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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 03:55 PM Original message |
Leahy: Cheney Told GOP-Led Congress It Was ‘Not Allowed To Issue Subpoenas’ |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. So, do they still listen to the 4th branch of USG? |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Arlen Specter and his GOP colleagues were suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Or dyslexia that prevented them from reading the constitution? |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. To paraphrase Dick Cheney, |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Dear Ronnie, whose legacy is beggars and infomercials. |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 05:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. RONALD WAS THE MOLD FOR REPUBLICAN FAILURES |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. okay. great. so now what? |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. exactly my thought when I saw the story at iWon news... |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. They can't do anything until Congress returns from vacation. Then it's crunch time - |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 06:55 AM Response to Reply #41 |
52. Another excuse |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Agreed. The Dems have become the party of lame excuses. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. Looks like the Cheney assertion happened a few years ago. Specter LISTENED to |
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alllyingwhores (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. LEAHY: "So I would hope they’d do it." |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. We have a dictatorship now... |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 05:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. small problem |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. That's what this is leading to. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. what a bunch of dickheads. and they listened to the biggest dick of all. n/t |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. that's just about enough |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I agree, this goes against everything our country was founded on. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. that's right |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 09:09 AM Response to Reply #18 |
55. I have always wondered why and how our Congress can do the things it does. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. Maybe Deadeye Dick had his 12-gauge with him |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
59. Maybe it is called Blackmail? |
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Marnieworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. and they call congress 'obstructionists' |
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c2farr (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. What EXACTLY |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #16 |
58. Many are born into it... |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
17. But yet "impeachment is off the table" |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. And therefore it is time to take harry and nancy's seats |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. The feeble democrats will fold before the bumbling Bush/Cheney/Gonzales machine... |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 09:43 AM Response to Reply #29 |
57. hey where are the LEADERS among Dems running for Pres? Won't they step up? |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
19. Know how we like to call the dems weeners and all? |
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djjimz (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
48. Thank you, donkeyotay |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 01:03 AM Response to Reply #19 |
50. thank you |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
62. Oh, I am not opposed to ridiculing Dems when they are spineless. |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. Next, coming up after the break, |
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rgbecker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
21. September 15th.... |
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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. um, I'm a fairly patient person |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
24. (sigh) and the only comment is, "their failure to comply gives me little comfort." |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. WHy??????????????? |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 12:13 AM Response to Reply #24 |
49. Because of MIHOP -> Martial Law -> Game Over |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
26. The Republics would have bought that, but how do we explain |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
27. So do something about it |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
28. Leahy needs to hold a hearing with witnesses being Frist, Spector, |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
31. Letting Bush delay just made this all worse |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 08:20 AM Response to Reply #31 |
53. Maybe what the Democrats are afraid of |
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Sedona (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
32. Can you say "Obstruction of Justice"? |
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Sam Ervin jret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. subpoenas? spying? Isn't that legal now? I wonder if the congress knows? |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
35. Welcome to Press the Meat. I am your host Lapdog Potatohead Russet |
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minnesota_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
36. Arrest the Shrub! |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
37. Law and order |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
38. Repuke senators... |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
40. Amazing Specter thinks that covers him that Cheney said |
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appleannie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
42. Well then, I guess Cheney is not part of our government so we |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
43. Leahy threatens Bush aides with contempt |
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VP505 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Then what? |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Yep, that's my question, too. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
46. What is needed is an effigy of that scumbag Cheney burned at the Mall |
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BlueJac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
47. So, please tell me when to quit laughing.................More hot air... |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
51. Stop! Or I'll say stop again! |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
54. OK. Then inhenent contempt charges huh? |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
56. "...and then Cheney told us to throw away the Bill of Rights and then |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
61. Cheney is not above the law, this is obstruction of justice, plain and simple. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
63. That makes it official, we are living under a Dictatorship. |
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