2001 Bush legal memo allowed ‘First Amendment speech and press rights’ to be ’subordinated.’
2001 Bush legal memo allowed ‘First Amendment speech and press rights’ to be ’subordinated.’
Yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder released several Bush administration Office of Legal Counsel memos, which show the astonishing extent to which the administration expanded its wartime powers. An October 2001 memo from John Yoo, for example, states that the “Fourth Amendment would not apply” for domestic military operations. The memo also restricted basic First Amendment rights:
In perhaps the most surprising assertion, the Oct. 23, 2001, memo suggested the president could even suspend press freedoms if he concluded it was necessary to wage the war on terror. “First Amendment speech and press rights may also be subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully,” Yoo wrote in the memo entitled “Authority for Use of Military Force to Combat Terrorist Activity Within the United States.”
“Freedom of speech is integral to a free society,” President Bush said in May 2008. After reading the memos, Harpers’ Scott Horton wrote, “We may not have realized it at the time, but in the period from late 2001-January 19, 2009, this country was a dictatorship.”
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This is the iceberg which will sink the SS Bush once and for all.
These secret memos were bad enough on their own but the “coverup” of these practices by memos written in January just before heading out of Dodge will be the “indicting factor” for Herr Bush.
This will definitely stick and he will be brought to trial for this. As John Dean said last evening about Nixon “the cover-up (memos rescinding the power in January ‘09) are worse than the original action.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:22 pmIt’s the first and fourth amendments that were compromised. Is Yoo still at UC Berkeley? If so he needs to be fired. Maybe he can find a job in North Korea.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:24 pmWith this evidence surfacing coincidental to two committees beginning investigation into bushie’s crimes, the timing couldn’t be any more perfect.
These memos are now prima facie evidence of Bush’s crimes against our Constitution and the “rescinding memos” written just weeks ago make the case for two facts: 1) They knew it was illegal and were trying to cover their a$$ – and 2) They didn’t want the precedent to continue to Obama.
Either way – We will live to see Bush and his zombies being frogmarked into prison now.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:24 pmMr. Yoo will be in jail and disbarred for this.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:26 pmAs we’ve been saying, Bush used our Constitution for his personal toilet paper.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:26 pmBush is going to jail – it will no longer be an “option” to bring charges against him; it will be the AG’s “duty”.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:27 pmWow! So they were just going to throw out the Constitution to further their own aims, ooops! I mean protect us from terrorists!?! I think they would have had a revolt on their hands.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:28 pmWhy is it that when I see a picture of Yoo, I see the word smugprik embedded…?
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:28 pmRUCerious Says:
Why is it that when I see a picture of Yoo, I see the word smugprik embedded…?
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:28 pm
I see the word bedwetter. Hmmmm….
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:30 pmMaybe this is what “Blackhawk Mike” needs to know to understand that Bush is an evil liar?
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:30 pmI think a lot of us did feel that we were living in a dictatorship. Bush asserted that no laws applied to his executive decisions. He flagrantly disregarded the first, fourth, and fifth amendments of the constitution, and possibly others. He refused to recognize the necessity for Congressional oversight. He created an extra legal judicial system. He all but declared martial law. He hired major news outlets to issue military propaganda. And, his cronies to this day refuse to submit to lawful subpoenas issued by Congress. We must hold Bush and his administration accountable for their crimes against this nation in order to help ensure that this gross abuse of power will not happen again.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:32 pmQuestion for you legal scholars out there: If Bush lied when he swore to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America, is that perjury? Because we know he’s already committed crimes against the Constitution before his second swearing in ceremony.
Kind of like getting Capone for income tax evasion, but whatever lands that fcuker in jail is fine by me.
PEACE
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:34 pmWhy is this man NOT in HANDCUFFS already ????!!
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:36 pmWait, I’m not sure of the terminology or the correct way to word it but, how do these ‘bush administration office of legal council memos’ not equate to a conscious and premeditated effort to ‘circumvent’? the Constitution ?
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:36 pmAnd further, isn’t that in itself some sort of treasonous activity ?
In perhaps the most surprising assertion, the Oct. 23, 2001, memo suggested the president could even suspend press freedoms if he concluded it was necessary to wage the war on terror. “First Amendment speech and press rights may also be subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully,” Yoo wrote in the memo entitled “Authority for Use of Military Force to Combat Terrorist Activity Within the United States.”
The memo should have been entitled “I’m John Yoo , a Chimpy Suckhole Sycophant Who Makes Up Outrageous , Stupid Inapplicable Shit”….
