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  • Posted By: Bass Pro @ 07/17/2008 11:05:28 AM

    Stonewalling worked for Nixon, Mitchell and Liddy didn't it? The more they cover up the more attention the Republicans get. The party above the law is the message they send. In a few years the GOP will be relegated to third party status and the Democratic party will thrive. Adios to the mouth-breathing luntic fringe.

    • Posted By: RetiredMarine @ 07/17/2008 5:23:58 PM

      Sure as hell hope not. Today's democrat party is nothing liek that of the past. Today they are filled with whinning crybaby "give me everything" mentality individuals. "Above the Law" - yes you did forget about Clinton. There isn't any party affiliation were this problem dosn't exist. Problem is our politicians are all pretty much corrupt, represent their own interests rather than the interests of the people they are supposed to represent, and continue to attempt to enlarge government to the point where they want to control our everyday lives. Liberals need to wake up and smell the BS

  • Posted By: GrogInOhio @ 07/17/2008 4:49:47 PM

    Is there any better argument for active pursuit of Congressman Dennis Kucinich's impeachment effort against VP Dick Cheney?

    187 days till the end of the Bush administration.

    • Posted By: Bass Pro @ 07/17/2008 4:55:50 PM

      It will be the longest 187 days in history. They can hold their farewell dinner in a phone booth.

  • Posted By: Bass Pro @ 07/17/2008 4:44:43 PM

    pwilsono24, Interesting pen name. Are you on this blog just for this ? First off Armitage was not an anti bush type. Richy was an opportunist who was worried when the Plame case hit the fan and ran for cover. Karl, as in Karl Marx, Rove outed Plame to Novak. Novak had mentioned Valerie wilson's name in a discussion and Rove told novak she was Valerie Plame, a covert agent. end of story. It's a non-issue these days but questioning Rove or Cheney about it will include questions about the plot to invent the evidence that caused the invasion of iraq and the ensuing deaths of more than 4000 of our young servicemen and womer. to believe that Richard Armitage was the source, you would have to believe that Skooter Libby lied to protect the "anti Bush" Armitage. Your argument is, to be kind, FEEBLE>

  • Posted By: pwilso24 @ 07/17/2008 4:28:15 PM

    Plame leak witchhunt continues. The author couldn't bother to remind his readers that Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald learned early in the probe that Deputy State Secretary Armitage (an anti-Bush type) was the ORIGINAL leaker ! yet Fitzgerald continued his witchhunt trying to get members of the Bush Admin in a lie. ... of course he could one but of course NEVER prosecuted the original LEAKER. Disgusting. and ignored by the liberal media.


    The Bush lied myth continues.. even though the anti-Bush NYTimes itself has poo-pooed it. Politicians exaggerated bad intell. get over it.

  • Posted By: Bass Pro @ 07/17/2008 12:08:04 PM

    Isn't it ironic that the 3 most prominent African-Americans in the Bush Administration, Rice, Powell and Thomas, have all betrayed the American People. Rice and Powell manufacturer's of the phony evidence that has caused more than 4000 deaths of our bravest and best young men and women sevice people in Iraq and Thomas who has time and time again voted on the side of those who would deny citizens their god given rights. How dispicable. bella12

    • Posted By: bwlear @ 07/17/2008 1:04:27 PM

      You seem to give the African Americans in this administration a lot of credit despite the facts. Gen. Powell RESIGNED because he was required to give testimony before the U.N. on information he felt was not completly accurate. I blame it on the "solder mentality" he came in with, follow lawfull orders and debate the merits later. It was a well known fact that he disagreed with the neo-cons on Iraq but because he refuses to publicly express his issues, or even "leak" the information as this administration is so good at, you call him a traitor.
      Sec. Rice on the other hand is simply a mouthpiece for the administration. How someone that intellegent can continually allow herself to be used in that manner is beyound my ability to comprehend.
      As for justice Thomas, I cant give the Bush administration credit for him as much as I would like too.He is not the only one appointed by a Republican President who has shamed the American people by continually eroiding the rights of privacy and freedom. He just happens to be the only black one. There has to be a majority of votes for the court to take action. That means 5 are responsible and 4 of those are white.
      As for who is the real source of betrayal is, look at Bush, Chaney, Rove, and Rumsfield. These are the people in positions of power and influence who have made policy and are directly responsible for the direction this country is currently going in.

      • Posted By: summer4077 @ 07/17/2008 1:40:32 PM

        I still regard Gen. Powell as someone with honor and integrity. He resigned, like you said, because he could not lie to his country. His resignation spoke volumes to me about the war in Iraq. He is an intelligent, honorable man...if he was against it, there was (and still is) good reason. Unfortunately, his reputation was tarnished by Bush, as so many others have been, too.
        I think bass pro is a troll, trying to get a reaction. Rice is a silly mouthpiece, sure. She's made a fool of herself. Neither Rice nor Thomas have done half the lying and criminal behavior of Bush, Cheney, Rove, and Rumsfield.

