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- Djerrid, on 10/11/2007, -0/+42"Executive privilege" is a _privilege_, not a right. Abuse it and it can be taken away. It's not in the constitution.
- mrgreenjeans, on 10/11/2007, -0/+27I'm reminded of "Lethal Weapon II" where the South African smugly says, "Diplomatic immunity," just before he's blown away.
- Drexus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+26Sounds like he's trying to plug a hole in his well thought-out plan. Anyone have a canon-ball for his sinking boat?
- TeamWookie, on 10/11/2007, -2/+19If Congress impeaches Bush than those approval ratings to go up.
- swrostmore, on 10/11/2007, -2/+15Congress has a low approval rating because they are deadlocked 49-49 and can't get any legislation passed. Also because they allow Bush to get away with ***** like this.
- Mlachant, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12I know, what could be smarter than supporting a President who is constantly screwing things up for America.
- swrostmore, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12From the titular report: "Recent appellate court rulings cast considerable doubt on the broad claims of privilege."
- Terr01, on 10/11/2007, -0/+70llll0, ready for the poll that shows you're full of it? Let's look at the most recent results made last month:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postpoll_060307.html
Bush approval: 35
Democrats in Congress: 44
Republicans in Congress: 36
Congress overall: 39
Sure, there's wiffle-waffle of a few percentage points between pollsters, but the Democrats in Congress are far and away more highly rated than either the President or their Republican counterparts. - DangerCollie, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6This is Bush trying to run the clock out, he knows this won't fly. Contempt of Congress will have to go through the courts, by the that time the primaries will be over and the election in full swing. He's betting that people will figure he's only got a few months left in office so they'll try to pretend making the DoJ and federal prosecutors a political tool is no big deal.
- FRANKeB, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8Come on folks. Can you really say that America hasn't yet become a fascist state?
- BillBrown, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5To compare Bush's claim of executive priv to Clinton is like comparing a drunk driver who just killed a busload of children with a jay walker. Ridulous and shows no real concern for the laws of the country and less so for the moral requirements of being able to send a soldier to his death.
- Gir9000, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Wow, to think that just because your the President you dont need to obey basic laws. This just gets better and better...Bushes time is running out, thats all I can say.
- ichbinladen, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Stop clicking on them, rain man.
- Terr01, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Bush is certainly a mental GIMP... oh, wait :P
- Terr01, on 10/11/2007, -2/+51.) "14%"? I think when you make up statistics you're lying.
http://www.pollingreport.com/CongJob.htm
2.) If it was truly a "DEMOCRAT CONGRESS", why did the most recent filibuster vote thing fail when 52 Senators (mostly Democrats) wanted to proceed? Oh, that's right, they've got such a slim majority that it doesn't mean much besides subpeona power. - BedlamX, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Deadlocked at 49-49 doesn't stop the Dems from putting forth non binding resolutions day after day that mean absolutely nothing and that's why they have a low approval rating
- ripitinhalf, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3WHEN ARE WE GOING TO ALL STAND UP AND PUT AN END TO THIS *****?!!!
- HunterTV, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I want to Limewire a new government, NEOCON 2.0 keeps giving me a BSOD.
- Malarie, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Guys, i would not be surprised if the USA are attacked by a false flag operation before Bush is out of office. He surely did not created this" The president will act as a dictator in the case of national emergency" thingy for nothing. After watching Alex Jones's terrorstorm, i would not be surprised at all.
- robotfuel, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Why isn't this URL on the front of the political page? http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/ My Horus it explains most everything. Now I have to go verify if it's true or not.
- civdis24, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2What scares me more is that Cheney will be in charge for a bit while Bush's ass gets probed (medically, of course).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6909160.stm - kreneskyp, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2because the previous president actually let executive privilege be tested in court. Bush is claiming further privilege to prevent any challenge to his first one. If they cant even get the case into court he cant lose and he therefore wins by default. He has essentially claimed himself, and anyone he chooses, to be above the law.
- ichbinladen, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3It's time for Congress to give Bush a knuckle sandwich.
- Kugo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2People talk a lot. Nothing gets done. The neocons are scrambling like mad now - they have to ***** up their country so bad another government can't get it back working again. Bush sucks as do all them people pulling his strings and they know the people think it - and so they'll concertedly ***** up everything as bad as they can before they're ousted. What YOU over there have to do is get them out AHEAD OF TIME.
Good luck! - smithpg1002, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2@BedlamX
I don't want to come off as an alarmist or a conspiracy theorist, but quite frankly President Bush has run out of his "executive privilege" privileges. At this point it is much less about the firing of attorneys and more about the fact that he believes he answers to no one. He and the administration can say what ever they want about who they answer to in Congress, but the fact is he answers to me, and 300+ million other Americans. He hires people who serve at his pleasure, but at the end of the day, he serves at our pleasure. The President serves the people of America, not the people serve the President.