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:38 pmRemember chimpy’s battle cry:
The Constitution is just a God damned piece of paper!
Now we have the documentation that proves it.
Arrest, convict, execute.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:38 pmNUREMBERG II 2009
wait for it:
. . . but, but, but Bush kept us SAFE since 9/11; who wouldn’t sacrifice a little of their superflous civil rights to keep the country safe?!
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:38 pmLet us not forget that Yoo was on Darth Cheney’s shortlist to replace Gonzo as AG.
Scary, huh?
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:38 pm.
Eric Holder said he’s unaware of any crimes…
… Can he not read?
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March 3rd, 2009 at 1:38 pmPatty Says:
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wait for it:
. . . but, but, but Bush kept us SAFE since 9/11; who wouldn’t sacrifice a little of their superflous civil rights to keep the country safe?!
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:38 pm
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And the proper response would be :
Any and all real American(s)…………
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:40 pmPatty,
Oh, I wouldn’t be so sure Bush kept us safe even before 9/11, let alone after.
http://www.apj.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2248&Itemid=2
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March 3rd, 2009 at 1:41 pmYoo should be arrested immediately! He is a War Criminal and a Traitor to the Constitution of the United States of America. He amongst the War Criminals in the WH during Bush/Chenney disastrous administration helped to shred the USA’s morals and International reputation.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:41 pmPS. If Obama does not prosecute or have these criminals to be prosecuted for war crimes with that ‘wish wash’ slogan of ‘moving forward’ crap, Obama will also own Bush’s War Crimes! Afghanistan can already be called Obama’s War!
Treason = no pension. Gotta love it, if and when it happens.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:44 pm.
Q U E S T I O N:
Which came first…
… The memos or the request for the memos to be made?
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March 3rd, 2009 at 1:45 pmScott Horton wrote, “We may not have realized it at the time, but in the period from late 2001-January 19, 2009, this country was a dictatorship.”
Something we knew about 1 year into Bush’s reign of terror and something some of us knew before he stole the office.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:45 pmIt will be interesting/fascinating , when a decade or 2 from now , Yoo is interviewed for an HBO special while behind bars , to reveal to future generations of fellow Americans what a sorry little dough-faced traitorous pissant actually looks like ……..
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:46 pmPatty Says:
wait for it:
. . . but, but, but Bush kept us SAFE since 9/11; who wouldn’t sacrifice a little of their superflous civil rights to keep the country safe?!
Can’t remember the source, but I heard a great response to the “Bush kept us safe for over seven years” argument that was something along the lines of:
They claim he kept us safe for over seven years, but he was president for eight. It’s like saying that falling out of a window 80 stories up is safe for the first 79 1/2 stories of the fall.
PEACE
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:47 pmI’m wondering why Holder released these memos? I’m certainly glad he did, just wondering if there was some requirement to do so at this time.
It makes me wonder if this is the angle that President Obama is taking to bring Bush’s crimes into the light of day – i.e., yesterday, Glenn Greenwald and others – rightfully, imo – hammered the president for some of the legal positions DOJ has taken that support the Bush/Cheney “state secrets” defense that has angered many of us over the past 8 years.
I’m suggesting that Obama – by letting out memos such as this, a drip at a time – is, in essence, giving himself an “out”, hoping the public outcry/outrage over this type of bullsh*t forces the DOJ and Congress to proceed with criminal prosecutions, taking the issue “out of” Obama’s and Holder’s hands. If so, I’m all for it, and think it’s not only sneaky, but brilliant.
Sorry for butchering this post – hope it makes some kind of sense.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:47 pmMCMetal Says:
Any and all real American(s)…………
Some people are called Americans because they happen to live between Mexico and Canada (not counting Alaska and Hawaii for this example).
While some people are called Americans because they happen to believe and defend the ideals of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Guess in which group does Yoo belong?
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:48 pmTHE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS ALONG WITH THE PRESIDENT ARE GOING TO DESTROY THE COUNTRY AS WE KNOW IT. when they are done if all goes as they plan it will no longer be of any benefit fot anyone to work hard and try to better themselves.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:48 pmI don’t believe just because you have more than someone else who has never tried to help themselves that you should share with them what you have worked hard to acheive unless you want to. and that is what established charities are for. Not the government taking your hard earned money from you without your consent.that is robbery in my opinion
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
These are the words Bush stated — twice, and ignored summarily throughout his two terms.
