Carl Bernstein: Bush Administraton Has Done 'Far Greater Damage' Than Nixon
Topic: Politics and Law
1:08 pm EST, Jan 25, 2007
"The Bush Administration -- especially its top officials named above and others familiar to most Americans -- was not stopped, and has done far greater damage. As a (Republican) bumper-sticker of the day proclaimed, 'Nobody died at Watergate.' If only we could say that about the era of George W. Bush, and that our elected representatives in Congress and our judiciary had been courageous enough to do their duty and hold the President and his aides accountable."
Senate panel votes against Bush on Iraq - Yahoo! News
Topic: Politics and Law
2:55 pm EST, Jan 24, 2007
At least eight other Republican senators say they now back legislative proposals registering objections to Bush's decision to boost U.S. military strength in Iraq by 21,500 troops.
The growing list — which includes Sens. Gordon Smith (news, bio, voting record), George Voinovich (news, bio, voting record) and Sam Brownback (news, bio, voting record) — has emboldened Democrats, who are pushing for a vote in the full Senate by next week to rebuke the president's Iraq policy.
Oh my god! The President was right all along! Hating the war has emboldened the enemy! The Democrats!
Leahy: "We knew damn well if he went to Canada he wouldn't be tortured. He'd be held and he'd be investigated. We also knew damn well if he went to Syria, he'd be tortured. And it's beneath the dignity of this country, a country that has always been a beacon of human rights, to send somebody to another country to be tortured."
I watched this was was almost surprised Leahy didn't get up, walk over, and beat the smirk off 'berto's face. Leahy is dead right.
More jurors on standby in CIA leak trial - Yahoo! News
Topic: Politics and Law
5:20 pm EST, Jan 19, 2007
A federal judge is putting more potential jurors on standby in the CIA leak trial because so many people have been dismissed, mostly because of strong feelings against the Bush administration and the Iraq war.
I think this does a good job of answering the question of how much public support these guys still have.
Ex-Ohio Rep. Ney sentenced to 30 months - Yahoo! News
Topic: Politics and Law
1:19 pm EST, Jan 19, 2007
Former Rep. Bob Ney was sentenced Friday to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for trading political favors for gifts and campaign donations from lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Crooks and Liars � Barney Frank kicks Patrick McHenry around the House floor
Topic: Politics and Law
2:17 pm EST, Jan 12, 2007
He cracked me up when he said his past behavior was not relevant…Hilarious.
For politics junkies this is absolutely hilarious. Barney Frank, who knows his Roberts Rules pretty much backwards and forwards, takes a few guys to the mat and squashes them because they don't know the rules. Brutal, and to steal a Boston idiom, it's wicked pissah.
I'm going to guide you to some excerpts of that address -- exactly 40 years ago tonight. See how it compares to some of the excerpts from President Bush's speech that were just released minutes ago:
Democrats to challenge Bush's Iraq plan - Yahoo! News
Topic: Politics and Law
1:19 pm EST, Jan 9, 2007
Under the Constitution, the president has broad war-making powers, while Congress controls spending. Democratic leaders have swiftly rejected any suggestion of withholding money from troops already in combat zones.
Bullshit. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution:
Section 8. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; ...
To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;
To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years;
While the President until Article 2 is commander in chief and has authority over how that war shall be waged, his "war-making powers" are zero. It's time to pull the plug on this festering canker.
The White House and the Secret Service quietly signed an agreement last spring in the midst of the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal declaring that records identifying visitors to the White House are not open to the public.
It wouldn't be appropriate to know who has been breaking the law at the White House. Well okay, that's a simple answer, it's most of them, so W decided to block access to the records of who has been there. This needs to be shot down faster Harry Whittington.
