"Dan Burton's having a hissy fit"

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msmihai (174 posts) Jan-21-02, 02:10 PM (ET) "Dan Burton's having a hissy fit" And so is Robert Novak: More than FBI abuse or executive privilege is at stake. The White House's cavalier attitude toward Burton's subpoenas presaged inept handling of the Enron scandal. Its insistence on secrecy about Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force stems from the same root as its attempt to permit a Republican national chairman to double as a registered lobbyist. That root is arrogance of power. Nobody is more distressed by this arrogance than Burton, a true-blue conservative Republican from Indiana who wanted no fight with his administration. Nevertheless, he insists his investigation ''really needs to be done'' and cannot be blocked by government lawyers. source: http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak21.html   Alert Edit | Reply | Top

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Subject     Author     Message Date     ID    Go Dan Go! RobertSeattle Jan-21-02 1    He was the hatchetman MrBenchley 01/21/2002 8        too true AP 01/21/2002 18  Is that a pig flying? Hegemony Cricket Jan-21-02 2    coming home to roost Hamlette 01/21/2002 4    Two pigs flying. rmpalmer 01/21/2002 10  Burton's just buttering his bread lumpy Jan-21-02 3  I'll be damned spotbird Jan-21-02 5    Dan Burton is a snake in the grass..... JitterbugPerfume 01/21/2002 6        You got it right Jitterbug lumpy 01/21/2002 11  Who's holding him back?????? kentuck Jan-21-02 7    Perceptive, kentuck w4rma 01/21/2002 9    Kentuct 0007 01/21/2002 13  The right wing revolution is complete teknomanzer Jan-21-02 12    well they can't finish xchrom 01/21/2002 14  Clinton spoiled Burton grinz2much Jan-21-02 15    To me, Novak seems his nasty, snippy self. revcarol 01/21/2002 16    And who was it joanski0 01/21/2002 17

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RobertSeattle (140 posts) Jan-21-02, 02:16 PM (ET) 1. "Go Dan Go!" Dan may have been a jerk regarding the various Clinton investigations, but at least he's being consistent. I just hope he finds a way to blow up another watermelon while investigating the Enron scandal.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

MrBenchley (201 posts) Jan-21-02, 03:24 PM (ET) Reply to post #1 8. "He was the hatchetman" and then he didn't get invited to the feast. Bet Dan thought he'd be attorney general at the least after his yeoman job of character assassination....   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

AP (503 posts) Jan-21-02, 04:50 PM (ET) Reply to post #8 18. "too true" Lots of Republicans (especially those held accountable by small businessman down on Main St, America) must be noticing that Bush is making the pie very small, and he's giving it all to his cronies (like the Enron insiders). If Enron goes anywhere, it'll be because these people push it too.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

Hegemony Cricket (247 posts) Jan-21-02, 02:16 PM (ET) 2. "Is that a pig flying?" "George W. Bush and John Ashcroft have given an excellent imitation of Bill Clinton and Janet Reno by withholding information from Congress. Indeed, they have surpassed their Democratic predecessors in defying the legislative branch." Novak wrote that?!? Holy criminy!!!   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

Hamlette (1215 posts) Jan-21-02, 02:18 PM (ET) Reply to post #2 4. "coming home to roost" George Will called Bush "Clintonian" last week. And John Dean (of watergate fame) said Bush's secrecy will be his downfall. Pretty soon they will be saying they held Clinton to a higher standard and all the wheels come off. "If Laura Bush truly wants her gown to reflect the tone of this inaugural she ought to shoplift it." -- San Francisco Chronicle 1/4/01   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

rmpalmer (479 posts) Jan-21-02, 03:41 PM (ET) Reply to post #2 10. "Two pigs flying." How about this line as well? "More than FBI abuse or executive privilege is at stake. The White House's cavalier attitude toward Burton's subpoenas presaged inept handling of the Enron scandal. Its insistence on secrecy about Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force stems from the same root as its attempt to permit a Republican national chairman to double as a registered lobbyist. That root is arrogance of power." Even Novak is catching on that the pretzeldent is acting like a dictator with Asscroft as his Reich Marshal   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

lumpy (245 posts) Jan-21-02, 02:18 PM (ET) 3. "Burton's just buttering his bread" Is he up for reelection ?   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

spotbird (8 posts) Jan-21-02, 02:53 PM (ET) 5. "I'll be damned" It is just incredible that even one of those in government can see past his rabid dog Republicanism to the truth. To me there is no reason to fight the release unless there is something to hide. Perhaps more and more of them will come to the same conculsion and pressure him more, not just the pundits but the elected.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

JitterbugPerfume (1835 posts) Jan-21-02, 03:07 PM (ET) Reply to post #5 6. "Dan Burton is a snake in the grass....." He just got into someone elses grass thats all Don't trust him to do te "right thing"   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

lumpy (245 posts) Jan-21-02, 03:43 PM (ET) Reply to post #6 11. "You got it right Jitterbug" His record literally stinks.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

kentuck (4253 posts) Jan-21-02, 03:23 PM (ET) 7. "Who's holding him back??????" He's the chairman of the committee that Henry Waxman sits on and Waxman is doing very good....Where's Dan Burton? Why isn't he helping out? Hunter S. Thompson: "I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

w4rma (1979 posts) Jan-21-02, 03:28 PM (ET) Reply to post #7 9. "Perceptive, kentuck" Who, indeed? -Rick http://www.rickswarehouse.com/   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

0007 (1170 posts) Jan-21-02, 03:59 PM (ET) Reply to post #7 13. "Kentuct" I just love this kind of talk because it shows that the crap will start to fly soon. "Burton has come under attack from some conservatives because of praise from Democratic Representatives Henry Waxman and Barney Frank for opposing the pretensions of executive privilege even when a Republican president is responsible. Those critics want Republicans to accept and actually imitate the arrogance that habitually comes with executive power. http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak21.html I praise Burton too. wink! And Novak wink!   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

teknomanzer (122 posts) Jan-21-02, 03:51 PM (ET) 12. "The right wing revolution is complete " and now they begin to devour thier own.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

xchrom (277 posts) Jan-21-02, 04:05 PM (ET) Reply to post #12 14. "well they can't finish" eating each other fast enough for me.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

grinz2much (109 posts) Jan-21-02, 04:15 PM (ET) 15. "Clinton spoiled Burton" In spite of claims to the contrary - Clinton was very cooperative about giving Burton every document he asked for. So not he expects the same from Bush - who's confused as to why a Republican would even ask for such a thing from another Republican.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

revcarol (2092 posts) Jan-21-02, 04:37 PM (ET) Reply to post #15 16. "To me, Novak seems his nasty, snippy self." Read that article carefully. What's really pissing him off is not getting access to the Boston FBI files. He wants them to blame Clinton. The other stuff is just so much dust in the eye... except for I HOPE, I HOPE, I HOPE the last paragraph. But even there he is only saying "everybody does it."He's a sleaze of the first rank. Don't get your hopes up.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

joanski0 (1843 posts) Jan-21-02, 04:43 PM (ET) Reply to post #15 17. "And who was it" Who was it who released all the details of Monica's cigar party?   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

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