Reminds me of the stories we heard about the USSR when I was a child (aging myself, here, but we’re among friends). We were shocked at stories of their government’s freedom to spy on citizens without limit.
We’ve been living that nightmare; we have no idea yet of the ramifications/damage.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:48 pmIn order to save us and the constitution Bush believed he had to lie to us and destroy the constitution.
Hello Congress and the American people, please don’t let this go uninvestigated.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:49 pmNow I’ve got the oldie song
Darlin, Yooo, send me, yes Yooo, send me, darlin Yoo, send me, to Gitmo, wah wah wa doop.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:49 pmJust another day at the office for Mr. Yoo.
http://www.pufferfishblog.com
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:54 pmComet, what do you think of Bush Co. suspending the freedoms given to the american people in the constitution?
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:55 pmcomet says;
your hard earned tax dollars have been funneled to the wealthy via the Bush tax cuts over the last several years.
DOLT!
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:57 pmcomet54 Says:
That he is a moron who actually believes everything that Rush, Hannity, Beck, Coulter and the rest of the GOPigs tells him to think.
You are being lied to, moron, but then again you are too stupid to know that.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:57 pmFirst Amendment speech and press rights may also be subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully,” Yoo wrote
Unfortunately for the American people, the corporate media was all too complicit in cooperating with the Bush administration to lead us into war with Iraq, so suspending the first amendment wasn’t necessary for Bush’s purposes.
The fact that Bush took us to war with Iraq so cavalierly, makes me cringe, and makes me hope that Bush cannot sleep at night. Sadly, I don’t think Bush cares about the people who lost their lives at his hand, and I think he sleeps just fine. Especially since he thought being President was “fun”.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:57 pmcomet54,
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:58 pmThe topic is Bush doing away with the Constitution and the Bill of Rights for eight years so he could do anything he pleased. There will always be terrorists in the world. We cannot do away with our laws because there are terrorists in the world. It’s not as bad as facing the Soviet Union during the cold war.
“We may not have realized it at the time, but in the period from late 2001-January 19, 2009, this country was a dictatorship.”
Who’s “we”? I knew it and so did millions of other Americans who were given such labels as “unpatriotic” and “treasonous” for not supporting a “president” in a time of war.
comet54,
Welcome to the internet.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:00 pmPhuck Yoo & the American Taliban he rode in with.
Berkley, WTF?
Yoo symbolizes all that encompasses the extreme wingnuts.
And, as a poster asks above, WHO requested the memos written?
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:00 pmLuis M Says:
Some people are called Americans because they happen to live between Mexico and Canada (not counting Alaska and Hawaii for this example).
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:48 pm
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Technically, anyone who happens to live between Ellesmere Island and the Falklands can be called American, but that’s beside the point.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:02 pmcomet54,
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:05 pmThe wheels on the bus go round ‘n round…
… Even when it’s been driven off the cliff by Bush.
Not the government taking your hard earned money from you without your consent.that is robbery in my opinion
Since we are a representative government, (meaning WE are the Government) if our representatives vote to raise taxes on the maybe 300,000 people that make over 3 million dollars a year, for the benefit of us all, then I think that is fair. Not to mention that the people making over $250 K a year overwhelmingly voted for Obama, and they thought that it would be ok to have their taxes raised… The rich will be fine they always are. But right now, the middle class is struggling and needs a boost.
Think of it this way: it can’t be any worse that the “majority” voting in California to eliminate the legal marriages of gay people, right?
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:05 pmcomet54 Says:
I don’t believe just because you have more than someone else who has never tried to help themselves that you should share with them what you have worked hard to acheive unless you want to. and that is what established charities are for. Not the government taking your hard earned money from you without your consent.that is robbery in my opinion
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:48 pm
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If you don’t want to help people, don’t help them. Nobody gives a damn that you’re a selfish asshead.
However, it is the government’s responsibility to promote the general welfare of the country, and to do that, they must take some of your money. You consented to that when you became a citizen of the United States, either by birth or naturalization. If you don’t like it, there are plenty of other countries in the world that you’re more than welcome to immigrate to.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:06 pmhellinabucket says:
Chimpy, the self-appointed “decider” had to destroy the Constitution in order to save it.
I think I heard this before, but something about a village.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:08 pmWho couldn’t see that Bush was a dictator? He blackmailed any opponents and was commonly refered to as Hitler and Chaney the same.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:08 pmWhy is this guy still teaching law at Boalt at Cal. Berkeley? Answers anyone?
