It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...IMPEACHMENT !!
#1It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...IMPEACHMENT !!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 9:44am
Executive privilege...the last refuge of the guilty leader.
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White House Asserts Executive Privilege
By TERENCE HUNT
AP White House Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House, moving toward a constitutional showdown with Congress, asserted executive privilege Thursday and rejected lawmakers' demands for documents that could shed light on the firings of federal prosecutors.
President Bush's attorney told Congress the White House would not turn over subpoenaed documents for former presidential counsel Harriet Miers and former political director Sara Taylor.
This is a breaking news update. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
White House Asserts Executive Privilege
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#2re: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...IMPEACHMENT !!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 10:53amYour mouth to God's ears PJ! I am just looking forward to getting the judicial branch involved-- maybe we can finally sort out some of these bizarre executive branch claims!
#2re: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...IMPEACHMENT !!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 11:10am
Can someone please start impreachment proceedings already. How much longer do we have to wait?
White House Refuses to Answer Subpoenas
#3re: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...IMPEACHMENT !!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 11:57am
All in good time, Dottie, all in good time.
You can't start impeachment procedures until the American public WANTS it.
#4re: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...IMPEACHMENT !!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 11:59amWhich Americans are you referring to? This American has certainly wanted it for a long time now!!
#5re: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...IMPEACHMENT !!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 12:03pmAmen, Dottie.
#6re: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...IMPEACHMENT !!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 12:26pm
The president and Congress may strike a deal for "limited testimony" (I HOPE NOT!), but if they don't, both the House and Senate could issue contempt citations and a battle over separation of powers would go to federal court and, ultimately, the Supreme Court.
Even if the Supreme Court ruled with the White House, the American public would probably demand impeachment, which could be started on another issue. That's why it's important to keep things like illegal wiretapping, un-American torture practices and the firing of US attorneys alive. But it will be the lying that gets them in the end.
If the polls are over 80-85% in favor of impeachment, enough Republican representatives would vote for it, and enough Republican senators would vote for conviction. The immigration battle is helping sway the last remaining Republicans who haven't been swayed by the mishandling of Iraq.
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#7re: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...IMPEACHMENT !!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 12:54pmIt will be interesting to see how the Republican dominated court will handle this if it gets that far- they will obviously want to side with Bush, but how in the world will they justify upsetting the balance of power and blatantly disregarding the constitution? Will they sacrifice their own oversight to side with the president? And what will this (and future) presidents do with their increased powers? We live in interesting times.
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#8re: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...IMPEACHMENT !!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 1:55pm
Impeachment? Don't count on it. Just because Bush's own party members are as sick of him as anyone else does not mean they will vote to impeach (a majority of the House) and/or convict (two-thirds of the Senate).
Sane politicians do not want to put themselves or anyone else through that again anytime soon. First off, the votes for a conviction just are not there. Don't waste my time and money if you cannot win.
In the three times impeachment has seriously gone forward (1868, 1974, 199
only once was it anything other than partisan politics in the extreme. Of the three counts voted out of the 1974 Judiciary Committee only two were bi-partisan. The third was a party-line vote.
Impeachment is like a nuclear bomb. Don't throw it around like it was confetti. It is to be used as a last last resort.
I think we are left with 18 months of a stalemate. Don't expect anything of import to happen unless it is by Executive Order or Judicial fiat. The votes aren't there to over ride important vetos.
[Edit - I haven't a clue where this little yellow head came from and like herpes, it won't go away.]
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#9re: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...IMPEACHMENT !!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 2:26pm
The little yellow head is there because you typed the numeral eight next to a parenthesis. The computer thought you wanted a smilie face
instead of a 8 ).
#10it's beginning to look a lot like...an everly brothers tune!!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 2:43pmyou act as if he didn't want a little yellow head.
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WOSQ
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#11it's beginning to look a lot like...an everly brothers tune!!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 3:25pmDon't you toy with me, you big CT.
#12it's beginning to look a lot like...an everly brothers tune!!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 4:09pm
Please, please get your people to fight for impeachment.
It would expose the radical left to the American people. This would be GREAT!
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#13it's beginning to look a lot like...an everly brothers tune!!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 4:21pmYour tired reverse psychology routine is getting lamer than Barbaro.
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#14it's beginning to look a lot like...an everly brothers tune!!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 4:26pmOh that radical left! Always defending stuff like the constitution! They are so darn wacky!
#15it's beginning to look a lot like...an everly brothers tune!!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 4:47pm
Rosie for President!
Cheney lied, kids died!
FindingNamo
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#16it's beginning to look a lot like...an everly brothers tune!!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 4:51pm
Two out of three of those things are true.
Even you can't deny it.
#17It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...Watergate!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 4:55pm
You all miss my point: There won't be impeachment until the American people WANT it.
What the Democrats are doing now--and it's BRILLIANT!!!!!--is making the American people HORNY for impeachment.
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#18It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...Watergate!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 5:00pmOooh, PJ, light the candles, chill the wine and put on "All the Presidents Men"! Always gets me in the mood!
#19It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...Watergate!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 5:01pm
HD - It's no surprise you would find humor in the death of our serviceman at the hands of liars you support.
Digusting.
#20It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...Watergate!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 5:13pm
You point to Democrat successes...
was that what happened today when the Kenney/Reid/Clinton bill was defeated?
#21It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...Watergate!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 6:33pm
Hey HD--what legal rights do you think the parents of this baby should have?
#22It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...Watergate!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 6:34pm
Was that your grounds for "impeachment"?
Did you mean the birth parents?
#23It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...Watergate!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 6:38pm
HD, how much longer can you gloat? Honestly, it is SO childish. I sometimes have to remind myself no matter how dumb you come across, we're all on the same side. Man, this country has never been divided like it is now. We're dealing with a ton of HD's, how can we unite this coutnry with your menatlity HD? Why do you hate America? Why do you support the terrorist? Why do lie the way you do? Why don't you just listen? Why do you always have to keep score on such petty things? I swear, its people like you that is killing this country and your too dumb or stuborn to see it.Stop the lies!
You got Republicans turning on Bush so be careful on that gloating? HD, your the kid on the street with ice cream bragging at the poor kids and making fun because they can't afford any.
LAST ONE OUT, TURN OFF THE LIGHTS
Dan Bartlett—the president's most trusted aide—has been a true believer ever since he signed onto George W. Bush's gubernatorial campaign back in 1993. So why's he leaving now? Robert Draper catches him at the door
http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_5737
If you can get over yourself long enough and get off your high horse you'll see you have nothing to feel so high and mighty over. Only an arrogant uninformed fool would think otherswise! Get a clue.
HD LIES!
#24It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...Watergate!
Posted: 6/28/07 at 6:45pm
Did you mean the birth parents?
I mean the ones he's going to grow up to call Mommy and Mommy.
The ones who are going to nurse him through fevers and colds and skinned knees and hurt feelings.
The ones who are going to buy birthday and Christmas presents for him.
The ones who are going to help him with his homework.
The ones who are going to watch him play sports and act in plays and fall in love and get his heart broken.
The ones who are going to get old together, watching him have a life of his own.
I mean his PARENTS: Heather and Mary.
Mommy and Mommy.
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