Comments on: Rove calls contempt vote ‘ludicrous,’ admits to exerting no ‘personal privilege.’ http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:51:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: bspence11 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/comment-page-2/#comment-5128320 bspence11 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:02:20 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/#comment-5128320 It's not a separation of POWERS between branches of government, it's a separation of church and state. Rove needs to realize that our government is a system of checks and balances. One branch looks over the other for any wrongdoing. That way, no one branch gets too powerful. This is elementary school social studies!! The Executive is way, way too powerful right now. It’s not a separation of POWERS between branches of government, it’s a separation of church and state. Rove needs to realize that our government is a system of checks and balances. One branch looks over the other for any wrongdoing. That way, no one branch gets too powerful. This is elementary school social studies!! The Executive is way, way too powerful right now.

]]> By: SP Biloxi http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/comment-page-2/#comment-5126858 SP Biloxi Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:14:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/#comment-5126858 McTreason Rove calls contempt vote ‘ludicrous,’ admits to exerting no ‘personal privilege blah, blah, blah. He can give this crapola spin on Fox News last night yet he can't park his rear end in front of Congress to testify. I look forward to the House Judiciary Committee to cuff and arrest Tubby. He has gotten too many free passes in his crimes. McTreason Rove calls contempt vote ‘ludicrous,’ admits to exerting no ‘personal privilege blah, blah, blah.

He can give this crapola spin on Fox News last night yet he can’t park his rear end in front of Congress to testify. I look forward to the House Judiciary Committee to cuff and arrest Tubby. He has gotten too many free passes in his crimes.

]]> By: darladooner http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/comment-page-2/#comment-5126370 darladooner Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:01:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/#comment-5126370 <em>for no good reason at all</em> oh yeah, congress just wants to chat for no good reason. oh, those pesky investigations, they're for wussies! for no good reason at all

oh yeah, congress just wants to chat for no good reason.

oh, those pesky investigations, they’re for wussies!

]]> By: Patty http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-5126288 Patty Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:35:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/#comment-5126288 <em>dary11 Says: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We’ll be “one step closer to justice” when Don Siegelman is back behind bars for the crimes of bribery for which he was found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt by a jury of his peers.</em> Dary11, When a process is criminally flawed, even you must admit that the results are, therefore, called into doubt. dary11 Says:
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We’ll be “one step closer to justice” when Don Siegelman is back behind bars for the crimes of bribery for which he was found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt by a jury of his peers.

Dary11,
When a process is criminally flawed, even you must admit that the results are, therefore, called into doubt.

]]> By: Patty http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-5126276 Patty Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:32:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/#comment-5126276 Maybe Karl Rove's hearing, trial and jail time will provide him with that "family time" he was so ready for. Maybe Karl Rove’s hearing, trial and jail time will provide him with that “family time” he was so ready for.

]]> By: trollsbwild http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-5126246 trollsbwild Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:22:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/#comment-5126246 KR's argument is pure BS. His mockery of the Consititution and Congress is criminal. I realize Mukasey will not allow him to suffer any conseqence for any contempt charges. On another note,I saw a picture of the turd at a Nationals game Monday vs. the Phillies. Too bad one of the fans didn't beat the piss out of him. I hope one day there will be a citizens arrest of this f&%king creep. KR’s argument is pure BS. His mockery of the Consititution and Congress is criminal. I realize Mukasey will not allow him to suffer any conseqence for any contempt charges.
On another note,I saw a picture of the turd at a Nationals game Monday vs. the Phillies. Too bad one of the fans didn’t beat the piss out of him.
I hope one day there will be a citizens arrest of this f&%king creep.

]]> By: ralph the wonder llama http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-5126210 ralph the wonder llama Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:00:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/#comment-5126210 dary 11 is the best that Troll Central can muster up this morning? Did a new Krispy Kreme open up down the street offering free donuts all morning? dary 11 is the best that Troll Central can muster up this morning?

Did a new Krispy Kreme open up down the street offering free donuts all morning?

]]> By: A Patriot Acting http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-5126204 A Patriot Acting Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:57:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/#comment-5126204 Okay tokin pedant I'll admit that my rotten veggies would have a hard time penetrating a fort (would also need a really big flatbed). Stock it is then! Okay tokin pedant I’ll admit that my rotten veggies would have a hard time penetrating a fort (would also need a really big flatbed). Stock it is then!

]]> By: Fred http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-5126186 Fred Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:54:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/#comment-5126186 dary11 Says: We’ll be “one step closer to justice” when Don Siegelman is prosecuting KK karl....now that would be justice. dary11 Says:

We’ll be “one step closer to justice” when Don Siegelman is prosecuting KK karl….now that would be justice.

]]> By: tokin librul http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-5126170 tokin librul Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:46:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/#comment-5126170 <i>How about putting the stockade on the back of a flatbed truck </i> not 'stockade'...that's a fort what you mean is <a href="http://students.umf.maine.edu/~scottnr/pillory.jpg" rel="nofollow">"stocks"</a> An altogether too-long overlooked instrument for reproving the haughty... How about putting the stockade on the back of a flatbed truck

not ’stockade’…that’s a fort
what you mean is “stocks”
An altogether too-long overlooked instrument for reproving the haughty…

]]> By: scytherius http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-5126164 scytherius Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:44:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/#comment-5126164 Dary11 Thinking that being found guilty by one's peers via a jury is somehow justice is absurd. All I need do is to point to all those wrong convictions by eyewitnesses here the guilty go free via DNA which proves beyond ALL doubt they didn't do it. Having been both a prosecutor and defense atty, believe me, the system is gamed and manipulated beyond belief. Trials are a joke. The reason they keep it up? it's because they have convinced people like you they are fair. Dary11

Thinking that being found guilty by one’s peers via a jury is somehow justice is absurd. All I need do is to point to all those wrong convictions by eyewitnesses here the guilty go free via DNA which proves beyond ALL doubt they didn’t do it. Having been both a prosecutor and defense atty, believe me, the system is gamed and manipulated beyond belief. Trials are a joke. The reason they keep it up? it’s because they have convinced people like you they are fair.

