***Official Senate Judiciary Comm Thread TWO - Kyle Sampson****

[Eurobabe]

Live on C-SPAN 3
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Thread ONE here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=530752&mesg_id=531071

[Solly Mack]

1. Thank you!!

[annabanana]

2. There is his basic excuse... Political employees must do the political will

of their boss

[Norquist Nemesis]

6. Yup! That's it in a nutshell! If the President is not pleased,

they have to eat cake.

[Solly Mack]

9. Those folks don't seem to think "justice" is best served

without "politics"

[Lautremont]

40. Memories of Nuremberg. (nt)

[npincus]

3. blaming US attorneys' poor performance- nice try

[Norquist Nemesis]

11. They apparently didn't play well with others

from the Party.

[Blackhatjack]

4. He will parse the meaning of the word "political' as his trump card...

[annabanana]

5. I guess the political employees owe their first alleigence to their boss.. not the law

[Eurobabe]

7. Sampson: aggregated info for others, finalized list began last Fall

8 were selected for replacement.

[Horse with no Name]

8. Came in at the last of the other thread

He is falling on his own sword rather to fall on theirs.
He isn't giving up anything.

[annabanana]

10. Uh oh.. There's "political" and then there's "Political"

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

12. My guess is, that these people don't know how to separate political and serving

We The People. These Political Hacks are amoral.

[Norquist Nemesis]

21. When it all filters through Rove (which it does), there is no

separation between Policy and Politics.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

26. And if these characters took lie detector tests they'd pass because they

honestly believe what they do is ok.

[Norquist Nemesis]

37. Exactly. n/t

[pberq]

13. "U.S. Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the President"

[ProfessorGAC]

81. That's A Pathetic Statement

That bugs me. The president is not an emperor. The attorneys serve at the pleasure of the prez, with the oversight of the over two branches. It doesn't say "pleasure of the president" anywhere in the constitution. That means the appointments must pass the same muster as every other branch to branch relationship.
The Professor

[Princess Turandot]

14. He looks and sounds like Radar from MASH..LOL..nt

q

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

18. A little. I also think he looks as if he could be Rove's younger brother. nt

[femrap]

41. A turdlet, perhaps? nt

[me b zola]

44. lol, I think he looks like KKKarl's love child

:scared:

[antonialee839]

33. I thought that myself.

:rofl: But Radar was cute and carried a Teddy-bear. This creep is plain evil.

[Eurobabe]

70. eww, yeah!

Radar. What a nerd.

[soothsayer]

101. kkkarl rove and george costanza love child

[annabanana]

15. Not improper. . "mishandled"

[Eurobabe]

16. Sampson: each att. was selected for legit. reasons, re: performance

what bullshit!

After Senate started investigating, that's when DOJ dropped the ball. Sampson apologizes for mistakes.

[Solly Mack]

17. Please recommend ...pretty, pretty please

Cherry on top and everything

[WiseButAngrySara]

24. Done. ....n/t

[napi21]

Those 2 guys behing Kyle look like Twins! Or is it my imagination? n/t

[quiet.american]

19. Firings were in "good faith" ?! n/t

[Blackhatjack]

20. Sampson is going to wish he had invoked his 5th Amendment Privilege....

He is making statements that likely will be proven to be lies.

He will become another Libby....

[annabanana]

22. I can't wait to hear him try to answer questions... He is SO not ready.

[Solly Mack]

25. I know. That's what I'm waiting for

[Eurobabe]

23. Sampson: made mistakes in good faith, never sought to conceal or withhold facts

[Solly Mack]

39. You know, Shrub supposedly "surrounded himself with smart people"

they sure do make a lot of "mistakes"

Course, I call those "mistakes" crimes...but that's just me

[Ghost in the Machine]

79. and they have faulty memories... and lack critical thinking skills

"who could have foreseen"?

" I'm sorry, I have no recollection of that"...

:puke:

Can't we fire these people for being incompetent ?

[Solly Mack]

82. Any other such group of people would have been fired already

Amazing what you can get away with in government

[in_cog_ni_to]

27. This roast is gonna be fun.

:7

[annabanana]

28. "If we had only EXPLAINED" it better. . (you know, Like Iraq)

[bobthedrummer]

29. trying to wiggle away from criminal acts-he's like a George Tenant

or Colin Powell now imo

[Stanchetalarooni]

30. "felt honor-bound to resign"

This guy was a part of plan-B if worse came to worse.