        • Posted By: Bass Pro @ 07/17/2008 3:34:05 PM

          summer4977, I'm not a troll. Powell and Rice lied and are part of the gang of 5 who sent our young men and women to their deaths using cooked up information. The remainder of the group Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld are certainly very much more complicit, no question. Please tell me what is honorable about a man, Colin Powell, who resigned to save his own ass. Did he expose the plot? No! Did he say that he gave false evidence? No! Powell tarnished his ownreputation when he lied and caused the deaths of thousands of people. The fact that Rice and Thomas are not as accomplished liars as the others is hardly something one would want on their resume. Who am i trying to get a rise out of anyway? I have made this point dozens of times on this blog. The gang of 5 caused the deaths of thousands of people. For you to call Rice and Powell honorable is just wrong.

      • Posted By: Bass Pro @ 07/17/2008 3:17:06 PM

        I'm not clear on why you would want to defend these 3. Rice and Powell were part of the plot, surely you know this. The fact that you can't comprehend it is beside the point. The fact is that neither has come forward to expose that they were part of an evil plan that has cost the lives of more than 4000 people. It's not enough that Powell flew the coop after testifying that yellow cake Uranium was in the possession of Hussein. Just because he was worried about his own ass doesn't mitigate the fact that he sent soldiers to the slaughter on false information suppied by him. if your defense of powell is that he managed to escape testimony that would have saved the lives of those service men and women, I wonder why.
        He, Rice and Thomas are traitors in every sense of the word.

  • Posted By: midnight05 @ 07/17/2008 2:07:14 PM

    Cheney is an element of a fascist dictatorship installed on January 20th, 2001 and that has lasted until now. It will only be called to acoount if Congress develops a pair of something iti has up to now been shown to lack horribly.

  • Posted By: dragoness @ 07/17/2008 1:52:12 PM

    I think there is enough evidence to successfully impeach both Bush and Cheney and the only thing preventing that from happening is the repeated use of "executive privilege". The current administration is already seen as the worst in history - and I think future generations are going to find criminal evidence in these actions someday down the road when these documents finally become public. It's shameful and disgraceful, no matter what side of the aisle you sit on.

  • Posted By: Lee Holmes @ 07/16/2008 9:14:44 PM

    Perhaps someone can illuminate. Why ,after over fourteen years,are the government WACO documents still classified? ''Crime and deceit'' perhaps?

    • Posted By: summer4077 @ 07/17/2008 11:17:35 AM

      Aren't the JFK assasination files still like this, too??

  • Posted By: fifi16 @ 07/17/2008 11:16:21 AM

    Don't forget the Republicans impeached Clinton for lying about his relationship with Monica!! Why are these criminals allowed to get away with breaking every law on the books?? As a Democrat, I'm disgusted with the total lack of "spine" our party has.

    Proceed with impeachment of Bush. This man has done more harm to American than I' would have ever believed was possible.
    fifi16

  • Posted By: Rule of Law @ 07/17/2008 10:54:17 AM

    Waxman needs to act and not just talk. We can arrest Rove , Cheney and Mukasey, it is time to take action. That why Congress has such low public opinion. Now rated in the teens.

    • Posted By: Yuseff @ 07/17/2008 11:15:53 AM

      The reason we can't arrest them is because the that would mean an indictment by a U.S. Attorney then arrest by (probably) the FBI. The U.S. Attorney's office and the FBI are controlled by the Executive branch, the president. The president would simply order both agencies to drop the investigation.

      If you start yelling impeachment, the president and all involved would be out of office before the ball got rolling.

  • Posted By: ApostasyUSA @ 07/17/2008 2:06:12 AM

    If you guys woulda just shutup and let'em have their god damned 10 commandments on the frigin sidewalk, none of this woulda happened.

    After all, why should we be able to hold Republicans accountable for anything?

    Bushies don't need facts.....they just want you to know that they are right.

    The economy has made great progress. Obama supporters are welfare sponges. Democrats are traitors. Republicans are patriots. America is admired around the world. The constitution is for weaklings. Everyone to the left of Dick Cheney is a socialist. We now own Mexico and China. The Saudis beg us for more oil. The millions facing foreclosure are whiners. The largest income inequality since the Great Depression is meaningless. Al-Qaeda has been destroyed. Iran has been weakened. Federal spending over the last 8 years has reduced by a trillion dollars. Scientific facts are a liberal conspiracy. 82% who think the country is on the wrong track drink kool-aid. 66% who disapprove of Bush are communists. Upper-income tax cuts during war make sense. The dollar has never been stronger. NAFTA creates jobs. Only greedy poor people and the media bellyache about skyrocketing gas prices.

