Comments on: White House Stonewalls Firings Probe

Bush Tells Former White House Counsel To Stay Away From House Hearing On Attorney Firings

[deborahcox05]

I agree that a full blown revolution would be the best thing - to take our country back from criminals who have no regard for what the people think - but we are lazy people and the average "Joe" would refuse to participate.

Our society has lost the "backbone" that our founders had.

[pepperp1]

They think bush is some kind of King.

The correct name is neo con Puppet King they were willing to feed him to the dogs for one of their own the felon Libby, ever heard Crystal that loser from the weekly standard what a intellectually deficient goof who speaks as if he were the Presidents most intimate adviser and maybe he is, also the stonewalling will stop their are no grounds for Privilege and we have testimony of a crime using political criteria in the hiring and selection of immigration Judgeships, no wonder we have so many illegal in the country more cronies holding the line for Bush and his corruption of justice for America. Congress really needs to expand the hearing on the anti American Interest of this neo con sect in the Repug party headed by Cheney and their undue influence on our government policies.

[adventurepa]

"I took an oath and I take that oath to the president very seriously."
No she did not take an oath to the President,
"She took an oath to uphold the Constitution"
The oath was to the American people, this nation, not to someone who thinks he is the United States of America's personal dictatorship..

This is how brain washed these neocrones are.
They think bush is some kind of King.
You discrase this once great nation and the congress must act now.

[forthepeopl1]

I HOPE EVERY AMERICAN AND ALL OUR ELECTED ARE GOING TO READ THIS, AND SEE THAT THIS ADMINASTRATION JUST KEEPS LAUGHING IN OUR FACES.WHILE THOUSANDS OF OUR TROOPS STILL DIE.
Last December, when Bush rebuffed a bipartisan exit strategy presented by the Iraq Study Group, he said he would leave the decision to withdraw from Iraq to his successor.

That question is "not going to face this government," Bush said, chuckling slightly at a news conference with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, "because we made up our mind. We've made that part clear. It'll face future governments. There will be future opportunities for people to say, 'Well, it's not worth it. Let's just retreat.' "

Since then, nearly 700 more American soldiers have died in a war that has now lasted more than four years, lost the lives of more than 3,600 U.S. troops, cost $10 billion a month -- and cost Republicans control of the House and Senate.

TIME FOR A AMERICAN REVOLUTION TO CHANGE OUR GOVERMENT AND PUT AMERICANS FIRST INSTEAD OF OTHER PLACES IN THE WORLD.

CONGRESS DOEN'T CARE ABOUT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN THAT IS JUST MAKEING IT BY.

IT IS TIME FOR ALL AMERICANS TO STAND UP AND PROTECT OUR CONSTITUTION AND OUR COUNTRY.

WE KNOW CONGRESS WONT...............THEY DONT CARE ABOUT OUR TROOPS BEING MURDERD BY THIS ADMINASTRATION

[realpatriot1]

didn'tinhale,

Keep beating the deadhorse argument because it died when Goodling testified.

The evidence of criminal vote tampering has laready surfaced, so no way is this going away.

We Democrats will wait as long as we have to for the stonewalling to run its course. We have the goods on this one.

[abbe7]

his illegal war in Iraq
Posted by freckster at 04:37 PM : Jul 11, 2007

It's not an illegal war, not a war (even Gonzo says so), it's an illegal occupation.

[abbe7]

"The last Administration trying to cover up things was the Clinton White House."

Nope, it is the current one.

[antoniof123]

I think the neo cons have a problem now they went for 6 years with not so much as a nod now they will feel what congress can do to them and as time moves forward many more of the 20 GOP Senators will start to shift to the other side. In turn this administration will not be able to breath. Too bad it didn't have to end this way.

[brianbwb-2009]

"I took an oath and I take that oath to the president very seriously."

The oath was to the American people, and at best to a president that was supposed to be honoring his oath to the American people to protect and preserve the constitution. In light of increasing evidence that the president was actively violating several constitutional clauses, you oath now belongs to the American people to divulge what you do know about the questions we are posing to you.

"Taylor said she was trying not to answer questions that might violate the president's claim of executive privilege."

Which is only a claim, not a fact.

"I did not attend any meetings with the president where that matter was discussed,"

Your statement implies that there were such meetings, which you did not attend, so who did attend these meetings?

Let me question them, I would get to the bottom of this directly. Come on, congress, grow a pair...

[ubrew12]

"There's no way you can come out a winner," said Specter, R-Pa. "You might have been on safer legal ground if you'd said absolutely nothing."

Former White House political director Sara Taylor is caught between a Presidential Rock and a Congressional Hard Place. It's always the little guy taking the fall for the big boys.

[johnshaft4]

Start Bush/Cheney inpeachment proceedings now. These clowns were born to lose. Wether Dem, Repub, lib or conserve, NONE of us should have to tolerate this bizarre, crooked, insane, destructive ideolgy any longer. The time to rid ourelves of the dead enders who are occupying the Whitehouse is now.

