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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 04:12 AM Original message |
Hearing vowed on Bush's powers |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 04:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. Lets hope Specter has a meaningful hearing this time! |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 04:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Let's hope he realizes the significance of such hearings. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 04:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. and if this happens it will not be until JUNE |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 06:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Specter could have done something long ago. He's a Bush toad |
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dmkinsey (789 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 07:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Yeah, Doesn't Sen Specter have access to the |
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disndat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 09:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
66. Two thumbs up |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 07:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Meaningful as in putting people under oath? |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 10:33 AM Response to Reply #17 |
37. So do we get onto move.on, pfaw and all the other grassroots orgs... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 04:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm betting Bush's ego, having broken free of moorings, won't let him |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 04:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I agree - and that personality trait will |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 04:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. "He's totally inflexible. He cannot accomodate anything he can't control." |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 08:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
29. * ego: God's speaking to him & that's why he's so sure of himself, geesh |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:53 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Bullshit. He doesn't think God is talking to him. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 04:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. Here is list of members---contact them and demand hearings! |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 04:25 AM Response to Original message |
4. Gee, now this is an issue that I would think would send people out into |
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disndat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 10:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
67. Agree. Why does Bush |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 04:43 AM Response to Original message |
7. ''We're undergoing a tsunami here" Bush on one side supported by Justice |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 04:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I think Specter is wrong here-Congress full well understands what is |
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ItsTheMediaStupid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. My local congressman is a Delay stooge tied to Abramhoff |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 05:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
65. I agree. Congresscritters probably COULD understand if they WANTED to |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
11. I don't think the repuke congress people care |
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DianaForRussFeingold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
12. shredding the Constitution if they stand down,to stand with W. |
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gademocrat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
13. Will any definitive action be taken as a result of this hearing? |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
14. Why republican members of both houses of Congress don't want to be |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 04:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
53. great post |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
16. "SOME NEED" ? |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
18. Maybe Specter sees this as his chance to make up for.... |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
19. I'm so tired of these worthless hearings and all the hype |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
21. he will question and then allow * to just steam roll through... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
22. Another do-nothing meaningless hearing so that the RUBBER STAMPERS |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
23. So Mueller says he'll be happy to cooperate with Congress unless |
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wizdum (531 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
24. The only thing that will save us from dubya is higher gas prices... |
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Bushies gotta go (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
25. Faux hope |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
26. Specter spank the President? I'll believe it when I see it |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
27. Whatever, Arlen - when they raise their hands to be sworn, I'll believe it |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
28. I just hope Specter has the balls and integrity to give the |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
31. I wouldn't hope too much from Single-Bullet Specter |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
32. I'll believe it when I see it... |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
33. Cherry-picking? Funny Specter should use that word... |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
35. Mueller admits fealty to * & Specter: "may as well soon not be a Congress" |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
36. Amen to that |
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shantipriya (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
38. Specter? |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
39. I'm a former Pennsylvanian and a lifelong Democrat, but I voted |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
40. Call me cynical but...... |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
41. SOME need for SOME oversight.... WTF??? |
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wordpix2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
58. god forbid Specter should tell it like it is & wake up the sheeple |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
42. Arlen should look into the AUMFs and the WarPowersActof1973 too |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
43. hasn't Senator Pat Coverup Roberts made these same promises |
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wordpix2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:02 PM Response to Reply #43 |
59. yes but he was crossing his fingers behind his back |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
44. k/r |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
45. The concluding quote from Specter in the article is chilling. |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
46. Wasn't the whole |
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wordpix2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
60. yup and this could come down to SCOTUS deciding on the urinary executive |
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spindrifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
47. We need to get behind this |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. see post # 3 --write to the committee members! |
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madmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
49. every hearing and commission on the activities of this admin (other |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
50. They huff and they puff, but they just can't seem to blow the house down. |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
51. Vows are no longer sufficient. |
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VP505 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
52. Aw hell, |
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robertpaulsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
54. ''There may as well soon not be a Congress. . . . " |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 07:17 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. The big question is whether or not |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
55. Ah, if only |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
57. Specter has a pattern |
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wordpix2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:11 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. he is no doubt torn b/c he knows this is the end of * if they have a REAL |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
62. Is he going to swear anyone in this time? |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
63. Specter: yak-yak-yak-yak-yak!!!! all words with no content...! |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
64. "some need for some oversight" |
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