Turley On Olbermann: "The President Committed A CRIME"

[Dinger]

Well, well, well. That was quite a statement. Sorry, no transcript yet.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. Just one more in a long series... nothing new here, nothing to see,

move along, these aren't the droids you are looking for, they may leave.....

[gordontron]

7. careful with those star wars quotes

geek squad on the look out :)

Stormtrooper: Let me see your identification.
Obi-Wan: You don't need to see his identification.
Stormtrooper: We don't need to see his identification.
Obi-Wan: These aren't the droids you're looking for.
Stormtrooper: These aren't the droids we're looking for.
Obi-Wan: He can go about his business.
Stormtrooper: You can go about your business.
Obi-Wan: Move along.
Stormtrooper: Move along... move along.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/quotes

[HysteryDiagnosis]

12. Geekiness becomes you... welcome to DU.... I think. :) nt.

[mom cat]

2. Can't wait to see it.

[fooj]

3. I saw Turley on a news show last week and he said this...

"doesn't just violate Federal Law- it violates the US Constitution. It's a felony and grounds for impeachment."

Hell. I jumped up, grabbed a paper and pen and wrote it down.

Peace.

[chat_noir]

4. Turley on record

"Looking at this controversy objectively, you inevitably end up with a question of impeachment," says Jonathan Turley, a professor at the George Washington University School of Law.

"The fact is, the federal law is perfectly clear," Turley says. "At the heart of this operation was a federal crime. The president has already conceded that he personally ordered that crime and renewed that order at least 30 times. This would clearly satisfy the standard of high crimes and misdemeanors for the purpose of an impeachment."

"The ultimate test of principle"

Turley is no Democratic partisan; he testified to Congress in favor of Bill Clinton's impeachment. "Many of my Republican friends joined in that hearing and insisted that this was a matter of defending the rule of law, and had nothing to do with political antagonism," he says. "I'm surprised that many of those same voices are silent. The crime in this case was a knowing and premeditated act. This operation violated not just the federal statute but the United States Constitution. For Republicans to suggest that this is not a legitimate question of federal crimes makes a mockery of their position during the Clinton period. For Republicans, this is the ultimate test of principle."

Of course, that may be exactly the problem. While noted experts -- including a few Republicans -- are saying Bush should be impeached, few think he will be. It's not clear that the political will exists to hold the president to account. "We have finally reached the constitutional Rubicon," Turley says. "If Congress cannot stand firm against the open violation of federal law by the president, then we have truly become an autocracy."

http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=496500

[amitten]

11. Thank you Mr. Turley. Spoken like someone who truly cares

about America. The real America.

[YvonneCa]

5. I saw it...

...he said it clearly...and, I think, more than once. I'm so glad we have leaders who are speaking out. Thank you, Professor Turley!:patriot:

[Blue_In_AK]

6. Not only did he say the President committed a crime...

...but he also said that he forced other people to commit crimes, against their better judgment.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

13. That's been going on since the election theft. nt.

[BenDavid]

8. Turley quoted,

"Many of my Republican friends joined in that hearing and insisted that this was a matter of
defending the rule of law, and had nothing to do with political antagonism. I'm surprised that
many of those same voices are silent. The crime in this case was a knowing and premeditated act.
This operation violated not just the federal statute but the Constitution. For Republicans to
suggest that this is not a legitimate question of federal crimes makes a mockery of their position
during the Clinton period. For Republicans, this is the ultimate test of principle. We have finally
reached the constitutional Rubicon. If Congress cannot stand firm against the open violation of
federal law by the president, then we have truly become an autocracy."
-- Jonathan Turley, Clinton-hating bastard telling the truth this time,

[liveoaktx]

9. VIDEO- from Countdown

On CanOFun

[gulfcoastliberal]

10. K&R

That's great! Too bad the DLC and their allies are so supportive of Bush, even when he admits breaking the law and violating the Constitution.

[Tesla]

14. How freaky gulfcoastliberal

Those pictures are scaring me!!

[greiner3]

15. Is anyone keeping track?

Of who's on our side in this? Media, politicans, law professors, influential people, etc...? Just thought I'd bring it up.

[No Exit]

16. I'm glad he said it. But he does have a dog in this fight.

I believe they also said Turley represents a defendant in a "terrorism" case. I remember some Arab-sounding name.

Still, I'm glad he said it on TELEVISION.