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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 01:52 PM Original message |
Now 'inherent contempt' is the new bar set by the constant critics of Democrats |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. They should use whatever tools available to STOP this insanity |
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RevolutionToday (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. They Refuse To Do So |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Amen! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thank you, bigtree. K & R. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. Excellent Points, Mr. Tree |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. You're assuming the Bush packed courts will rule against them. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. why would inherent contempt be off the table? |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Backlash by the media... |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Because the Bush administration would keep it off the table |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. I suppose I am confused by this proposal |
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datadiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. Recommended |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. Follow the process - tighten the noose |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. I understand your frustration but we keep taking these |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. The problem is |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. rank and file dems simply want justice -- we know practically nothing of the rules of engagement |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. The DOJ will not proceed with the contempt charge. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. Bush is setting the bar |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
14. What high bar have they shot for or achieved? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I see a deliberative process which is similar to every other prosecution I've witnessed |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
15. What a profound waste of time your post was. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. 'stirring up trouble' |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. I suppose there is a right way and a wrong way |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. It might not be a bad idea to distinguish among the different kinds |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Some are loyal Dems |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Lead, follow or get the hell out of the way. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Could you explain this one for me using an example? |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. Meanwhile..... |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. Statutory contempt is a good base to tag |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
26. I Agree, If They Choose This Route They Should Be Supported, However |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. People have been suggesting it to DUers for literally *months*... |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
31. I Have Now Stepped Through The Looking Glass...LOL |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. first of all 'defeatist' isn't anywhere in my remarks here |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
32. No. Statutory contempt will never lead to testimony under oath in congress, which |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
33. Now, the excuses get thinner and thinner.... |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. but, that's not my reasoning at all |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. They should do both...especially when the WH Spokeman Tony Fratto tells... |
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CANDO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
37. In case you hadn't noticed......Congress polling at levels lower than the shrub. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. well, that's typical rhetoric these days. |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. When? Earlier this year |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I really don't think they've done that much less than what they're actually capable of |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
39. Charging statutory contempt refers to the citation, inherent contempt refers to the prosecution |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
42. I haven't commented on the "contempt" drama. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 06:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. 'courage, integrity, and action' don't include prosecutions of statutory criminal contempt? |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 06:27 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. It depends. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I'm for results, as much as 'dissenters' are. If that's 'purist' . . . |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I'm glad you are for results. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. but, you know I'm pushing off of a huge weight of criticism here |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Since you started the thread with those comments, |
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