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:09 pmComet, is it o.k. for the government to arrest you without charges, throw you in some dank foreign cell, torture you for information you don’t have, not allow you a defence, forbid the media from reporting on it, and allow you to spend the rest of your days waiting to die, and not let anyone in your family know what happened to you?
Welcome to the U.S.A. under the Bush administration. Any response?
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:10 pmBush followed in the footsteps of his grandfather Prescott Bush. During FDR’s presidency, grandpa Bush conspired with other “conservative” businessmen in a plot to takeover the US government in a coup reminescent of Hitler’s rise to power. Don’t forget that this Bush was indicted under trading with the enemies (Nazi Germany) before/during World War II.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:15 pmAn October 2001 memo from John Yoo, for example, states that the “Fourth Amendment would not apply” for domestic military operations.
Leave it to the horseshit Chimpy administration to try and ignore precedent …….
In Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961), the Supreme Court ruled the Fourth Amendment to be applicable to the state governments by way of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Supreme Court ruled that certain searches and seizures violated the Fourth Amendment even when a warrant was properly granted.
Hey John ; calling yourself “The Decider” doesn’t give one the ability to usurp the law ……….Regardless what you want to laughably claim or want to believe.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:16 pmPhuck Yoo That would look so good on a T-shirt or bumper sticker.
Great find Zimzone.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:16 pmThis front page news was found in my local paper on page A5….
Gotta love Republican newspapers…
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:19 pm2000 The president can subordinate constitutional rights in order to protect us against terrorists.
2001 See above.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:20 pm2002 See above.
2003 See above.
2004 See above.
2005 See above.
2006 See above.
2007 See above.
2008 See above.
2009 … Never mind!
I can only wonder if we’d be seeing any of these memos had McCain been elected?
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:22 pmignore comet 54 it is a troll bent on derailing this important discussion.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:22 pmI found the footnote citing a paper that one Lewis Libbey wrote title, “Legal Authority for a Domestic Military Role in Homeland Defense” interesting. Especially since it was written in 1999.
The Bush/Cheney cabal were prepared to ignore the Constitution from day 1.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:22 pmFrom Newsweek article (Isikoff) via HuffPo:
Bush considered scrapping 1st Amendment.
In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the Justice Department secretly gave the green light for the U.S. military to attack apartment buildings and office complexes inside the United States, deploy high-tech surveillance against U.S. citizens and potentially suspend First Amendment freedom-of-the-press rights in order to combat the terror threat, according to a memo released Monday.
“First Amendment speech and press rights may also be subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully,” (Yoo).
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:22 pmSo in essence John Yoo, through the use of Bush administration Office of Legal Counsel memos, spelled out the overthrow of the United States Government. They may have done so in a covert manner, and kept it to themselves for seven years. They may or may not have capitalized on some of their assertions had they felt sufficiently threatened, we won’t ever know for sure. What we do know, and we’ve only scratched the surface, is that the Bush Administration attempted to grant itself legal cover and justification for taking over the government of the United States of America through the issuing of legal councel memos. The same administration destroyed at least 92 videotaped interrogations of alleged enemy combatants at the same time that questions were being asked about torture. The Justice Department and practically every toher agency during the previous administration was compromised by the intentional politicization of the dept. with willng idealogical sicophants. At the expense of being crass, AG Holder, even NY Governor Patterson could see these bold crimes as plain as the nose on his face….WHY WON’T YOU???!!!!
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:26 pmTo answer the question of who asked for these memos, it clearly states that they were written at the request and were addressed to Gonzales, in his role as counsel to the President, and Haynes of the DOD. The first sentence of the memo starts, “You have asked…”
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:27 pmComet, that’s it? You’ve got no game.
Taxes taxes taxes ooooowwwwwwhhhhh.
How about answering some questions or find another troll who can.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:28 pm“First Amendment speech and press rights may also be subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully,” (Yoo).
Since everyone knows the media was gutless during the ramp up to and during the occupation of Iraq (AKA “war”), was also in the tank for Bush in “catapulting his propoganda”, there is one and only one reason to suspend the First Amendment:
stifle the left/opposition and those against the war. Period.
Suspending the 1st would have had nothing to do with protecting the military, it’s plans or “combat the terrorists”.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:29 pmIt may have been Roosevelt who employed this strategy.
Let’s say the Obama administration wants to prosecute Bush&Co, but it would create a backlash at a critical time when that must be avoided. However, if evidence continues to surface, if people begin to complain louder, if testimony at hearings warrant it, well, then, the president will simply have to abide the wishes of the public and allow prosecutions.
