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- catcher6250, on 07/30/2008, -19/+856"absolutely, 100% aye."
- XanderDee, on 07/30/2008, -8/+830What amazes me is there is 14 people who think that Karl Rove is above the law.
- SheilaNoya, on 07/30/2008, -8/+672I hope they are smart enough to just use this to keep Karl Rove tied up and not actually try to prosecute him until AFTER Bush leaves office. If they do otherwise, Bush will just pardon him and Rove will walk away untouched.
Rove and others need to pay for their many crimes. I'm perfectly willing to wait 6 months until Bush is gone to go after Rove and the rest of the Bush cabal. Let's make sure they are actually held accountable AFTER Bush loses his ability to issue pardons for these scumbags.
Keep Rove and others dancing and dangling, but save the real prosecutions for when they can actually stick.
Patience is a virtue. - inDglass, on 07/30/2008, -2/+289Congratulations. They followed the law.
If it were me who didn't respond to the subpeona, I would have been in jail a week ago. - Arcueid01, on 07/30/2008, -2/+207What is sad about this is that 14 morons actually voted nay. How is that possible? Any other American would have had contempt charges levied ages ago and on top of that the vote would have been unanimous. Have our representatives lost their ***** spines. Maybe, they just never had any to begin with. Who knows. This piece of trash needs to be brought to justice.
- XxDeathxxStarxX, on 07/30/2008, -8/+205Go get him, Bill Livingood. That mace isn't just ceremonial.
- ysaberi, on 07/30/2008, -14/+184The 14 Traitors to Democracy who believe Karl Rove and the President are above the law and voted nay:
Lamar S. Smith, Ranking Member, Texas
Jim Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin
Howard Coble, North Carolina
Elton Gallegly, California
Bob Goodlatte, Virginia
Steve Chabot, Ohio
Dan Lungren, California
Chris Cannon, Utah
Ric Keller, Florida
Darrell Issa, California
Mike Pence, Indiana
Randy Forbes, Virginia
Steve King, Iowa
Tom Feeney, Florida
Trent Franks, Arizona
Louie Gohmert, Texas
Jim Jordan, Ohio
If you ever watched a hearing on cspan you will see how fake the likes of Lamar Smith, Steve King and Trent Franks are. - inactive, on 07/30/2008, -0/+160Probably 14 people who wouldn't like the law to be applied to them.
- rebotfc, on 07/30/2008, -3/+156Name and Shame the 14 who voted no!
- imacommi, on 07/30/2008, -8/+158FINALLY!!!
- akchrs, on 07/30/2008, -2/+147I liked this in the comments section. HAHAHA!!
"This will be followed up with a vote to draft a sternly worded letter..." - Rudzz34, on 07/30/2008, -3/+135This is a "recommendation", Pelosi still needs to put it through to get a vote on it.
- MasterGrief, on 07/30/2008, -3/+114Yarr
- troydiggs, on 07/30/2008, -3/+108who were the 14 that voted nay?
- chrissku, on 07/30/2008, -4/+97I hope Rove goes to prison and someone taps that ass.
- renegadeafk, on 07/30/2008, -1/+87too bad she's ***** spineless.
- sockpuppets, on 07/30/2008, -8/+93Throw the 14 that voted no into jail with Rove while you're at it.
- dafragsta, on 07/30/2008, -2/+86Karl Rove is soft. He'll make friends in prison.
- TheCooler72, on 07/30/2008, -3/+87WTF would be the logic for a "nay" vote?
- inactive, on 07/30/2008, -6/+89117,234 signers on the petition....you can still sign the petition here if you haven't already...
http://sendkarlrovetojail.com/?utm_source=rgemail
we cant stop till Turdblossom is doing the duck-walk... - zmjone2992, on 07/30/2008, -9/+91Will someone please arrest this *****?
- gemlarin, on 07/30/2008, -1/+83As of 2:52Pm EST this news has failed to hit the front pages of ALL major news outlets including NYT, LAT, CNN, and FOX (Not surprisingly). I find that very suspicious and worrisome.
- bombula, on 07/30/2008, -8/+85There is a sea change happening in congress now. The writing is already on the wall - Obama will be president in under 6 months, and the current president and adminstration will go down in history alongside Nixon as a complete disaster. The momentum for reversal of all the crap this administration has pulled is building and will reach critical mass shortly - this story about Rove and the earlier one about Gonzalez and the politicization of the Justice Department is just the tip of the iceberg. With luck, the wave will crest with full-blown impeachment.
Dear George: hope you enjoyed the wild, tyrannical ride while it lasted, because now you're gonna get *****. - cougar618, on 07/30/2008, -9/+80Republicans.
- AtHomeBoy2000, on 07/30/2008, -4/+71but... but.... but... Bush said so!
- gn0stik, on 07/30/2008, -4/+67Wait... Congress DID something?
- Rotzooi, on 07/30/2008, -2/+60Hang 'em high!
- inactive, on 07/30/2008, -3/+61Actually, Nixon may have been a corrupt *****, but his administration was far from a complete disaster. Yes, the Watergate scandal was horrendous, but look at his accomplishments: US out of Vietnam, creation of the EPA, diplomatic ties with China, amongst a host of other things.
Corrupt? Yes. Disaster? No. - kemp34, on 07/30/2008, -3/+60Those 14 people are the scum of the earth.