[Eurobabe]

31. Sampson: sob story, why he moved to Washington DC, I believe in Public Service

[orleans]

32. "were properly made but poorly explained" (reason to remove the attorneys) n/t

[Horse with no Name]

Hey Sampson I don't give a FUCK about moving your wife and kids

here.
This hearing isn't a poor little me tirade.

[annabanana]

34. (He sounds like he's thowing himself on the mercy of the court)

[WiseButAngrySara]

35. Oh Gag, "My Wife and Childeren" A Nixon moment? Will

he mention the dog?

[displacedtexan]

And his wife has a nice cloth coat!

What a schmuck!

[in_cog_ni_to]

36. Leahy has to go vote. he'll be back.

[rusty charly]

51. that protester has to go, too, apparently...

[Eurobabe]

38. Leahy: turning gavel to Sen. Kohl

[Blackhatjack]

42. Sounds like it was written by Karl Rove.....

... he is a wrongfully persecuted public servant.

[Eurobabe]

45. Or Lurita Doan

[WiseButAngrySara]

47. Oh yes, and he and his family have suffered so much "serving

at the pleasure of the pResident."

[Norquist Nemesis]

50. Funny, that he believes in "the political process"

Sorry, that just struck me as hilarious!

[femrap]

Yep, the right wingers always play the

'persecution card.' They learned that from their Bible Thumper buddies.

They're persecuted just like Jesus was....and you'll never convince them otherwise.

[Eurobabe]

43. holding the proceedings until Leahy returns

[Eurobabe]

46. War Protestor in the House!

[NMDemDist2]

fire all the liars! bring the troops home now!

priceless

[caledesi]

48. Anyone seeing similarities in witnesses....they have been briefed for

their testimony! Look at Doan...hell, were there republic talking points over and over?

They should be asked whether they were briefed before testimony! I hope the Senate is on to them.

Let's see if he is as hostile as Doan.

edit: forgot stuff

[sampsonblk]

49. Very poor political theater

Are the GOPers back in charge? Who planned this vote during this hearing? Couldn't it have been delayed for a day?

[Beelzebud]

52. Well, someone just made an ass out of themselves.

Is that effective protesting?

[Bonobo]

57. Maybe they have a dead kid and lack your "elegant" sense of how to protest?

[Beelzebud]

80. Maybe so. I doubt it though.

[Laughing Mirror]

65. "Fire all the liars we want the truth now"

"America stand up."

Yes that is effective protesting. People have to hear the truth whether you like it or not.

[Norquist Nemesis]

Yeah, they're looking like loons

and honestly, I wish they'd cut that crap and be more selective in their appearances. It's almost like they make it a game and dare each other rather than have a smart strategy about it.

[quiet.american]

I've stood up for them before, but now have to agree with you. n/t

[Breeze54]

69. Yes, protesting against war is sooooo embarrassing.

:sarcasm:

:eyes:

[Beelzebud]

73. Do you honestly think that will have an effect on anything?

[Breeze54]

75. Got your attention

[Beelzebud]

77. No, the hearing got our attention.

[Norquist Nemesis]

92. Oh, definitely!

It's going to be Exhibit #1 for the Cons to hold up that all Democrats are loony, far left fringe from the "mainstream" of America.

I'm not afraid of being tagged a Liberal, a Democrat, or on the Left. But, I'm tired of having to fight strawmen arguments that get thrown out from antics like these.

[donco6]

I couldn't understand what she was saying. n/t

[Stanchetalarooni]

53. This weenie acts like he is clueless to the fact that he works for vipers.

He is clueless to the fact that he works for war criminals.

[bobthedrummer]

54. Sen. Kohl made a good decision to hold until Leahy returns-too bad

Russ Feingold isn't vice-chair of this Committee

[in_cog_ni_to]

55. His family has been devastated.

:nopity: I'm sure they've been as devastated as the Iraqis killed in their illegal war.:eyes:

[mikelgb]

56. alright what are these votes about on Senate floor

getting pissed off here

hell I'll chair the hearing while you Senators do whatever

[MaineDem]

64. It's the vote for passage on the iraq funding bill

I'd rather they leave the hearing and go vote than not.

[Bukowski Fan]

It's the Iraq War spending bill

[Blackhatjack]

58. Sampson just left his chair, wonder who is giving him advice right now?

[Eurobabe]

76. Email from KKKarl from gwb43.com- "you made them cry, good job!"

[debbierlus]

59. Gross - it is sick to watch this little worm LIE - devastating to his family

No one cares about YOU! This isn't about you!