The end result would be what the Obama camp wants, but it won’t appear that they sought it aggressively.
I think Roosevelt said: I agree with you, I want to do it, now make me do it.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:31 pmDoes Comet54 sound like our old friend Darryl?
HMMMM!
But the topic wasn’t about Gay rights, so maybe not.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:33 pmIn the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the Justice Department secretly gave the green light for the U.S. military to attack apartment buildings
am I reading this right? Greenlight for attacks on American citizens?!
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:33 pmMarie says: @65
Thanks. You said it a lot better (and more coherently) than I was trying to at #30.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:33 pmcomet54 doesn’t seem to understand how our democratic republic system works.
Everyone must pay taxes for the common good — we have all paid taxes for some things to which we objected, but we have also benefited from taxes on other things.
Comet54 doesn’t seem to recognize that under Bush&Co (and for the most part of the past 30 years) he has paid taxes while the benefits he has received have been lessened as the wealth of the wealthy has increased exponentially.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:42 pmlokidog:
I’m suggesting that Obama – by letting out memos such as this, a drip at a time – is, in essence, giving himself an “out”, hoping the public outcry/outrage over this type of bullsh*t forces the DOJ and Congress to proceed with criminal prosecutions, taking the issue “out of” Obama’s and Holder’s hands. If so, I’m all for it, and think it’s not only sneaky, but brilliant.
You and Marie have hit the nail on the head – I hope. The administration has suffered virulent backlash from the nuts on the right already and any serious proceedings may have to wait until the 2010 elections happen to ensure that partisan wrangling by the Republicans will be nothing more than background noise.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:44 pmRHF,
I think they should go to Kenya.
I know I’m a little edgy today after wasting time with the fake Blackhawk Mike yesterday.
Speaking of which, why isn’t he here to defend the Bush admin?
Hopefully this will all move forward and even those die hards associated with the republican party will finally hang their heads in shame.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:45 pm“Oh Johnny, yoo…oooo…oooo.oooo, send me, honest you do”
Gitmo theme song.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:48 pmOddest sense of deja vu, but i’ll say it again..
Calling Bush et.al. fascists is an insult to fascism. At least fascists had principles….
With luck, though, they’ll at least be indicted for abuse of power
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:56 pmhussein toasterhead Says:
Technically, anyone who happens to live between Ellesmere Island and the Falklands can be called American, but that’s beside the point.
Speaking as someone who lives south of the US, I completely agree, and yeah it’s beside the point (which is why I didn’t bring it up in the first place).
But the point remains, the USA is not a matter of territory but a matter of shared principles and ideals.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:59 pmhellinabucket; I want some phuck yoo tees. Where can they be ordered?
March 3rd, 2009 at 3:02 pmComet should stand by his anti-tax principles and not use ANYTHING that is maintained by tax dollars. Guess he’ll have to jump through neighbors’ lawns and fences to get to work. Guess he’ll have to buy expensive labs to test the food he eats (the wet dream of the E.coli crowd), guess he’ll have to hire his private security force and fire brigade to protect his home in the event that his home is robbed or on fire, heaven forbid. If you ever need the federal courts because a corporation has harmed you or your family, well I guess there’s nothing he can do because his taxpayer dollars also help to fund the federal court system. Wow, it looks like he’ll live in a bubble. Hopefully he can get rich off those work-from-home scams…like Freedom 59 or Freedom 95 as it is now…
March 3rd, 2009 at 3:07 pmJohn Yoo is a traitor to the American Constitution and the American people.
March 3rd, 2009 at 3:33 pmI was well aware we were in a dictatorship. The Patriot Act sealed it, and that should be repealed soon.
March 3rd, 2009 at 3:34 pmI can’t wait for the MSM to get this NEWS about the first ammendment of the constitution because it directly affects them and their ability to do their jobs! I am positive the MSM reaction to this story will be huge! Will be very interesting if they don’t…
March 3rd, 2009 at 3:45 pmhttp://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/18063.html
Nothing to see here. Move along.
March 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 pmBecause the Obama admin is defending him.
March 3rd, 2009 at 4:25 pmScott Horton wrote, “We may not have realized it at the time, but in the period from late 2001-January 19, 2009, this country was a dictatorship.”
