Jon Alter on Imus---says the WH is inoculating itself against prosecution. He

[rodeodance]

talked of how the WH has replaced 9 Attorney Generals with loyalists,
and the newest Signing Statement which directs heads of Fed depts to be run
by political cronies and then he went into the problems with Cheney.
Says hopes Congress does it job of 'looking back' (lots of talk of only
looking forward by the congressional investigative committees such as
the committee run by Joe Lieberman who is looking at Katrina).

[Olney Blue]

1. The writing is on the wall.... they have a bunker mentality.

[salin]

2. Glad that the US Atty purge (and the newest signing statement) are

getting wide play - as it introduces the points to a much broader audience. Cafferty, apparently, ranted on the purges on CNN yesterday.

[rodeodance]

4. I missed Cafferty yesteday. glad to hear that he ranted. thanks

[salin]

6. Interesting... bushco got away with SO much for so long

all sorts of insidious stuff under the radar. They must be in perpetual battle mode about now - as things get unearthed and widely reported - yet they keep behaving in a tyranical way. They seem hell-bent on two things:

1) Do as much damage at the administrative level (eg get in and completely muck up the federal agencies - probably with designs ala Enron and energy deregulation that was enabled by rules passed in the last days of the first bush admin)

and - not intentionally but certainly

2) Completely take down their own party. Hard to see how the GOP can bounce back anytime soon from the public's awareness of the venality of their actions. So much worse than Nixon's watergate.

[Captain Hilts]

7. People need to complain to their Congress Critters. nt

[C_U_L8R]

3. this is crazy - it's a neocon putsch

a coup d'etat.
Norquist was right.. they've drowned democracy in a bathtub
and our constitution with it. Will congress stop this madness
or will it take another civil war ???

Wake up congress !

[rodeodance]

5. so far Congress is timid (they have done nothing about the war yet--

maybe time is needed but I think the Senate is about to pass something watered down.

[Warren Stupidity]

8. "the committee run by Joe Lieberman who is looking at Katrina"

I think that you meant the committee run by Joe Lieberman that is not<\b> looking at Katrina.

I hope the people of Connecticut are happy with the total asshole they put back into the Senate.

[frylock]

9. the people of connecticut?!

Why the fuck has the DEMOCRATICALLY run Congress placed this jerk on any committee, let alone run one.

[Warren Stupidity]

10. A good question.

However my guess is that Lieberman would simply walk across the aisle if he was not given the chair of that committee.