July 02, 2007 12:19 PM
Marcy Wheeler on Hardball
You go girl. Marcy Wheeler joined David Shuster on Hardball and represented the blogosphere on a topic she wrote a book about that's called "Anatomy of Deceit." She told MSNBC that Libby did the bidding of Bush and Cheney and we know that's all too true.
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All too often people unthinkingly link to the AP or the WaPo or the NYT and skip over blogs who are reporting the same thing earlier. Marcy knows more about the CIA leak case than anyone (even Joe Wilson will tell you that) but getting her voice on TV to talk about it when all they want are beltway bloviators talking about "poor Scooter" has been hard as hell
I wish she wouldn't have bought into the "it's a complex issue" bit, though. It's simple--guy lied under oath, which made it difficult to get to the truth to prosecute the underlying crime. Done.
:mrgreen:
Libby's Pardon: Fly the Disgraced Red White and Blue at Half Mast this 4th
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Dick Cheney and George Bush are a disgrace to our country. They are skillful liars as are all psychopaths. In fact lack of concern for community or democratic values as in putting oneself above the law combined with habitual lying defines psychopathy. It defines Cheney and Bush.
I personally don't think Scooter is a psychopath on the order of Cheney and Bush. I believe he lived in an environment where lying and duplicity were practiced daily on the most egregious levels. Living in this environment day in and day out, he had little practical knowledge or experience that there could or might be even one possible iota of repercussion for bold faced lying. Lacking the snakelike skills of a Cheney or Bush he blew it.
That Scooter, the person, should not have to spend years in prison strikes a sympathetic chord with me.
That Scooter, the representative of an administration that adheres to no moral system in the pursuit of power and economic gain, should avoid justice makes me vomit.
I think we should fly all American flags at half staff this 4th and until these mendacious psychopaths are escorted out of the White House, one way or the other. Better yet perhaps, would be to visit or demonstrate in D.C. and simply leave flags at the White House gates and the Supreme Court building. This, turning in of the flags, will represent that the Red, White and Blue is used only for propaganda by Bush, Cheney and the neocon party and it no longer represents American values. It has been disgraced.
--cognitorex--
and i suspect the only reason she was invited to appear on hardball is because of shuster. he covered the trial, so knows her work.
tweety never would have her as a guest.
Kleptocracy: A government characterized by rampant greed and corruption.
What should be pointed out is that while Bush wasted no time commuting Libby's sentence, when he was governor of Texas he allowed 157 people to be executed on his watch. It should also be remembered that Bush allowed the execution of Carla Faye Tucker who, like Bush, was a born again Christian. Many leaders around the world, including the Pope, beggged Bush to at least commute her sentence but all these pleas fell upon deaf ears. It would seem that if one is poor, indigent, white trash, a minority, then one's chances of receiving mercy from an [alleged] Christian] like our less than enlightened president are nonexistent, especially compared to someone who commits a crime and happens to be rich, white, and a Republican. It is long past the point that television people such as Keith Olbermann, as well as journalists and newspapers around the country, begin to call for Bush and Cheney's impeachment, which is what Olbermann will be doing on Countdown tonight.
"Thank God, George Bush is our President." - Rudolph Giuliani, 9/11/01
Liberal AND Proud @ 7:
It's pretty sad that this is the first thing that came to his mind right after thousands of people were killed. Yet again, reich-wingers put their party ahead of the country.
Ha Ha Ha!
All respect for the U.S. has just dipped to an all time low.
Not only did you stupid fucks elect this mafia gang in 2000, but again in '04.
If you don't clean out your cockroaches, you have to eat with them.
Enjoy your breakfast.
Here is a link to FOX News' coverage of the story - notice a difference? I do.
http://beta.redlasso.com/Community/ClipPlayer.aspx?i=e48546ad-eb5d-4762-...
Yes, it's good that Marcy was called into the discussion but let's face it, the MSM is all but useless these days. The only question they ask is, "how high?"
Could someone at least straighten out these so called experts. The Constitution gives the president the POWER to pardon or reprieve, not the "right." Governments don't have "rights" which are what PEOPLE have as a claim against GOVERNMENTS. Can't these dodos at least talk right?
pissed canuck;
Don't go there....
The people who didn't vote for Bush or advocate his agenda are more the victims than you can believe...
Don't go there....
I prefer Marcy D'Arcy, preferably when she was still Marcy Rhodes.
pissed canuck @ 9:
My doctor did say I needed more fiber.
Didn't John the Baptist eat locusts in honey?
Good think he wasn't Morty the Methodist or he'd be eating something really disgusting.
Here are some great ways for us to SPEAK OUT!
http://freewayblogger.blogspot.com/2007/06/what-you-can-do.html
Merican @ 12:
NO. Corporations have rights. They're rights supersede the rights of individuals.
