spooks already live here and we get along just fine thank you very much =)

]]> By: Greg in Madison http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3809836 Greg in Madison Thu, 17 May 2007 23:18:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/#comment-3809836 Forgot to post the url for the article on Biskupic...duh! http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=7081 Forgot to post the url for the article on Biskupic…duh!

http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=7081

]]> By: Greg in Madison http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3809831 Greg in Madison Thu, 17 May 2007 23:15:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/#comment-3809831 <b>Biskupic tried to 'squeeze' Georgia Thompson U.S. Attorney's office made offers of leniency, tied to her testifying against others</b> Bill Lueders on Thursday 05/17/2007 The federal prosecutors who put Georgia Thompson in prison, on charges later overturned by an appeals court as lacking in merit, repeatedly offered to go easy on her if she were to implicate others in the administration of Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle. "They said she would have to testify before the grand jury against [former Department of Administration Secretary Marc] Marotta and Gov. Doyle," says Stephen Hurley, Thompson's attorney. Did they specifically name Doyle? "We knew what they were talking about," says Hurley, making his first public comments on the conduct of prosecutors in the Thompson case, which in recent weeks has become the subject of national media attention and congressional inquiry. According to Hurley and co-counsel Marcus Berghahn, U.S. Attorney Steven Biskupic and others in his office made offers of leniency prior to filing charges against Thompson and again before the start of her trial. "I began to get the impression that the indictment was being used to squeeze her," says Hurley, noting that these overtures continued even after Thompson's sentencing. .....read the whole article, there's much more Biskupic tried to ’squeeze’ Georgia Thompson
U.S. Attorney’s office made offers of leniency, tied to her testifying against others

Bill Lueders on Thursday 05/17/2007

The federal prosecutors who put Georgia Thompson in prison, on charges later overturned by an appeals court as lacking in merit, repeatedly offered to go easy on her if she were to implicate others in the administration of Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle.

“They said she would have to testify before the grand jury against [former Department of Administration Secretary Marc] Marotta and Gov. Doyle,” says Stephen Hurley, Thompson’s attorney.

Did they specifically name Doyle?

“We knew what they were talking about,” says Hurley, making his first public comments on the conduct of prosecutors in the Thompson case, which in recent weeks has become the subject of national media attention and congressional inquiry.

According to Hurley and co-counsel Marcus Berghahn, U.S. Attorney Steven Biskupic and others in his office made offers of leniency prior to filing charges against Thompson and again before the start of her trial.

“I began to get the impression that the indictment was being used to squeeze her,” says Hurley, noting that these overtures continued even after Thompson’s sentencing.

…..read the whole article, there’s much more

]]> By: the Lone Voice of Reason http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3809825 the Lone Voice of Reason Thu, 17 May 2007 23:10:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/#comment-3809825 You liberals lose again. I gotta have my man there so when Hillary wins in Arkansas in ‘08, he can invalidate the whole election. HAHAHAH Shock and Awe!!! Comment by President Bush — May 17, 2007 @ 6:54 pm Is this what we have become? Is this just a game of sort? I hope not. My faith is that flatearthers like this will eventually fade to black and our countrymen will return to the belief system that made our country the greatest. You liberals lose again.

I gotta have my man there so when Hillary wins in Arkansas in ‘08, he can invalidate the whole election. HAHAHAH

Shock and Awe!!!

Comment by President Bush — May 17, 2007 @ 6:54 pm
Is this what we have become? Is this just a game of sort? I hope not. My faith is that flatearthers like this will eventually fade to black and our countrymen will return to the belief system that made our country the greatest.

]]> By: President Bush http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3809823 President Bush Thu, 17 May 2007 23:10:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/griffin-120-days/#comment-3809823 Lame Duck, I will send the Secret Service over to your place to service you for that comment. Just as soon as I plug this thing in here!!! Lame Duck,

I will send the Secret Service over to your place to service you for that comment. Just as soon as I plug this thing in here!!!

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