Jack Cafferty: "Prosecute sins of Bush-Cheney era"

[kpete]

(CNN) -- It doesn't go away by itself.

..................

George W. Bush and his accomplices damaged this country like it's never been damaged before. And it's not just the phony war in Iraq or the torture memos that justified waterboarding. It's millions of missing emails and the constant use of executive privilege and signing statements.

It's the secretive meetings with Enron and other energy executives and the wholesale firing of federal prosecutors. It's trying to get the president's personal attorney seated on the Supreme Court and that despicable Alberto Gonzales sitting in front of congressional investigators whining, "I don't remember, I don't know, I...etc."
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It's the domestic eavesdropping in violation of the FISA Court, the rendition prisons, and the lying. It's looking the other way while the City of New Orleans drowned and its people were left to fend for themselves.

It's the violations of the Geneva Conventions, the soiling of our international reputation and the shredding of the U.S. Constitution. It's the handing over of $700 billion to the Wall Street fat cats last fall, no questions asked. Where is that money? What was it used for?

It's the no-bid contracts to firms like Halliburton and Blackwater and the shoddy construction and lack of oversight of reconstruction in Iraq that cost American taxpayers untold billions.

If the Republicans were serious about restoring their reputation, they would join the call for a special prosecutor to be appointed so that at long last justice can be done.

It's too late for George W. Bush to resign the presidency. But it's not too late to put the people responsible for this national disgrace in prison.

more at:
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/19/cafferty.bush.administration/

[90-percent]

1. Thanks kpete!

This cannot be discussed enough!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=103&topic_id=449755&mesg_id=449758

-90% jimmy

"If it were up to me, I'd have TWO GUANTANAMO'S" - Mitt Romney

[OneGrassRoot]

2. Nice! :) K&R n/t

[Bragi]

3. Good for jack!

I agree with him.

And to those those who say taking on the Bush criminals will make it impossible for Obama to implement his own agenda, I say the following:

I hope that Obama is able to implement as much of his agenda as possible.

However, it is more important to do what is needed to ensure that no future American administration feels free to break domestic and international laws at will, than it is to implement Obama's agenda.

- B

[w8liftinglady]

4. Jack Cafferty has stuck his neck out on so many occaisions.Despite his faux pas I love him

12/16/05
JACK CAFFERTY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Wolf, good afternoon.

Who cares about whether the Patriot Act gets renewed? Want to abuse our civil liberties? Just do it.
Who cares about the Geneva Conventions. Want to torture prisoners? Just do it.
Who cares about rules concerning the identity of CIA agents. Want to reveal the name of a covert operative? Just do it.
Who cares about whether the intelligence concerning WMDS is accurate. Want to invade Iraq? Just do it.
Who cares about qualifications to serve on the nation's highest court. Want to nominate a personal friend with no qualifications? Just do it. And the latest outrage, which I read about in "The New York Times" this morning, who cares about needing a court order to eavesdrop on American citizens. Want to wiretap their phone conversations? Just do it. What a joke. A very cruel, very sad joke.

Here's the question. Was it appropriate for the president to order wiretaps on American citizens without obtaining a warrant? E- mail us at [e-mail] or you can go to CNN.com/cafferty file--Wolf.


02/15/06
I get a lot of mail and depending on what we read they say you're a conservative or a liberal, you're a Republican or a Democrat.

This isn't about any of that stuff. I don't think so.

It's about what's right and what's wrong.

There's a perception in this country that we were lied to about the run up to the war in Iraq. Maybe we were, maybe we weren't. But there are a lot of people who think we were.
And a half a trillion dollars and 2000 of our kids later, we're still there. We're mired in a thing that has no visible end.
If it was necessary and if the threats were real. Fine and dandy.
But if they lied to us. If there was some kind of intent to deceive. Then they ought to find out who did it and tear their fingernails out -- then get rid of them.
And it's not about being on one side of the poltical spectrum or the other.
It's about what's right and what's wrong. And about what people who are entrusted to govern this country do with the power we give them.
If it's being abused, we damn well have a right to know.
And something should be done about it."

4/28/09

It's time for the Republican Party to tell former Vice President Dick Cheney to put a sock in it.
Here we are 100 days into the new administration of Barack Obama, and Darth Vader is still wandering around grumbling about why the new administration is all wrong.
Nobody is interested anymore, Mr. Vice President. You and your gaggle of miscreants had your shot, and we are in the toilet because of it. Don't you get it?
The election of this nation's first African-American president and his massacre of John McCain in the Electoral College is because of you and President Bush and the myriad problems you left us all with.
If the Republican Party has any hopes of redeeming itself in the eyes of the voters, they must distance themselves from the likes of Dick Cheney and the fundamentalist right-wingers who have become the poster children of political intolerance in this country.

[sce56]

16. This is one of those sub thread that needs a rec counter of it's own!

I remember each of those plus many more where Jack Knows the Shit! and speaks his mind freely

[Echo In Light]

5. No prosecution = Precedent established = Mission Accomplished

[Wednesdays]

6. K&R

:kick:

[pacalo]

7. "The damage continues to press on the nerve of the American people like an impacted wisdom tooth."

It's not going to go away!

[me b zola]

8. K&R

[bvar22]

9. The longer this administration delays...

The longer this administration delays appointing a legitimate Independent Prosecutor,
the more it looks like they are protecting Torturers and War Criminals.

[spanone]

10. k&r...

[punkin87]

11. KandR

[Lugnut]

12. K&R n/t

[DUlover2909]

13. Don't forget Valerie Plame.

Those spineless bastards deserve a lifetime in prison and public humiliation.

[Lindsey]

14. I was just going to mention Valerie Plame too--that was hugh,

and taking a country to war for no reason, and Katrina, and, and, and,. An Independent Pros. has to be appointed.

[L. Coyote]

22. Don't forget stealing Florida 2000, criminally stripping voter rolls of Dems

for starters

"put the people responsible for THIS national disgrace in prison" (emphasis added)

[orleans]

15. that's nice (K&R) but where was his voice a year ago? two years ago?

five years ago?

seems the only voice i heard like that was randi rhodes & olbermann

[Enthusiast]

17. K&R. CNN, if they were fair minded,

they would take Wolf Blitzer's time away and give it to Cafferty. But they still frame the discussion with important issues like what Republicans think about President Obama's performance. We told CNN what we thought of Republican opinion last election.

[dotymed]

23. I THINK IT"S GREAT

How Jack has finally began speaking truth to power. But, it
wasn't too long ago that he was shilling for the very
corporations he now exposes. They would tell him which stocks
to push, pay him, and viola......Americans bought the
worthless stock. HE ADMITTED IT ON NATIONAL T.V.

[democrank]

18. Bravo, Jack!

He always calls it like he sees it, no matter what.

[WillyT]

19. Big K & R !!!

:yourock:

:kick:

[malaise]

20. Thanks Jack

Justice is coming

[Faygo Kid]

21. Jack is a curmudgeon's curmudgeon. He's my role model.

Snarly and not likely to buy BS. The older I get, the more I admire that.

[lpbk2713]

24. As usual, right on, Jack!

Do it.


I would even go back as far as Y2K and hold Katherine Harris
and James Baker and all the other conspirators accountable.