Specter blocks contempt vote.
By on Dec 6th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Specter blocks contempt vote.
Following an objection by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), a vote has been postponed on “contempt resolutions against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former presidential political guru Karl Rove for failing to respond to subpoenas” regarding the U.S. attorney scandal. Specter, who asked Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) for a chance to “revise the draft resoltions, warned that the whole matter could end in federal court.”
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No Arlen, you aren’t a Bush puppet at all, right?
December 6th, 2007 at 12:30 pmAren’t special effects amazing… the way they edit out the strings whenever you see Specter on TV….
December 6th, 2007 at 12:31 pmsomeboady file comtempt charges against Specter then, and swat his petty obstructionism aside.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:32 pmuh- oh – little rough on the spelling – apologies to the English Teachers.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:32 pmWhat a good little kapo Senator Specter is!!
Heil Bush!!!
December 6th, 2007 at 12:33 pmThat’s the Arlen Specter we know and laugh at!
December 6th, 2007 at 12:34 pmSpecter is the stale lunch meat between two heels of a very grim Bush/Cheney sandwich.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:35 pmDec. 5, 2007 – 10:24 p.m.
Specter to Reid: Who You Callin’ a Puppet?
By Bart Jansen, CQ Staff
Taking offense at being described as a “puppet†of President Bush, Sen. Arlen Specter fired back at Majority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday, suggesting the Nevada Democrat isn’t up to running the Senate.
Reid on Dec. 4 had blamed what he called Republican obstructionism in the Senate on allegiance to Bush.
“He is the man who is pulling the strings on the 49 puppets he has here in the Senate,†Reid said, referring to the chamber’s GOP members.
Specter, R-Pa., cried foul and declared that Reid had not only violated Senate Rule XIX, which prohibits the questioning of a senator’s integrity, but was just flat wrong.
http://cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=news-000002636842
December 6th, 2007 at 12:36 pmDenny Hastert knows what its like having to protect the Repukes and their party at the expense of the public’s well-being.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:36 pmNow the Repukes are all about following the “rules”.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:37 pmNew-kew-lar option b!tches!
December 6th, 2007 at 12:38 pmthey can take Senate Rule XIX and shove it up everyone of their asses.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:39 pmI used to see him as a marionette, but now Specter seem more like a finger puppet.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:40 pmSen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), TRAITOR!
December 6th, 2007 at 12:42 pmI used to see him as a marionette, but now Specter seem more like a finger puppet.
Comment by NoOneYouKnow
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December 6th, 2007 at 12:43 pmNah! Too small. Bush’s whole hand is up Spectre’s butt.
Federal court is a warning? Sounds like some type of progress to me.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:44 pmSpeckles and the rest know if anything is allowed to go forward in the area of investigating this admin, there is a good chance the whole lid will be blown off of this cabal, and people just like Arlen are going to be seen as co-criminals in all the crimes committed.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:49 pmSpectre had to crawl to Bush to keep his senior position on the Judiciary Committee and he hasn’t raised back up on his hindlegs yet. There was a time when the Prosecutor Spectre exhibited some testosterone, but now Spectre is a mere ghost of his former self.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:49 pmArlen talks a good talk, but when it comes time for action he is President’s own man every time.
I’m guessing Bush calls him Spector Protector.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:50 pmAmazing how many former “good” people have sold themselves out to this admin, or have been just plain duped. Amazing to have such gullibility and stupidity at the highest levels of our government.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:51 pmDon’t you just wish that someone would just choke the life out of Arlen Specter?
December 6th, 2007 at 12:52 pmSo “it might end up in Federal Court” thats a threat ? Arlen has been a Republican water carrier cover up person since the Kennedy assasination.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:53 pm“i. am. not. a. puppet.”
December 6th, 2007 at 12:56 pmkukla, ran & ollie hang their heads in shame.
lambchop blushes.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:57 pmSpecter always talks and looks as a defender of freedom and civil liberties when he is in front of a camera, but when the Senate vote comes…he is Bush’s poddle.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:01 pmDid anybody notice when Specter denounced being Bush’s puppet if Georgie’s lips were moving?