    After 8 years of the greatest president of all time, Obama will destroy America.

    • Posted By: Rule of Law @ 07/17/2008 10:49:05 AM

      The Dollar today is worth less than 72 cents.

  • Posted By: olderwiser @ 07/17/2008 10:39:16 AM

    The essence of the last eight years of this administration is that they are all privileged citizens, above the law, and otherwise above everybody they govern, and definitely not public servants. Instead, they serve nobody but themselves and a small percentage of privileged people who also must be wealthy to receive this honor. The FBI should treat them just like any ordinary citizen when they investigate a crime by asking a suspect to come in and have a "friendly" conversation. The conversation is not really "friendly" and anything that the unsuspecting lout might say can help send him to the penitentiary if he doesn't hire legal counsel to be beside at all times and caution him to be careful what is said. An inaccurate slip of the tongue can make a lot of difference. If Cheney took his chances without legal counsel at his side and made the usual mistakes in what he said, then he should be indicted by now. Instead, we see the same attitude that, by now, should have alienated the whole country from these undeserving people who have almost ruined this country with their bumbling national and international stupidity, wars, economy and all.
    We know by the fact of hiding the facts, that Cheney committed a crime. Otherwise, as they always say about other "common" criminals, "if he didn't do anything wrong, then why is he hiding the truth". The interview should have gone to the Attorney General's office, and they should have prepared an indictment.
    You see what happened instead. This administration is concealing a crime committed by its second highest office holder, and possibly even its highest office holder, strictly based in privilege, and for no other reason. This is what Kings, Dukes, Earls, and other officials of royalty do when Men rule over Law. We are a country of Laws, not Men. There is nothing to do about it but to vote it down in landslide proportions. Good luck with your ballot in November. If you decide to vote, instead, on the issue of what people do with their pee pees, then you will deserve what you get when the same outfit stays in office.

  • Posted By: Richard1327 @ 07/17/2008 10:38:34 AM

    Since this is a government of the people, Doesn't everything that the government does belong to us? Any moron can find a legal loophole or interpret the law to their advantage. The challenge is to uphold the law and its intent. The challenge is to support the Constitution not look for ways around it. What a disgrace!

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  • Posted By: biteme207 @ 07/17/2008 9:54:20 AM

    You, The U.S. citizens have the power!!! Write your senator, your congressman and federal prosecuters. Read your constitution and demand that your government restore your "Enailiable Rights". (That means irreversable, under any circumstances!) If they dont respond then go to thier local office when they are in recess and tell them in person that this country must persue JUSTICE!!! The greatest criminals of our time are diminishing our constitution and returning our nation and most of the industrial nations to blatent IMPERIALISM!!! Our nations veterans and all those who perrished in conflicts on behalf of freedom and democracy must be honored!!! In years before WWII the laws of the German democracy were alltered. We all know what followed. The powers of the three branches of government cannot, by virtue of the constitution, be combined and assigned to one individual person. This past 4th of July I celebrated our nations Independance day at my towns parade. It was the first time in my life that I truly felt our independance is just about gone.

  • Posted By: biteme207 @ 07/17/2008 9:54:01 AM

    You, The U.S. citizens have the power!!! Write your senator, your congressman and federal prosecuters. Read your constitution and demand that your government restore your "Enailiable Rights". (That means irreversable, under any circumstances!) If they dont respond then go to thier local office when they are in recess and tell them in person that this country must persue JUSTICE!!! The greatest criminals of our time are diminishing our constitution and returning our nation and most of the industrial nations to blatent IMPERIALISM!!! Our nations veterans and all those who perrished in conflicts on behalf of freedom and democracy must be honored!!! In years before WWII the laws of the German democracy were alltered. We all know what followed. The powers of the three branches of government cannot, by virtue of the constitution, be combined and assigned to one individual person. This past 4th of July I celebrated our nations Independance day at my towns parade. It was the first time in my life that I truly felt our independance is just about gone.

  • Posted By: summer4077 @ 07/17/2008 8:46:12 AM

    Wow. I'm utterly speechless at the level to which this administration has gone. There is absolutely no one who can, or is willing to, hold them accountable. When is someone going to step up and say that this is WRONG?? Where is the justice?

  • Posted By: mouselion @ 07/17/2008 5:02:36 AM

    We know what reality is supposed to look like. The question is, will we ever be able to get back to where we're supposed to be, or are we on a slippery slope with presidential powers, never to fully recover? It's a question that needs to be looked at repeatedly over the next dozen years.

  • Posted By: expatincebu @ 07/17/2008 3:50:49 AM

    Why is Dick Cheney still alive? Where is a nutcase with a rifle when we need him the most?

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