Sorry Scott. I was screaming about the reich-wing coup attempt that was underway before GW Botch was annointed by his daddy’s SCOTUS. The only thing I’ve been wrong about is that I swore Botch would declare martial law and never leave office. I’m glad I was wrong on that one. I’m sure Dick(head) Cheney was pushing for this along with a Scooter Libby pardon.
March 3rd, 2009 at 4:33 pmComet54’s unrelated crap is the best defense they could muster? Wow that is just said. Come on freaks come defends this bullshit.
I’ll get you started “but 911 changed everything…..”
March 3rd, 2009 at 5:11 pmsad
How about “the Bush administration needed to protect the nation by adandoning it….”
March 3rd, 2009 at 5:11 pmQuotes of GWB compiled on buzzflash.com
“You don’t get everything you want. A dictatorship would be a lot easier.” Describing what it’s like to be governor of Texas.
(Governing Magazine 7/98)
– From Paul Begala’s “Is Our Children Learning?”
“I told all four that there are going to be some times where we don’t agree with each other, but that’s OK. If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I’m the dictator,” Bush joked.
– CNN.com, December 18, 2000
“A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there’s no question about it, ” [Bush] said.
– Business Week, July 30, 2001
Obviously, the idea was there from the beginning.
March 3rd, 2009 at 5:17 pmBushies choose a benevilent dictator. That’s how it’s done in republic world.
March 3rd, 2009 at 5:25 pmMaybe Mr. Woo would appreciate constitutional rights if they were taken from him and he was locked up without representation or charges filed against him for five years. After all, he looks like a terrorist to me.
March 3rd, 2009 at 5:32 pmAnd just think. Yoo is teaching at the UC Berkeley. How is that for that liberal bastion of free thought?
I don’t think this will sink Bush. Nothing but a picture of Bush pissing on the Constitution physically will get him jailed. They will all remain free to make money and to laugh again at all of us.
March 3rd, 2009 at 6:40 pmI miss the days when all the freaks were here talking about how we needed to torture and destroy and stuff like that. It was almost as much fun as when a climate thread enticed the real oddballs
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:09 pmJohn Yoo is a war criminal and I am astonished that the faculty at Berkeley voted to give him tenure. Moreover, that he still has a job there ON TAXPAYER PAYROLL instead of a jail cell. He was another trusted flunky of the criminal enterprise that Cheney/Bush controlled our country with for eight years. As a reminder that Bush was truly worst president ever, here is a video playlist that hits the LOW notes of our nation’s descent into neo-facism:
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:37 pmhttp://www.tv1.com/playlists/123
So, i think Campbell Brown was going to talk about this Bush vs the first ammendment of the constitution thing today, but i didn’t see anything. Did i miss it? I did miss a few minutes of the show near the end…
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:11 pm.
… AND NONE DARED CALL IT TREASON!
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March 4th, 2009 at 1:32 amI truly hope for the independent prosecutor to investigate all this.
More crimes ignored for those above the law.
March 4th, 2009 at 3:56 amAnd this explains why John Yoo is being disbarred.
Thank God for Barack Obama! We had no idea how much we really needed his help.
March 4th, 2009 at 9:34 am“Freedom of speech is integral to a free society,” President Bush said in May 2008. After reading the memos, Harpers’ Scott Horton wrote, “We may not have realized it at the time, but in the period from late 2001-January 19, 2009, this country was a dictatorship.”
Actually, a great many of us DID realize “at the time” that “this country was a dictatorship.” We had been expressing and explaining our realization well BEFORE the farcical 2004 election, and we increased the intensity of our explanations even more pointedly after that. It is with a sad sort of satisfaction that we now see millions of Americans coming to the bitter realization of what BushCo and pubbies have done to the United States–”a sad and a lonesome hallelujah.”
March 4th, 2009 at 11:34 amRUCerious Says:
Why is it that when I see a picture of Yoo, I see the word smugprik embedded…?
Because you have a good grasp of subliminal messages, RU!
March 4th, 2009 at 11:37 amLuis M Says:
Some people are called Americans because they happen to live between Mexico and Canada (not counting Alaska and Hawaii for this example). Guess in which group does Yoo belong?
Same group with Chimpy, Darth, Gonzo, Billo, Squush, Grinch, Steeleye, Buttbreath, BobbieJ, most of the Faux staff. . .
March 4th, 2009 at 11:44 amRich H Says:
Comet, what do you think of Bush Co. suspending the freedoms given to the american people in the constitution?
Rich, comet DOESN’T think. It’s the ideal pubbie.
March 4th, 2009 at 11:47 am