[harp1963]

I love when Harriet Miers is in the news. It should remind all of America that our dictator, I mean President, was going to appoint this woman, who has never served one single solitairy day as any kind of judge, not even a traffic court judge, to the highest bench in all of America, The Supreme Court. Does this raise any kind of "red flag" to any of you out there about the competancy of our dictator, I mean President.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/09/60minutes/main592330.shtml

[taylpatr]

iceman-1960 is right on about the constution- unfortunately we're dealing with a group of people- Bush,Cheney,and Rove- that I will now dub "The Gang of Three". These people are profiteers, scalywags and carpetbaggers. Anyone that can't see through it by now is either mentally challenged or in bed with them. The two party system has not only run its course and become obsolete and socially backward, it is driving our nation to our OWN civil war. You can only push a man so far before he strikes back, out of no other reason than self preservation. What are people to do when their means of making a living is sent over seas by a company that still enjoys the fruit of Generalissimo Bush's generous tax breaks? We have the largest incarceration rate in the world, and we are the land of the free? We have become a police state and because of the people that supported little hitler, many once proud Americans are going off quietly into the night. Check out the skid row in any major city. If you have the stomache, volunteer at a homeless shelter for a few days and notice all the families that have been displaced. We have people working two jobs and still being put out on the street. And 1% controls 40% of our money. Remind you of anything? How about France in the late 19th century. Those people had had enough arrogance from their leaders and removed them from power pronto! Ah, the good old days..............

[unclereggie2]

Because the President has asserted executive privilege, I cannot answer Senator. All I know is what I have read in the press, Senator. Although I am able to answer this question, Senator, I have no recollection of having any knowledge of being aware of anything that I might possibly have been a party or witness to, Senator. Sorry Senator.

Impeach!

[homespunlady]

Unless there IS some diversion for the Bush controllers, we'll see some "interesting times" ahead.
Eventually, George is going to be a sacrificial goat on the alter of Corporatism (formerly known as Fascism). He's volunteered for that role in my opinion - martyr complex probably.
If it goes according to plan the upcoming Iraq report will be pathetic and transparently inadequate. There are 2 possibilities after that probably an "incident" in October will encourage attacking Iran and pull in other countries until it becomes the equivalent of a World War; or the current belligerence in the White House will escalate and there will be a stateside "incident" to divert from growing unrest over the increasingly obvious corruption. Either way PD 51 may be invoked and George may TRY to postpone the upcoming election - it won't work but by focusing on the scapegoat the US people aren't looking at what is BEHIND all these maneuvers.
The sad part is that this country is teetering on the brink of a financial apocalypse. The TOP corporate people have ALREADY found their "vacation homes" in distant countries and are rapidly lobbying to keep the rest of us rabble from getting passports and overcrowding their future empires. Ironic isn't it - easing the ENTRY into this country and tightening the noose so LEAVING enmasse can't happen.

[peter776-2009]

The U.S. Constitution grants no "executive privilege" to the executive branch of government. Instead, the legal doctrine of "executive privilege" Bush now relies upon is based on relatively recent judge-made law. Like all privileges rooted in the attorney-client relationship, executive privilege is rather narrow in scope, and is easy to lose or waive. Bush simply will not prevail against Congress with his argument of "executive privilege." Good on Congress for calling Mr. Stupid's bluff. The coming months will be very interesting as more and more revelations of misbehavior and illegal acts come to light or are ripped from Bush's feeble grasp. If ever there was a lame duck, Bush is it. The sooner Mr. Lamebrain is out of office, the better off our nation will be.

[walt1944-2009]

Emperor Bush has stated that he has ordered his once private legal counsel and at one time candidate for chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Harriet Meirs, not to even show up to testify before Congress, even if she develops as bad a case of amnesia as Alberto Gonzalez and Sara Taylor had developed. Apparently, the emperor fears that the evil Congressmen may attempt to coerce testimony from Meirs by promising her a new "Barbie and Ken" set, both dressed in judicial robes.

The Emperor will, however, provide a replacement for Meirs by sending a proxy, Donald Rumsfeld! Rummy has been busy reviewing prior speeches he gave when he served as Secretary of "The Fence", in particular his "infamous" speech concerning "Knows that are Known and Unknowns that are Not Known"! Rummy hopes that his philosphical arguments will convince Congress that confusion and amnesia are a normal state of affairs in the Executive Branch under George Bush and that all current and former members of the Bush court are as "looney tunes" as their fearless leaders!

SIG HEIL, BUSH!!!

[lorinkundert]

Google News Headline "Justice Dept. to White House officials: Ignore Congress"

One more giant step towards a dictatorship, the only thing left is for the Supreme Court to remain silent.

Reflecting back on this regime, how many of you believe that Bush has any intention of stepping down in 2009?

[eyedrive1]

GW and Co. have done it again, shooting itself in the foot. Simply by refusing access to Miers they have created the impression of wrongdoing. Of course they ARE guilty of wrongdoing regarding the firing of the federal prosecutors for political gain which is bad enough (I'm sure they're not the first administration to do so) they have taken what little credibility they had left, which wasn't much, and turned it into a huge liability. These guys, particularly Cheney and Rove (Bush isn't smart enough) give the impression of being gangsters rather than the Executive Branch of the US government, and the rest of the GOP is and should be running scared about 2008. They couldn't just have been more transparent and let these two ex-white house officials testify and let the chips fall where they may? Would have given the GOP a leg up on credibility in the elections. At least it's too late now, we'll finally get rid of the old crooks and try some new crooks out. Most importantly though, the American people are getting a good hard look at the "moral" party. Hope that gives them some pause at the ballot box. I will now and forever register and vote independently not trusting either big party,and I hope you do too. We deserve better than what we have.

[iceman_1960]

Here is where "the President" is first discussed in the Constitution:

Article I, Section 3:

"The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present."

Rumors of the President's equality with Congress have been greatly exaggerated.

It is eye-opening to actually read the Constitution and realize what a comparatively small figure that document makes of him.

Source:

http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html