Comments on: Mukasey: ‘I Don’t Know’ Whether Bush Has Violated FISA

By: The Young Dude

The Young Dude — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:43:20 +0000

How does this sound?

ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN EDWARDS
was confirmed earlier today in the Senate.
President Barack Obama was pleased with the swiftness of the confirmation hearings
while
VICE PRESIDENT DENNIS KUCINICH added that he will be working closely with the new AG to make sure that all those guilty of violating the laws of our constitution will be held accountable and that no one is above the law.

what better way to insure that the black president doesn’t get assasinated by a reich-wing radical(s)?

By: zuch

zuch — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:28:04 +0000

Together with refusing to call waterbarding torture, and the demand for telecom immunity, this is all just Tricky Dick’s “when the president does it that means that it is not illegal” redux.

We were on the road to impeaching that SOB when he resigned. How about it, Dems? Do you really need to wait for a BJ before acting?

Cheers,

By: Leftside Annie

Leftside Annie — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:42:54 +0000

Say, I have an idea: let’s waterboard the mofo and THEN see what he has to say.

By: Leftside Annie

Leftside Annie — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:38:48 +0000

Oh, crap. Evidently, he’s more deeply retarded than Alberto Gonzales.

By: Dirty Hippie

Dirty Hippie — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:27:09 +0000

Meet the new boss…..same as the old boss. You get rid of a smirking
doughboy, and replace him with a grumpy grandpa. They’re still wired the same.

Sieg Heil

By: The Shadow

The Shadow — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:25:59 +0000

This guy read to Alberto Gonzalez playbook and isn’t going to deviate from it. He knows his job is on the line and that matter more to him than the fair exercise of justice. I’ve never seen so many so called patriotic Americans loose their morale when it comes to working for this corrupt administration. They couldn’t pay me to ruin my reputation for a job that’s only temporary. I mean come on how much is your reputation worth? I certainly would loose it over a guy with a 32 percent approval rating counting Republicans and Democrat voters. Apparently Mukasey is willing to sell his soul for twenty pieces of silver.

By: Tawdry

Tawdry — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:12:03 +0000

I remember thinking Reagan’s Ed Meese was the dumbest, worst attorney general ever. Then came John Ashcroft. Made Ed look better. Along comes Gonzales. Worse than Ashcroft. Then there’s Mukasey. Unbelievable. The Repubs really know how to pick ‘em!

By: bernard quatermass

bernard quatermass — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:56:11 +0000

I think the requisite RoboRepub(tm) response to this issue is either:

1) The … president … broke … no … laws.

2) I … don’t … care … if … he … broke … laws … he … is … protecting … us … all … from … giant … slavering … 900ft … radical … Muslim. GO … USA!!!

I forget which.

By: Art

Art — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:53:32 +0000

“I donâ€™t know whether he acted in violation of statutes.”
but now it has “been brought within statutes”

So was it outside the statutes before?
Don’t you think you ought to find out?

By: macd

macd — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:41:42 +0000

Folks, there are not two parties anymore. Its all one giant corrupt cesspool of scumbags covering each others back. They might look serious on camera, but behind the scenes they are all laughing their asses off. Vote out ALL incumbents and start over.

Congressional demorats are guttless wonders.

By: Leporello

Leporello — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:55:58 +0000

#46, I’m a fellow New Yorker. I share your sentiments and will also vote for whoever isn’t Chuck Schumer in the next primary.
Impeach Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!

By: Duck Soup

Duck Soup — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:51:49 +0000

Who is really going to reform our government?? We’ve got Clinton scandal fatigue redux already?!

Here are Clinton scandals that just hit the paper today. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/31/us/politics/31donor.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4218509&page=1 We are getting Clinton scandal fatigue and the Primaries aren’t even over!

We’ve got a serious electability issue. After seven years of incompetent, corrupt government, America is extra sensitive to this type of stuff. Look what just happened to Rudy. This kind of baggage would weigh the Clintons way down in a run against McCain, who has always stood for cleaning up government.

By: AJ Fan

AJ Fan — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:48:18 +0000

Mukasey is part of the NeoCon team that is destroying our country. We need national reconciliation. I’m afraid that the roots of our national disaster go all the way back to a horrible day in Dallas Tx.

