Hearings to be held regarding Bush's blatant power grab.

[11 Bravo]

The best way to deal with a punk has always been to slap the little bastard down. Apparently the jug-eared little prick is too much for even some Repukes to stomach.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/05/03/hearing_vowed_on_bushs_powers/

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[gatorboy]

1. I can already predict the outcome.

"We decided to conduct a detailed investigation (Read: It's election eyar and we want to look like we care) into allegations of Bush's abuse of power and we have found no evidence to back it up (Read: Suckers!).

[rodeodance]

2. congress knows full well what is happening Mr. Specter!:

Specter said that challenging Bush's contention that he can ignore laws written by Congress should be a matter of institutional pride for lawmakers. He also connected Bush's defiance of laws to several Supreme Court decisions in which the justices ruled that Congress had not done enough research to justify a law.

''We're undergoing a tsunami here with the flood coming from the executive branch on one side and the judicial branch on the other," Specter said. ''There may as well soon not be a Congress. . . . And I think that most members don't understand what's happening."

[bullimiami]

3. crocodile tears coming from specter. he participated in it.

and now he doesnt like what he has done?

[LSparkle]

4. Yeah, plus he's not running for re-election so it's safe ...

Wonder how Sanatorium feels about this investigation, though. Will probably be just more window-dressing ...

[Mandate My Ass]

8. He understands all too well. He retroactively made Bush's crimes

legal. Specter will do the same at the next hearings. He bellows for a while and then he greases the wheels for the fascists.

[Lowell]

5. What can you expect

King George has always view himself above the law. And he has been allowed to get away with it. Starting with his desertion from the TANG right up to this very day.

[BuyingThyme]

6. Fuck you, Specter.

You were supposed to do this each and every time it happened; not wait until he's 3/4 done with the list of 1000.

[fooj]

7. "jug-eared little prick"

I like that better than my standard "treasonous rat bastard"!!!:applause:

[pacalo]

9. Window dressing for the November elections.

No swearing in before administration's testimony, betcha.

The senator emphasized that his goal is "to bring some light on the subject." Legal scholars say that, when confronted by a president encroaching on their power, Congress's options are limited. Lawmakers can call for hearings or cut the funds of a targeted program to apply political pressure, or take the more politically charged steps of censure or impeachment.

Censure & impeachment don't fall into the category of "bringing some light on the subject".

[Little Star]

10. Are Specter and Biden brothers?

They talk the talk but don't walk the walk imho.