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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-12-07 10:54 AM
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7. What the hell are you talking about? They found her in contempt!
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  -so good old harriet, "he's really cool", miers got to skate, huh? Javaman  Jul-12-07 10:50 AM   #0 
  - Throw her in jail  HughMoran   Jul-12-07 10:52 AM   #1 
  - Uh...no. She's in contempt. They have five days to decide what to do next.  Atman   Jul-12-07 10:52 AM   #2 
  - This reminded me of the scene from the life of brian where the  Javaman   Jul-12-07 10:57 AM   #10 
  - Did I miss something? My computer crashed just before the end of the hearing but I thought  OmmmSweetOmmm   Jul-12-07 10:53 AM   #3 
  - No she didn't, she will be facing "Contempt of Congress" charges! eom ww  BlackHawk706867   Jul-12-07 10:53 AM   #4 
  - I thought that today's hearing  Drum   Jul-12-07 10:53 AM   #5 
  - I'll just say this and not post to these threads anymore today...  Kagemusha   Jul-12-07 10:53 AM   #6 
  - You could post to them without sarcasm and educate us if you know.  Bluebear   Jul-12-07 10:56 AM   #9 
  - I just responded to that. Sigh.  Kagemusha   Jul-12-07 11:00 AM   #12 
     - Who called you a know-nothing moron?  Bluebear   Jul-12-07 11:02 AM   #13 
  - so in essance what you are saying is that they held a vote to have a future vote???  Javaman   Jul-12-07 11:02 AM   #14 
     - ... Fine, one last post.  Kagemusha   Jul-12-07 11:08 AM   #16 
        - Thanks for the clarification, but why didn't they just use  Javaman   Jul-12-07 11:27 AM   #18 
           - Well, the House has a rule requiring at least 72 hours' notice.  Kagemusha   Jul-12-07 06:02 PM   #26 
  - What the hell are you talking about? They found her in contempt!  helderheid   Jul-12-07 10:54 AM   #7 
  - from what I'm reading it's a yes and no thing...  Javaman   Jul-12-07 11:29 AM   #19 
     - In a dictatorship, yes  Zensea   Jul-12-07 11:41 AM   #20 
     - Actually, when inherent contempt is invoked they can go an arrest her.  Javaman   Jul-12-07 11:55 AM   #22 
        - Post 12 and 8  Zensea   Jul-12-07 11:58 AM   #24 
     - I think they are following the rules - something the Republicans can't seem to do.  helderheid   Jul-12-07 11:54 AM   #21 
  - This is what Christy Smith has to say about it at Firedoglake  shraby   Jul-12-07 10:55 AM   #8 
  - Thank you - that deserves its own thread. Everything happened so fast and I had to step away from  helderheid   Jul-12-07 10:58 AM   #11 
  - I thought it was odd Cannon didn't demand a roll call vote  karlrschneider   Jul-12-07 11:04 AM   #15 
  - This is the rule from the 109th.. cant find the 110th  Moochy   Jul-12-07 11:59 AM   #25 
  - Um...in a word,no.  Forkboy   Jul-12-07 11:22 AM   #17 
  - Dear Committee,  SoCalDem   Jul-12-07 11:56 AM   #23 
  - The House could have her arrested if they file Inherent  Disturbed   Jul-12-07 06:11 PM   #28 
  - Wow. You must WANT to look dumb in posting an OP like that.  brentspeak   Jul-12-07 06:07 PM   #27 
  - The OP was correct. The plain Contempt Charge will  Disturbed   Jul-12-07 06:20 PM   #29 
  - gees ... and YOU must NOT want to look like a nice person.  halobeam   Jul-12-07 06:25 PM   #30 
  - Things don't happen as fast as we can *talk* - that's just the way it goes.  BlooInBloo   Jul-12-07 06:26 PM   #31 
 

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