C'mon. Get with the program.
The msm treats Libby as if he were just a loose cannon in this disgraceful affair, while not even questioning if Bush and Cheney played a role.
pissed canuck @ 9:
Your barking up the wrong tree.
The trolls are the only ones here that voted for bu$hCO.
Not to mention that they were NOT legitimately elected - check out Greg Palast and Brad's Blog for more on the "elections."
Your description of the squatters in the WH is spot on.
Way OT here, but I just found out that Beverly Sills passed away yesterday. For us opera fans, this is very sad news. She did so much to help young singers (like me) and her talents were widely appreciated.
Maybe a "late-night music club" would be a fitting tribute?
Gmoss @ 20:
So, two song birds were silenced yesterday.
http://www.dscc.org/makeadifference/petitions/20070702_libby.htm
Tell George Bush:
I’m appalled by your actions. No man is above the law.
pissed canuck @ 9:
They were never elected. They were appointed the first time and stole the election by caging and messing with results the second time. Thanks so much for your sympathy. We'll be sure to give you the same if you ever have to live through such nightmares.
I like Shuster. So much better than the spittle spewer.
If the prison sentence was 'too harsh,' what would be appropriate; six months, a year, 18 months? Oh, that's right, NONE. Finally, some transparency from Bush. That is, he's protecting himself and Cheney.
Political calculations aside, Pelosi needs to put impeachment on the friggin agenda sooner rather than later.
So this is what it looks like when we realize that the fox is in charge at the hen house. It's not so much that Bush is an evil man, he just does evil things. The MBA Presidency taking care of it's own business.
I have just called mt 2 Senators and my representative. I urged you all to call your Senators and representative. Even if you have a republican Senator or representative call them. The democrats already know how we feel. Not enough disgruntled citizens are contacting the republicans.
http://myfightfordemocracy.blogspot.com/2007/07/new-declaration-of-indep...
Dr. Matt @ 8:
Now that's the truth!
I called Speaker Pelosi's office to complain just to find out how insincere the process is.
The guy that answered was polite but told me to talk to an answering machine and vent on it. I was then transferred to an answering machine that I'm sure never gets heard by anyone.
The part I really like is, Scooter has to pay 250,000 fine and 2 years probation. He will never pay the fine and he will be pardoned by the lame duck shortly.
I won't even bother to write my congress critters, it's Murray and Cantwell in Senate and Inslee in the house, so I'm sitting bluer then blue.
But, I DO think, since it will do no good to write Republic thugs (even those with itchy feet like Snowe) but, start saving your pennies to sweep out as many as we can in the '09?
We need RAW numbers, so, we can assure EVEN IF Hillary loses to Thompson (which she will, if the Democratic Machine is stupid enough to nominate here) we have numbers in Congress to block and override.
Keep in mind, Ginsburgh and Stevens, one IF NOT BOTH will not make it through the next presidents term.
You don't like the rulings on the Supreme Court now? Wait till Thompson replaces one of the them, or BOTH with another Alito Clone?
Remember, Scalia was pissed on the busing decisions, he thought Roberts was TOO wimpy, and he wanted an outright BAN on all affirmative action? Then follows title nine, and equal rights for Woman and Equal pay...all gone if Scalia gets one more Alito on the court...
Scalia's America? Rich White Males in charge, Corporations immune from Taxes, Prosecution and Oversight, The Executive Branch all powerful and protected from oversight?
Chills the blood just thinking about it....
Despicable pretermission, traitorous injustice to citizens of America.
The Bush Legacy?....The destruction of American Ideals is what will be remembered.
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/03/white-house-leaves-door-open-for-fut...
Oh, this clip is rich. After seeing this, there can be no doubt that he will pardon Libby.
Also, he doesn't seem to even believe what is coming out of his own mouth.
If I hear someone say, "The president has nothing to lose" one more time, I just might scream. How about the presidency? Are we ready to help him lose that yet? This is completely ridiculous! Hopefully Shuster will replace Tweety and ask Marcy to be a regular guest. I know...but I can dream, can't I?
Just hit the newswire:
In spite of the lunatics at Freeperville who were ranting about Bush not pardoning him immediately, this is the most insidious plan, and sends a message to the rest of the minions who know the evil inside dirt on Lord Cheney:
Stick with us, lie and you will be protected?
Turn on us, and we will kill your children?
Scooters pardon is waiting, he just has to keep his mouth shut till Cheney leaves with his Halliburton Billions..
And, Bush will issue a blanket pardon to THEM ALL on his way out...
It's gonna happen, trust me....
i can imagine cnn, msnbc and faux noise all secretly scrambling to sign scooter on as a guest contributor. maybe they could pair scoots up with g gordon liddy for their own show?