Rent the movie, “The Good Shepherd” this weekend if you haven’t seen it.

I’m a former liberal democrat supporting Ron Paul and questioning everything . . .

By: A Patriot Acting

A Patriot Acting — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:38:53 +0000

If someone were to take an anonymous poll of all the Senators and Congress people and asked the simple questions, “Over the past 7 years has President Bush broken the law? Dick Cheney?”
My bet is the poll would say “yes” somewhere around 100%
ALL these people either openly admit as much or at the very least will HINT, Republicans included, that this Administration has broken many laws and stretched many more nearly to the breaking point.
Pose the same question anonymously to ANY newscaster/reporter for the MSM and the result would be the same. Ask any of your Right-leaning friends/family and most will admit the same.
This Administration is fooling NO ONE and yet no ACTION is taken.
Do they (the Gov’t and the MSM) think no one is paying attention? These criminals deserve impeachment and prison AT THE VERY LEAST. IMHO these men should be hung for their treasonous acts against our Nation and our Constitution ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN ON THE 4th of JULY! THEN we could finally get down to repairing our Government and healing as a Nation that’s been raped on a daily basis for seven long years.

By: Menehune

Menehune — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:28:18 +0000

Thanks, Chuck Schumer, for supporting this dissembler. See how honestly your good buddy answers every question? Exhibit A in why I will never vote for you again. You asked us to trust you, even though Mukasey was clearly being less than forthright in his testimony to Congress before his appointment. You took a chance with this clown and lost.

By: Frosty Cupcake

Frosty Cupcake — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:25:30 +0000

We all saw this coming.

By: Nevar

Nevar — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:06:20 +0000

Isn’t modern technology amazing?
The way they can hide the puppet’s strings so that they are never seen?

By: IMPEACH NOW

IMPEACH NOW — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:03:13 +0000

This is no surprise – it’s one of the reasons Bush appointed this radical Zionist (his wife Susan was one of the biggest fundraisers in New York for the illegal Jewish settlements on Palestinian land) to hide the torture. With his ties to Israel, he should be pretty good at this, as we’re seeing already.

It does not end and we are NOT powerless. Petras’ recent article titled US MILITARY AGAINST ISRAELI FIRSTERS shows that the Flag Officers are ready to act in defense of the Constitution and the American people.

Mukasey’s secrecy should surprise no one, it is on public record.
The widely expected nomination of a former judge, Michael Mukasey, as attorney general could draw fresh scrutiny of his role in authorizing the secret detention of an unknown number of men without criminal charges following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

The American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights Watch denounced the detentions as “Kafkaesque.” The groups said prosecutors abused the material witness provisions to detain at least 70 men, often when they were suspected of crimes but evidence was lacking. Almost half were never bought before a court or grand jury to testify.

“I’m appalled at the choice,” a lawyer involved in one material witness case before Judge Mukasey, Randall Hamud, told The New York Sun yesterday. “In a sealed courtroom that has since been publicized, he kicked my co-counsel out of court. I told him my client had been beat up. He told me, â€˜Your client looks okay. File a lawsuit in a couple of years.’”

Mr. Hamud said senators considering Judge Mukasey’s nomination should seek out the details of the hearings held behind closed doors in 2001. “The secrecy basically allowed him to run amok,” Mr. Hamud said. “They should review every one of those sealed proceeding transcripts and see what this man was doing from the bench. These weren’t criminal defendants. They were just witnesses.”

http://www.nysun.com/article/62750

Lets say that again to sink in:

We have a sitting president with the distinction of vetoing an anti-torture bill….

Congress can impeach Mukassey for this obstruction. Agree to an impeachment of the new AG.

By: Guido OBGYN Lover

Guido OBGYN Lover — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:46:06 +0000

Mukasey should be yanked for that single statement alone.
He clearly does not know the law.
wow.

By: Doc Rock

Doc Rock — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:18:58 +0000

Schumer and Feinstein share responsibility for installing another monster in the Attorney General’s chair. Impeach Cheney-Bush and vote out Schumer-Feinstein.