At this point the American people want some answers as to how he has conducted his office. Executive Privilege was designed to protect vital security information from leaking, not a blanket privilege for everything from your lunch order to who you say "the constitution is just a piece of paper".
@BedlamX
I would suggest you go back and read the memoirs of some of the framers, this kind of abuse is exactly what they were afraid of. - alpha754293, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Time to impeach Bush and Cheney, else; remove funding from the U.S. Department of Justice if they fail to enforce the law by issuing the citations in contempt of court.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1You know he can Shred paper once he leaves office.....
- jwkane, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2He said he fired them because they were incompetent. Don't they deserve the truth? If you or I or anyone gets canned and the reason our boss gives is "incompetence" they sure as hell better have evidence. If the people being fired are all lawyers that goes double.
They serve at his whim. True. He has legal standing to fire them at any time for any reason. But the reason needs to be true. The American people deserve to know if their president is a liar. We found that Clinton was willing to lie about his own sex life. It wasn't easy, but Congress investigated and got the evidence.
It looks like Bush also lied but he is using the power of his office to obstruct justice and hide. He is a coward. His actions constitute an abuse of power and he should be impeached. - Roberib, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Prosecutors must enforce the laws of the United States
not the will of the president. - iamnot, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., said, "I suppose the next step would be just disbanding the Justice Department."
- obliviousfool, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1The attorneys were being put in place for the '08 election; election fraud or conspiracy to commit election fraud. Some were asked to prosecute bogus crimes and ignore other legitimate crimes; obstruction of justice. The attorneys that were hired to replace the ones that were fired were selected based on their ultra-loyalty to the Republican party; violation of the Hatch Act. The e-mails that we have show there was a lot of crossover work going on between official duties and political work; another violation of the Hatch Act. The e-mails that were destroyed; violation of the Presidential Records Act and obstruction of justice. Everybody that has refused to testify; obstruction of justice and contempt of congress. I'm sure you could tuck other conspiracy charges in there, and by now you could probably get some perjury charges in there too.
I hope this helps. No matter how you spin it, the DOJ has been entirely corrupted by the White House. I'm not sure why you'd want to see such an obvious abuse of power continue. The only reason that this is being investigated by congress in the first place is that the DOJ has mysteriously become anything *but* a force of justice! - loganarcher, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Bring back the guillotine...Viva La Revolution.
- PepeGSay, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1You do realize that no law has been broken, and no one in Congress is even trying to claim a law has been broken in regards to firing these Attorneys? The request for the documents is clearly political and is thus open for political maneuvering. This is not a legal issue, it is a political one.
- FrugFlapdoodle, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Count me as one. I am 53 years old and have worked and paid taxes continuously since high school. I also served in the military. Bush bites big time!
- cminardi, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Wrong topic bud ;)
The GIMP one is located on the front page too, - PepeGSay, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1That's because he's a politcal moron who likes to make inflammatory quotes that mouth breathing idiots like yourself can quote.
- FrugFlapdoodle, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Pot meet kettle.
- hmugabe, on 10/11/2007, -2/+20llll0 you must be a fellow millionaire to love this administration as much as I do. We can share a good chuckle over the poor and dumb as ***** hicks who think we're on their side and the whiny liberals who actually think they can take our power away. I'm sure I'll see you at the country club once we get off digg. Toodles.
- Burdell1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Why do the dems knuckle under like this? They are complicit if they don't take firm action.
- cminardi, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2The same exact story is reported on the front page right now like 5 links down. Brilliant duplicate.
- LordSlashstab, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2@ OIIIIO you're full of *****, all you do is go on issues that are anti bush administration and start sounding off "moonbats" and whatever else your ignorant mind can come up with. Get off digg, seriously, look at your record you haven't dugg anything! All you do is play the worst neocon ever. EAT ***** AND DIE!
- PepeGSay, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0You're claiming that this arguable claim that he doesn't have to answer to *this* issue is the last straw on what you see as him claiming he answers to no one about any issue? You realize how much of a corner that paints him into? You're just a partisan ***** who can't see reason.
- BedlamX, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2Only by the lefty diggers
- PepeGSay, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0The fact that you can make such a moronic statement just makes it clear how uninformed you are about how good you have it here. Go get a brain. You're still free to do that too.
- Neumahn, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2Mmmmmmmmm titular..... Mmmmmmm....
- Neumahn, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2Mmmmmmm Letha Weapons.... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..... Talk about WMDs.
- LordSlashstab, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0I'll cut your heart out w/ a linoleum knife!
- BedlamX, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2This has been from day 1 a fishing expedition by Dems to cause Bush as much trouble as possible. Bush broke no Laws by firing those political appointees who serve at the will of the President.
- Dobby156, on 10/11/2007, -3/+0however 'cute' gimp is, it odvious its not a power software capable of porfessional use, so i like the idea and indourse it, but you might just as well limewire your self a copy of PS or my favourite Fireworks
- Vicujozobenaxod, on 10/11/2007, -17/+0This is like the 50th article on this, thanks...get a life.
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