Yes--Murray and Cantwell are hopeless. Inslee, however, shows promise sometimes. It's worth a try.
Did you ever notice that Murray & Cantwell just seem to deal with each other as far as who's turn is it to cast the anti-Democratic vote on whichever issue is at hand? One of them will come thru for their Democratic constituents one time while the other one folds and next crucial issue it seems it's vice versa.
She's on Democracy NOW! today, too:
MARCY WHEELER: Oh, I think that the press is going to be asking a lot of questions today about why it is -- I mean, here’s another thing that’s scandalous about this, Amy. The Bush administration is pushing Congress to require minimum sentences. What they’re trying to do is they're trying to change the law, such that the minimum sentencing requirements are mandatory. So they're saying that you and I, if we’re found guilty of something, are required to fulfill that minimum sentence. Scooter Libby's minimum sentence, according to the guidelines, was thirty months, and George Bush says, no, he doesn’t have to do what you and I would have to do in the same circumstances.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/03/1433207
http://play.rbn.com/?url=demnow/demnow/demand/2007/july/video/dnB2007070...
"All too often people unthinkingly link to the AP or the WaPo or the NYT and skip over blogs who are reporting the same thing earlier. Marcy knows more about the CIA leak case than anyone (even Joe Wilson will tell you that) but getting her voice on TV to talk about it when all they want are beltway bloviators talking about “poor Scooter” has been hard as hell"
Not if you watch Democracy NOW!
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hope @ 36:
Boeing pimps them out. They never answer except with boring form letters-"Thanks, but fuck you and quit bothering me." A lot of times though, THEY DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE CORRESPONDENCE. :mad:
Libby is responsible for what's happening in Iraq - and he's being commuted. Here's the story of just how badly he mishandled his job: www.noendinsightmovie.com
[Deleted. Jeff, Jeff, Jeff. I know it's hard for people with your type of impairment to understand, but this thread is not, by any stretch of the imagination, a thread about Bill Clinton's pardons. I think if you start a site, 'Bill Clinton's Pardons', it would be very popular with people just like you.
BTW Marc Rich's attorney was I. 'Scooter' Libby, Baby Blue Eyes-Sitemonitor]
The day that Bush, the Dick and the whole cadre of criminals walk out of the White House as free people with taxpayer funded pensions they will take with them our democratic republic. This country will never heal without accountability and punishment. These people have no respect for our Constitution, our Bill of Rights or our Laws. They are all war criminals with the blood of hundreds of thousands on their hands and the whole world knows this and I don't think they will be so forgiving. I am so ashamed to be an American right now and wish I could see a brighter day but there has been too much for too long and the damage is so great that it is hard to see how anyone can repair this. I've lost all faith in the Democrats and there is noone running for President that I can support. We are so screwed.
hope @ 36:
Washington is a weird state for someplace that always votes Blue?
Lot's of money, so there's plenty of Country Club Republicans...
East of the mountains, its Christian Conservative Crazyville!
So, YUP, you can see when ONE of the Senators needs a "Safe Vote" either left or right, the other Senator compensates?
Patty is really safe, her numbers are alway strong, Maria has trouble with the left AND the right, so she has to straddle the line more..
Jay is just "da bomb" as my daughter says, he's sharp as a tack, and when he first got elected, the Republics thought it was a fluke so they targeted him a couple of times..and got spanked for it. He's good, and the district loves him...
miss_kitty @ 39:
Boeing pimps them out. They never answer except with boring form letters-"Thanks, but fuck you and quit bothering me." A lot of times though, THEY DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE CORRESPONDENCE. :mad:
I hear ya! Sent Cantwell a hot email when she wouldn't support a filibuster of the Alito nomination. Got back a form letter saying gee, she was sorry but she just couldn't, in all good conscience, vote for Alito. Glad I took the time to write. Unfortunately it looks like they can't read.
miss_kitty @ 39:
If you're ever in DC, go drop in on them. Both have great staffs, and are more left then the candidates, especially Patty's crew.
I have to say, in WA state, it's kind of hard to ignore Boeing, or Microsoft and get re-elected.
But, I will insist, Patty is pretty consistant, Maria just wants to keep getting elected.
linda @ 4:
David Shuster has made such a positive impression on MSNBC in recent months, I'll be surprised if he doesn't have his own show soon. It's been widely reported that the odious Tucker Carlson's program is on life support, so maybe now's the time to E-mail MSNBC's Dan Abrams with some "suggestions" that Shuster would be a good replacement. And the fabulous Ms. Wheeler can get ready for her close-up.
"East of the mountains, its Christian Conservative Crazyville!"