You deserve NO sympathy. You want to form alliances with the Bush regime, and then you whine because you are called on your slimey part. Disgusting!

[Horse with no Name]

60. Didn't he just say he moved his wife and kids to DC 8 years ago?

Bush has only been in power for 6 years.
Wonder what he was doing the other two years?

[laylah]

63. He stated earlier

he had served when Hatch was the chair of this committee.

[rusty charly]

67. AEI?

[helderheid]

68. Working for Hatch

[bobthedrummer]

95. Sampson's old law school friend-Elizabeth CHENEY got him hooked up

with the BFEE

Kyle Sampson profile from TalkLeft.com
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2007/3/18/111740/107

[Spazito]

61. I sure hope he is asked about e-mail accounts outside of the

WH like gwb43, what he knows about it, etc. He really strikes me as an arrogant clone of Rove, anything we do is legal because we say it is legal attitude.

[Jack Rabbit]

102. E-mail accounts serve at the pleasure of the president

(Just anticipating his answer.)

[Sydnie]

62. I have to leave for work ... I was hoping to get through the first

set of questions by now at least! Damn! I'm going to miss the fireworks!

[helderheid]

71. You're with us in spirit!

:hi:

[Solly Mack]

72. And we are going to miss your input!!!

:(

Have a good day at work!!!

[quiet.american]

66. I cannot believe he's trying to frame himself as an altruistic public servant.

A willing cog in the Republican machine that is George Bush's GOP is more like it. Now that he's danced and has to pay the piper, suddenly, it was all about humble public service.

[Solly Mack]

74. I can believe it

He's a Bushie

[rusty charly]

78. unfortunately for him, kyle will have to

leave the dance with the girl he came with...

[Robbien]

93. To them the public is the GOP

To them non-GOPers don't count

[LSK]

83. I just turned it on, why are they on break?

[Beelzebud]

85. I think for a senate vote.

[mikelgb]

86. they are lagging ass this AM

they have only gotten as far as an opening stement for Leahy and Shumer and and oath and opening remarks for Sampson

[Eurobabe]

88. Leahy had to go vote on Senate floor

[LSK]

98. you would think Reid would not have a vote during this

:shrug:

[napi21]

112. Leahy said they worked it out with Reid that all the votes would be

as early as possible, and once done, there would be no more interuptions the rest of the day.

[Cameron27]

84. K&R

:) :) :) :)

[Oilwellian]

87. Thank God, I just got my power back

Hello everyone! I was ready to fire up my computer this morning and the damn power went out. I'm so glad to see I didn't miss anything. Let's roll! :D

[Solly Mack]

91. Everything OK? Storms?

[Oilwellian]

100. Everything's fine

Thanks for asking...it was one of those quirky power outages I guess. :hi:

[Solly Mack]

106. Good!!

Saw on the news that there were a lot of storms across the states

[Eurobabe]

89. Leahy BACK!! Here we go...

[mikelgb]

90. and we are back

[Eurobabe]

94. Leahy: apologizing for breaks, role call votes in Senate

[annabanana]

96. Leahey back, Yielding to Spectre for opening statement

[Eurobabe]

97. Leahy: Yielding to Specter, Sessions interrupting like a little puppy

[WinkyDink]

99. CRAP! I had the TV on, thinking there was nothing on C-SPAN 3~ CRAPPPPP!!

[Beelzebud]

104. You really haven't missed anything. It's just now getting started.

[WinkyDink]

109. I missed Sampson's statement, though. I only turned it off because of Leahy's "break".

[annabanana]

103. Spectr hopes there will be veracity

[annabanana]

105. Bringing up New Mexico

[Norquist Nemesis]

110. And Lam for being 'hot on the trail' of Cunningham associates

[VP505]

114. Senator "SMOKESCREEN"

will prob bring up a lot of useless info, then he will decide there is nothing to see here move along.

[annabanana]

107. Judciary is "disfunctional"

[Eurobabe]

108. THREAD THREE UP

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x531328

[spanone]

111. yo mr. sampson it was just 'poor wording' yea sure kyle sure, we hear you

dumbfuck

[annabanana]

113. Sampson no longer looks like a grouper.. Now he looks like a toad.. blinking

[The empressof all]

115. locking

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