Conyers on ABC now. Asking * to waive executive privilege.

[femmocrat]

Tune in!

[zanne]

1. Asking? nt

[MuseRider]

4. The same question I have.

Asking? Sure John, that is going to get you a lot. You don't ask the decider. This is the time when you tell the decider and then back it up with some action and I don't mean a scolding memo. ARGHHHHH!

[ThomWV]

5. Yes - asking. Its a ploy to sway public opinion, the 'decent person' approach

[femmocrat]

8. Ask nicely and carry a big stick! LOL

n/t

[Sparkly]

17. Is "calling for" better?

I notice there's a lot of "calling for" things going on... :shrug:

[ixion]

2. Good luck with that, John

I'll never understand why they think they can strike gentleman's agreements with this asshat. He has proven time and time and time again that he is not interested in compromising anything.

[rodeodance]

3. the big 'I' is NOT yet on the table for Conyers (he brought up recent polls but

would not commit)

[femmocrat]

10. If impeachment is ever going to happen,

it could start with Conyers. Any one want to send him some paper plates?

[Richard Steele]

6. ASKING him to relinquish an imaginary power, one not mentioned in the Constitution?

Those are the Little DictatorTot's FAVORITE powers!
Not to mention that this one is keeping his treasonous
ass out of prison.

So what's Conyers REALLY up to today?:shrug:

[madokie]

13. apparently what hes up to is pissing us off

WTF over. more and more it looks as if we, us, you and I are going to have to take our asses to dc, this is bullshit, people are dying here, I mean when you die thats it no more more, finny its over

[jimshoes]

7. I don't mean to be curt Mr. Conyers,

but bish will wave not waive exec privilege, as in ...wave it in your face. He couldn't care less about appearances at this point.

[spanone]

9. Stephanopolis told Conyers that the White House is going to ignore his subpoenas

said it was in the Washington Post this morn. Conyers acted like he didn't know it.

Conyers also said the 'IMPEACHMENT' word.

mentioned what percentage of the people were calling for impeachment

[babylonsister]

11. He's getting the word out there, on nat'l TV. No small feat for Dems.

And he's not even on here yet. I'm glad he's on the show.

[NotGivingUp]

12. Putting on a little 'show' to make himself look good ...and make people think we have a democracy.nt

[Jackpine Radical]

14. Conyers is talking in code to the White House.

He's not a fool, he's not naive. Listening to the people on this board as they comment is sometimes kinda like listening to five-year-olds comment on a Spassky-Fisher chess game. "Why'd he push that pawn over there? The king's 'way over here!"

[aasleka]

16. !

Exactly right, read between the lines.

[Richard Steele]

21. I agree. Conyers is no fool; I respect his intelligence and judgement.

Whatever he's doing, he's doing it for a reason.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

22. Did he talk about the schedule for his Judiciary Committee hearings on the clemency?

I haven't seen it yet.See also http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1273395 for background on the evidence against the WH in Treasongate (Conyers's term for the scandal) and why outing Plame was so bad.

(Edit: "Pardon me", "clemency")

[ProgressiveEconomist]

23. Conyers understands what he called "Treasongate" at least as far back as 2005

Before the Democrats took over Congress, Conyers used the term "Treasongate" to refer to the unconscionable WH exposure of covert agent Plame.

Google Archive search http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=treasongate&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 got 13 hits, including this one, from http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/1028-12.htm

"OCTOBER 28, 2005

CONTACT: Congressman John Conyers, Jr.; Dena Graziano, 202-226-6888

Conyers asks: What Did the President and Vice President Know and When Did They Know It?

Directs Judiciary Committee Staff to Conduct Full and Comprehensive Investigation into Treasongate, Downing Street, Pre-War and Other Deceptions

WASHINGTON: Congressman John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement regarding Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's decisions to indict Scooter Libby:

"Today's indictments represent the beginning, but not the end of the process of finally holding the Bush Administration accountable for its conduct in foisting a preemptive war on this country. The prosecutor has performed his job in pursuing this case vigorously and fairly. However the charges really beg the larger question - what did the President and Vice President know about these and related matters, and when did they know it? I believe it is imperative that Congress pursue these questions and determine how these charges fit into the entire web of deception, manipulation and obfuscation laid bare by the Downing Street Minutes and Treasongate. As a result, I have directed my staff to conduct a comprehensive investigation and review of the facts concerning not only alleged efforts to misuse the White House to out a CIA operative, but misinformation concerning the run up the Iraq War, and all legal violations and breaches of trust by the Administration concerning the
War."

Congressman John Conyers, Jr."

[G_Leo_Criley]

24. the chess game

I believe that you're exactly right Jackpine Radical.

Conyers knows what he's doing. Every step in this game needs to be done right, before going on to the next step. As someone pointed out recently, it is set up this way, to move slowly, on purpose. This is not a country of overnight revolutions which suddenly change the constitution. And that is what sets us apart from so many countries in this world.

During Watergate it was excruciatingly slow. Unbelievably so. But when public and congressional opinion turned, it turned completely, and there was no stopping the end of the Nixon administration.

What we hope will be an orderly transition, at the fall of * and Ch***y is beginning to happen in earnest now. You can feel it building day by day.

sic semper tyrannis and all that ...


glc

[justgamma]

15. Comeon on Shrub! Clinton did it! n/t

[bridgit]

18. i think he needs to say, "Pretty please." that ought to do it...

:thumbsup:

[soothsayer]

19. as long as he adds the 'cherry on top,' Or how about a double dog dare?

[bridgit]

20. ah, noth'in do'n, i seen that movie...*triple* dog dare...