Why don't democrats ever call for investigations when out of power?

[LeftyAndProud60]

Just curious. It seems Bush got to do whatever he wanted for 8yrs.

[Xipe Totec]

1. Just because the media didn't cover it, doesn't mean it didn't happen

[tularetom]

2. Hell they don't even call for investigations when they're IN power

[w4rma]

3. Why don't Democrats in Congress call for investigations while IN power? (nt)

[dflprincess]

8. +10000

[depakid]

4. They do- half the time Republicans and others just laugh at their subpoenas

or feed them lines of bull (usually just short of perjury).

[salguine]

5. because investigations would reveal just how up to their eyeballs they're in it as well.

[mikita]

6. ding ding !! we have the winner n/t

[Davis_X_Machina]

7. When they do....

....they have to have the hearings in the basement, because the majority won't give them a committee room

John Conyers' 2005 hearings on the Downing Street memos.