Bush comes out strong against Congress "fishing expedition"

Fenian_Bastard · Mar 21, 2007

Yeah, it was the Watergate transcripts moment, with attitude.
Oh, and Miers and Rove are "honorable people."

KnuteRockne · Mar 21, 2007

I don't think W. is a bad guy. I think that he's surrounded himself with very, very bad people. There was some talk on here about the Rolling Stone Cheney article. I thought the recent Time analysis of Cheney's dwindling clout was much more illuminating. Check it out of you get a chance. Bad person.

Can you believe Miers was a Supreme Court nominee? Un-fucking-believable.

slappy4428 · Mar 21, 2007

Fenian_Bastard said:

Oh, and before the Bullshit Express really gets rolling, here's a little flashback circa 1998 from an important pundit regarding executive privilege:
" Evidently, Mr. Clinton wants to shield virtually any communications that take place within the White House compound on the theory that all such talk contributes in some way, shape or form to the continuing success and harmony of an administration. Taken to its logical extreme, that position would make it impossible for citizens to hold a chief executive accountable for anything. He would have a constitutional right to cover up.
Chances are that the courts will hurl such a claim out, but it will take time.
One gets the impression that Team Clinton values its survival more than most people want justice and thus will delay without qualm. But as the clock ticks, the public's faith in Mr. Clinton will ebb away for a simple reason: Most of us want no part of a president who is cynical enough to use the majesty of his office to evade the one thing he is sworn to uphold -- the rule of law."

I suspect Tony Snow's opinion has evolved since.
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Outstanding pull...

zeke12 · Mar 21, 2007

KnuteRockne said:

I don't think W. is a bad guy. I think that he's surrounded himself with very, very bad people. There was some talk on here about the Rolling Stone Cheney article. I thought the recent Time analysis of Cheney's dwindling clout was much more illuminating. Check it out of you get a chance. Bad person.

Can you believe Miers was a Supreme Court nominee? Un-fucking-believable.
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I hate to be the one to tell you this, but merely putting a layer of insulation between yourself and a complete disregard for democracy and the office to which you have been elected doesn't make you a good guy.

He knows what is done on his behalf, or he's too stupid to care.

Either way he's a bad guy. That's the way it works.

Ace · Mar 21, 2007

boots said:

I'm behind the President. He's on a losing ship and he's going down with it.
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You're behind everyone, apparently.

Lugnuts · Mar 21, 2007

There are a lot of things that are too complex for the American public to "get." The Scooter Libby trial, for example.

But "don't make 'em testify under oath" is a really, really simple, almost "playground" concept.

I don't think this one will go over well with even the stupidest Americans.

Johnny Dangerously · Mar 21, 2007

Re: Bush comes out strong against Congress fishing expedition

Fishing expedition?

Fenian_Bastard · Mar 21, 2007

Hey J_D --
So Blanco's out, right?
Does that make it Breaux v. Jindal?

Johnny Dangerously · Mar 21, 2007

Re: Bush comes out strong against Congress \"fishing expedition\"

I hope so. I am ready to pop the popcorn for that one.

Freelance Hack · Mar 21, 2007

Lugnuts said:

There are a lot of things that are too complex for the American public to "get." The Scooter Libby trial, for example.

But "don't make 'em testify under oath" is a really, really simple, almost "playground" concept.

I don't think this one will go over well with even the stupidest Americans.
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Don't be so sure Luggy. Thems the ones who support him the most.

We all -- conservatives and liberals -- should be appalled with how this administration has treated those its supposed to represent. It acts as if its holier than thou and treats with tremendous disdain anyone who has the courage to criticize or question.

If you're not for us, you're against us. Well, President Bush and his sycophants are against us.

Birdscribe · Mar 21, 2007

Fenian_Bastard said:

Oh, and before the Bullshit Express really gets rolling, here's a little flashback circa 1998 from an important pundit regarding executive privilege:
" Evidently, Mr. Clinton wants to shield virtually any communications that take place within the White House compound on the theory that all such talk contributes in some way, shape or form to the continuing success and harmony of an administration. Taken to its logical extreme, that position would make it impossible for citizens to hold a chief executive accountable for anything. He would have a constitutional right to cover up.
Chances are that the courts will hurl such a claim out, but it will take time.
One gets the impression that Team Clinton values its survival more than most people want justice and thus will delay without qualm. But as the clock ticks, the public's faith in Mr. Clinton will ebb away for a simple reason: Most of us want no part of a president who is cynical enough to use the majesty of his office to evade the one thing he is sworn to uphold -- the rule of law."

I suspect Tony Snow's opinion has devolved since.
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Fixed.

Well-done, FB hoisting Bushmills Irish Coffee in your honor

Ace · Mar 21, 2007

I bet Tony Snow's opinion hasn't changed.

Just his comments on the matter.

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