]]> By: tokin librul http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-5126162 tokin librul Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:43:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/#comment-5126162 <i>@ 38, FEARandSMEAR.com Says: Congress: “We don’t wear hats…” July 31st, 2008 at 11:19 am </i> btw, dary11, where you're from it's dairy 11...back in the barn with ya. @ 38, FEARandSMEAR.com Says: Congress: “We don’t wear hats…”
July 31st, 2008 at 11:19 am

btw, dary11, where you’re from it’s dairy 11…back in the barn with ya.

]]> By: A Patriot Acting http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-5126150 A Patriot Acting Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:31:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/#comment-5126150 Cats r Flyfishn- How about putting the stockade on the back of a flatbed truck and start a cross country tour? I know scores of people who would love to line up on Broadway here in NY with crates of rotten vegetables for that effing pig. Cats r Flyfishn-

How about putting the stockade on the back of a flatbed truck and start a cross country tour? I know scores of people who would love to line up on Broadway here in NY with crates of rotten vegetables for that effing pig.

]]> By: Cats r Flyfishn http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-5126132 Cats r Flyfishn Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:24:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/#comment-5126132 I think we should bring back the stockade and place Karl Rove in the stockade in any town square and let us throw eggs and tomatoes at him. He could be moved around from city to city because he betrayed the American people and jeopardized our national security. I think we should bring back the stockade and place Karl Rove in the stockade in any town square and let us throw eggs and tomatoes at him. He could be moved around from city to city because he betrayed the American people and jeopardized our national security.

]]> By: Cats r Flyfishn http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-5126124 Cats r Flyfishn Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:21:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/#comment-5126124 Traitor Rove, what an arrogant piece of cr*p. Traitor Rove, what an arrogant piece of cr*p.

]]> By: FEARandSMEAR.com http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-5126120 FEARandSMEAR.com Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:19:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/#comment-5126120 Karl Rove: "Suck it, Congress..." Congress: "We will not stand for this outrageous and flagrant flouting of the rule of law and the authority of Congress... When we return from our 5 week vacation, we plan to hold a serious committee meeting where we will determine the appropriate course of action.... This cannot be allowed to stand..." Karl Rove: "Go crap in yer hat, Congress..." Congress: "We don't wear hats..." Karl Rove: “Suck it, Congress…”

Congress: “We will not stand for this outrageous and flagrant flouting of the rule of law and the authority of Congress… When we return from our 5 week vacation, we plan to hold a serious committee meeting where we will determine the appropriate course of action…. This cannot be allowed to stand…”

Karl Rove: “Go crap in yer hat, Congress…”

Congress: “We don’t wear hats…”

]]> By: etg1109 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-5126118 etg1109 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:19:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/#comment-5126118 The problem with this guy just responding in a written response is that he is not under oath. He can make up what ever he damn well pleases!! The problem with this guy just responding in a written response is that he is not under oath. He can make up what ever he damn well pleases!!

]]> By: Saint Augustine http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-5126090 Saint Augustine Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:11:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/#comment-5126090 Court Rules on Miers/Bolten Subpoenas, via TPM A federal district court in DC has overruled the White House-backed motion to dismiss the House lawsuit to enforce contempt of court against former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten. http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/ Court Rules on Miers/Bolten Subpoenas, via TPM

A federal district court in DC has overruled the White House-backed motion to dismiss the House lawsuit to enforce contempt of court against former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/

]]> By: 666lattes http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-5126088 666lattes Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:11:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/#comment-5126088 As serious as this may ultimately be, compared to all of the things that Rove could be issued a subpoena for, this is SO tame in comparison... and they can't even get this right. Democrats need to stop being so scared of how this might be viewed by some imaginary society. They need to do their job and follow the law or they will not deserve anyone's vote! So much is at stake here because we can not possibly move forward as a Nation until we address the crimes and corruption of this Administration. What good would power be for the Democrats if all they control is one big lie. As serious as this may ultimately be, compared to all of the things that Rove could be issued a subpoena for, this is SO tame in comparison… and they can’t even get this right.

Democrats need to stop being so scared of how this might be viewed by some imaginary society. They need to do their job and follow the law or they will not deserve anyone’s vote!

So much is at stake here because we can not possibly move forward as a Nation until we address the crimes and corruption of this Administration. What good would power be for the Democrats if all they control is one big lie.

]]> By: tarazan http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-5126082 tarazan Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:04:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/rove-calls-contempt-vote-ludicrous-admits-to-exerting-no-personal-privilege/#comment-5126082 But who decides whether Rove was called by Congress for 'Good Reason' or 'Bad Reason'?... Is it Cheney who makes that decision?! But who decides whether Rove was called by Congress for ‘Good Reason’ or ‘Bad Reason’?…
Is it Cheney who makes that decision?!

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