December 6th, 2007 at 1:04 pmDid Spector give any sort of explanation for blocking the Senate from enforcing its subpoenas? Does he realize that he is part of the Senate? By allowing Rove and Bolten to thumb their noses at Senate subpoenas, he is emasculating not only the Senate, but himself as well.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:07 pmYup, Father Time Specter is a puppet to Bush. The new Charlie and Edgar.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:07 pmSpecter is a poodle dog.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:15 pmIs there a Republican anywhere who refuses to give up their self respect by groveling at the feet of their totalitarian masters in the Bush administration?
December 6th, 2007 at 1:17 pmSenator Arlan Sphinctor has shown his true colors again. Makes you think Bush only let him stay on as Senior ranking member at the Judiciary committee if he promised to carry the water faithfully.
You can lead a Republican to issues, but you can’t make them think.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:19 pmSpector is a weasel. And he killed that lady in LA too.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:22 pmParty trumps Country every time with the repukians scum lords.
Bush/Cheney
Hague Trials ‘09
Buck Fush
December 6th, 2007 at 1:24 pmOk, so why would Contempt of Congress end up in Federal Court? And how does Arlen Specter, all by his little old lonesome, block a vote in a committee? Why don’t the Democrats simply tell him to shove it and take the vote anyway.
Gawd, do the Republiscums really want to hand this kind of power to the Democrats? Do they think about the consequences of their actions? If Republiscum operatives can ignore subpoenas, then I guess Democratic operatives could ignore them too.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:26 pmZimzone (@38),
Actually, he promised to carry water ‘with integrity’ (per Senate rule XIX) and he’s offended you would say otherwise.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:28 pmBush’s whole hand is up Spectre’s butt.
Comment by OxyCon — December 6, 2007 @ 12:43 pm
Right… I agree w/ you, Oxycon. Definitely a hand puppet. Wonder how those fingers taste by the time they to the mouth?
December 6th, 2007 at 1:29 pmWhen a specter becomes a shadow of its former self then it is completely transparent!
December 6th, 2007 at 1:33 pmSpecter has to protect the Bush Administration as he in so involved in their crimes he could go to jail. Specter knows his job and does it as ordered by the White House. I hope Larry Flynt is watching and let’s Specter know his secrets might be coming out too.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:40 pmFederal Court? Evidently this means the executive branch will attempt to use the Federal Courts to obstruct Congress in it’s pursuit of inherent contempt charges against these, mmm, Bushies. This could get really interesting.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:42 pmTo quote are notorious leader
“Bring it on!”
December 6th, 2007 at 1:45 pmthe whole matter could end in federal court.â€
December 6th, 2007 at 1:49 pmBRING IT ON!
Excuse me? Dodd, a fellow Democrat, tries to block the FISA vote and Reid says, “Tough titties”, but Specter tries to block this vote and Reid has to respect that? What?
December 6th, 2007 at 2:08 pm.
Supporting and defending the Constitution “IN ACTION” NO?
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December 6th, 2007 at 2:37 pmSpecter is an obstructionist of the law. He would know better if he were defending the Constitution. But he loves to tinker with the rules and at times his benedict arnold shines through bright and clear.
December 6th, 2007 at 3:09 pmWhy must he cover for the scum at the top??
13 – he isn’t a finger puppet. He’s an XXS condom.
December 6th, 2007 at 3:50 pmThey can override Arlen Spector’s objections if they really want to. The democrats are looking for the smallest excuse not to proceed with contempt charges. Spector is just issuing empty threats as usual. If this ends up in federal court, so be it. Spector is afraid of the democratic process and accountability of the Bush administration period. He really got used to those Reagan years.
December 6th, 2007 at 3:52 pmArlen is covering his own ass here. It was one of his staffers who put the bill together that allowed this bullshitte to take place.
December 6th, 2007 at 4:56 pmCome on OHIO – get your house in order over there.. HFS!!!!!
December 6th, 2007 at 5:09 pmWhat have we said about Specter all along?
December 6th, 2007 at 6:28 pmI hate to be right, particularly when something this important is at stake. However, the Dems didn’t have to agree to this did they?
I thought the whole idea was to get this into Federal Court so they could compell the testimony. Spector’s argument is the same argument used during Watergate to accept Nixon’s transcripts rather than the actual tapes. Thank goodness that argument failed back then and it should fail today. When will this Republican impeasment end?
December 6th, 2007 at 7:16 pmArlen “Single Bullet Theory and I believe the Warren Commission 100%” Specter is and has always been a robot/slave of the Neo-CoNaZionists.
December 6th, 2007 at 8:39 pm