Not my area of expertise but it sounds like this may end up before the Supreme Court? If that hp nc8200 battery,hp hstnn-db11 battery happens I agree with missmolly that they will rule in favor of bushco.

You’re so good at playing the “victim.”

**playing tiny violin for GG**

Try to be consistent in your values, huh?

Comment by missmolly — March 10, 2008 @ 12:53 pm

Heh… good one.

If he wanted to enforce the subpoena this wouldn’t be going on for a year.

He accuses Bushco of trying to run out the clock when that’s precisely what he’s doing.

Bush/Cheney
Hague Trials ‘09

Buck Hussein Fush

Not my area of expertise but it sounds like this may end up before the Supreme Court? If that happens I agree with missmolly that they will rule in favor of bushco.

Comment by missmolly — March 10, 2008 @ 12:53 pm

And it extends into the international arena as well. This is why they defend torture and rendition and cluster bombs and backing right-wing dictators. It’s about doing whatever it takes to “win” in Iraq or “win” the war on terrorism. They don’t want to think about complexities of policy or shades of grey – it’s a win-or-lose game, no matter how many innocent people have to die in order to “win.”

Comment by ralph the wonder llama — March 10, 2008 @ 12:46 pm

Unfortunately, good_golly is probably right on this one. Bushco definitely DOES NOT WANT Meiers or Bolton to be put under oath on this matter.

Think about it. These people had been trying to influence elections by leaning on the USA’s to challenge close elections, harrass and investigate Democrats in order to discredit them or get them removed from office, look the other way when Republicans commit acts beyond the pale, and support voter caging and other election influence practices. And they went so far as to fire USA’s who were too moral and honest to go along with this agenda — or in the way of cronies they wanted to appoint under the Patriot Act (no Senate confirmation required). This could be the undoing of Bushco, because remember that a president can fire a USA whenever he wants, but doing it for blatant political purposes is illegal.

Bush and Cheney will fight tooth and nail to keep this whole sordid business from seeing the light of day. And as long as they can keep Meiers and Bolton from testifying, the situation is a stalemate.

They are going to use every tool in the toolbox on this one. And that includes their bought-and-paid-for SCOTUS.

Comment by Zooey — March 10, 2008 @ 12:25 pm

I think you nailed it. As evidence mounts of the amount of slime under the Bushco rock, and as fresh outrages appear daily, I have often wondered why 25% to 30% of this country still defends Bush.

It’s all about “winning”. People now see American politics the same way they see the Super Bowl. They align themselves with a team and will cheer for that team no matter what. Boo the ref if a guy on your side commits a flagrant foul against the other side. If the other side scores, find a way to discredit it. Cheer every time your guys get away with illegal play the refs don’t catch. Anything to win. Never mind what’s fair, what’s sportsmanlike, and what’s best to protect the integrity of the game.

Just a guess here, but I suspect that good_golly and his fellow Bushco defenders would have some issue with a Democratic president who amassed all these “unitary executive” privileges, or who issued signing statements at the rate Bush has, or who invoked “executive privilege” to keep staff members from testifying on matters having nothing to do with national security, or who worked with telecoms to subvert the constitution, or who lied to the American people to get us into war, or who erased records belonging to the American people (the list goes on).

And if he saw a Democratic president get away with abuse of power, enabled by a judicial system owned and operated by the Dems, he would be screaming like a prom princess with a broken nail.

Comment by MCMetal — March 10, 2008 @ 12:44 pm

I was going to respond with a wordy diatribe on the scourge of partisan politics into the once sacrosanct domain of the third branch of government, but your response really puts it perfectly.

Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 11:36 am

So Gigi assumes that, in the event of a ruling against the administration, right-wing judges at every level will agree to consider appeals until Congress is frustrated and simply drops it, or until the Scalia crew of the Roberts SCOTUS gets their hands on it.

Comment by jpoke42 — March 10, 2008 @ 12:43 pm

That it sucks balls…………..