- lokee73, on 07/30/2008, -7/+64This contempt charge is clearly politically motivated and not only does it weaken our nation, it emboldens evil doers everywhere…
Naw…I’m just ***** with you. I hope they lock him up and throw away the key so he has a long ass-rape filled life before being shanked to death and spending eternity in hell. - chanop, on 07/30/2008, -5/+61If you think Obama would vote for FISA, you'd be off your rock....oh wait..
- StrangeFamous, on 07/30/2008, -1/+52@texpundit:
Exactly. Nixon was corrupt, but he was COMPETENT. - floridiot2, on 07/30/2008, -2/+53You say it all sexy like.
- allowners, on 07/30/2008, -1/+50Your forgetting the administration penchant for pre-emption.
- jaschac, on 07/30/2008, -0/+45Indeed.
Anyone got the names of the 14?
(err...not promoting violence or anything, i just want them out of office) - bigpixl, on 07/30/2008, -4/+48… What?
Ah ***** it, I'm blocking you. - krnldmp, on 07/30/2008, -6/+50Felony *****.
- Bakedwafer, on 07/30/2008, -1/+44No, you would have been in jail long before that. Executive Privilege my ass.
- damonic, on 07/30/2008, -3/+46NOW can citizen's arrest him?
- facttech, on 07/30/2008, -1/+43This "wait until Bush leaves office to protect against pardons" idea has got to be put down. The reality is that Bush can quite legally and Constitutionally preemptively pardon anyone for any "offense against the United States" until his last minute in office. It is *not* necessary for charges to be filed, a trial to be held, or a conviction to be had; see the legal precedents, including Ford's preemptive pardon of Nixon for all things Watergate.
There is only one way to put a stop the pardon possibility, and that's the immediate impeachment of everyone who might issue one. - bassjam5, on 07/30/2008, -5/+47Water-board him! What goes around comes around! It's only fair.
- inactive, on 07/30/2008, -5/+45Too bad the DOJ wont enforce the charges.
- AbdullahAbuDawu, on 09/12/2008, -3/+41Wait wait wait... So what happens next? They subpoena him again requesting him to come to court to be held in contempt of court? I see a circle.
- inactive, on 07/30/2008, -3/+36In before a wingnut claims that "contempt of congress" isn't punishable:
Following a contempt citation, the presiding officer of the chamber is instructed to refer the matter to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia[5]; according to the law it is the "duty" of the U.S. Attorney to refer the matter to a grand jury for action.
The criminal offense of "contempt of Congress" sets the penalty at not less than one month nor more than twelve months in jail and a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000.[9]
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode02/us ... - onlynameicanget, on 07/30/2008, -1/+34That's a list of 17 people, not 14...
- Andrwmorph, on 07/30/2008, -3/+35No lube!
- bushfocker, on 07/30/2008, -1/+32hopefully olberman will cover it
- vegask, on 07/30/2008, -4/+35Lamar S. Smith, Ranking Member, Texas
Jim Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin
Howard Coble, North Carolina
Elton Gallegly, California
Bob Goodlatte, Virginia
Steve Chabot, Ohio
Dan Lungren, California
Chris Cannon, Utah
Ric Keller, Florida
Darrell Issa, California
Mike Pence, Indiana
Randy Forbes, Virginia
Steve King, Iowa
Tom Feeney, Florida
Trent Franks, Arizona
Louie Gohmert, Texas
Jim Jordan, Ohio - catcher6250, on 07/30/2008, -1/+31Milou said this down below:
I looked into the article and got the following comment (Warning, I copied this for our information, and those members are only SUSPECTS. Don't jump into conclusions):
"I can't find the roll call for the vote, but here are the likely suspects who put partisan politics in front of the rule of law:
Lamar S. Smith, Ranking Member, Texas
Jim Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin
Howard Coble, North Carolina
Elton Gallegly, California
Bob Goodlatte, Virginia
Steve Chabot, Ohio
Dan Lungren, California
Chris Cannon, Utah
Ric Keller, Florida
Darrell Issa, California
Mike Pence, Indiana
Randy Forbes, Virginia
Steve King, Iowa
Tom Feeney, Florida
Trent Franks, Arizona
Louie Gohmert, Texas
Jim Jordan, Ohio
Since the House Judiciary Committee is in charge of overseeing the administration of justice within the federal courts, administrative agencies and Federal law enforcement entities, it should transcend partisan politics, and these 'nay' votes themselves show contempt for the 'rule of law.' I hope somebody has the stones to ask these hacks to explain putting Partisanship above the Law on this clear-cut issue." - inactive, on 07/30/2008, -4/+34I looked into the article and got the following comment (Warning, I copied this for our information, and those members are only SUSPECTS. Don't jump into conclusions):
"I can't find the roll call for the vote, but here are the likely suspects who put partisan politics in front of the rule of law:
Lamar S. Smith, Ranking Member, Texas
Jim Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin
Howard Coble, North Carolina
Elton Gallegly, California
Bob Goodlatte, Virginia
Steve Chabot, Ohio
Dan Lungren, California
Chris Cannon, Utah
Ric Keller, Florida
Darrell Issa, California
Mike Pence, Indiana
Randy Forbes, Virginia
Steve King, Iowa
Tom Feeney, Florida
Trent Franks, Arizona
Louie Gohmert, Texas
Jim Jordan, Ohio
Since the House Judiciary Committee is in charge of overseeing the administration of justice within the federal courts, administrative agencies and Federal law enforcement entities, it should transcend partisan politics, and these 'nay' votes themselves show contempt for the 'rule of law.' I hope somebody has the stones to ask these hacks to explain putting Partisanship above the Law on this clear-cut issue." -
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