Reply #70: My thinking exactly, samplebytes

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This administration has never been subjected to any real oversight, whatsoever. And never will, unless we can win at least the Senate back next year.

Remember when the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence conducted hearings on the leadup to the invasion of Iraq? Chairman Pat Roberts (R) decided to specifically exclude the Executive brance from any scrutiny, saying this would be addressed separately after the 2004 election. Vice Chairman Jay Rockefeller's (D) objections were ignored because Republicans are using their control of the Senate to cover for Dubya, no matter what he does.

OK, time has passed. And what about those White House hearings that were promised? Senator Roberts has since decided that they would be a waste of time, and they're not needed after all.