Which is just a stones throw from Religious Zealot Loonietown, which is just north of Killanegroville and just south of Xenopholopolis.
pissed canuck @ 9:
Mmmmmm... Cockroaches. We Americans haven't had to eat cockroaches (or crow) for quite a while (Vietnam and Nixon,I think), we certainly deserve a heaping helping of it. Our northern friend is correct, How can an entire country be stupid enough to allow this fool to steal one election and "win" or get close enough to steal another? It's a sad time for us and I think we are all too involved with our own little issues to realize what is happening before our eyes: hijacking of our government by a regime that pisses on the constitution.
Sweet!
That is the video that I busted my ass to upload last night.
Go Marcy.
BREWSTER JENNINGS
NICE!
Let's face it, Republicans love convicted felons: G. Gordon Libby, Oliver North (was at one point), Scooter Libby. They can't help themselves. As long as the felons are rich and powerful, that is...
"If Bush can't complete a sentence, why should Scooter?"
Argh. I meant G. Gordon Liddy (freudian).
Just a question; does it always seem as though David Schuster is shouting? Maybe I'm just getting old.
David Schuster knows how to pick 'em. As reported via FDL, Schuster observed Ms Marcy live-blogging during the trial. He knows the hard work she's put into this case.
Libby was designated to take the fall for Cheney on the Plame business but drew the line at jail time. He saw to it that the White House knew that if he had to go to prison, he would sing like an opera star at La Scala.
pissed canuck @ 9:
think its funny canuts? well your countrys next for the crapper ,eat one!
Jeff @ 41:
Jeff, you SHOULD notice how many of these people who Clinton pardoned ACTUALLY SERVED TIME IN PRISON before being pardoned.
The current presNOT did an "end-around" by commuting Libby's JUSTIFIABLE sentence. But that isn't enough for you or the rest of the 27%ers -- a convicted FELON should be given a full pardon without spending so much as one day in prison.
You are just another hypocrite.
[Quote Edited]
Bush has gone from being a lame duck to being a re-incarnation of a . Just a little uglier this time.
Paying Attention @ 51:
No worries. We know which convicted Repug felon you meant.
(Let's try that again with closed tags...)
Bush has gone from being a lame duck to being a re-incarnation of a little boot. Just a little uglier this time.
I'm glad Jeff brought up Marc Rich's pardon by Bill Clinton.
I'm sure he'd be interested in knowing that Marc Rich was represented for almost 15 years by a lawyer named I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
Birds of a feather...
Paying Attention @ 51:
Just don't call him "Scooter" Liddy..G. Gordon's one of those crazied ex-military types, he'd probably shoot you in the face, and unlike Cheney, he would finish the job!
I just want to smack the mealy mouths of those so disgustingly backing this traitor, and the traitors infesting 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Let's see the Dems call Libby to testify about Cheney's role in Plame's outing
I'd like to see W try to apply "executive privilege" in covering a convicted felon, but if he does, then it's time to zero-out ALL funding for the Executive Branch-Not the agencies, bureaus or departments, just those Presidential and Vice Presidential staff working out of the White House
And to cut off a major loophole, make sure that private donations can't be used to meet those payrolls, if paychecks are issued, let them come out of W's & Cheney's pockets and wallets
While the chief counterargument would be that banning such private donations might be a free-speech violation, since there's nothing in the Constitution addressing such an issue-that I'm aware of, apologies if wrong-and since Congress hasn't spelled out how to address such an issue, this current Supreme Court is of the opinion that for something to be valid, every single "i" must be dotted and "t" crossed
That's exactly why the Court ruled against low-paid health care workers recently, because Congress didn't address those concerns concretely, concerns which the court held allowed those workers to be treated as they were. If the Administration were to actually try and use such private donations, without that ability being spelled out anywhere, this Court would smack them down
This commutation shows that treachery against our Constitution and our intelligence analysts/covert operatives has a thriving community at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and that actually protecting the US public against another terrorist attack on US soil does not factor one bit into the President's or Vice President's decision making, not in the least
But hey, who knows, maybe "commuting" Traitor Libby's sentence will get that US attorney's firing fiasco to go away, or the situation in Iraq to suddenly become much more positive, or get the public to rally around warrantless spying on domestic communications
Let's see if W "has the stomach" to hold a press conference to address why he let Libby off the hook for helping to destroy a career and a vital network of overseas informants and double agents designed to prevent WsMD from falling into the wrong hands
Once again, when W needs to show REAL spine, he instead crumbles completely and decides that "personal accountability" has NO place in his Administration
#43-WashStateblue
If one lives where I do, in between Olympia and Portland, it is extremely conservative. It will be a while before I will forget the look of intense hatred that was played on the face of my neighbor three weeks ago as I told her that I do not support the mission of the troops, which is brutalizing and terrorizing the Iraqi people. Even after telling her that I believed the best way to support those troops is to get them out of that abattoir as quickly and as rapidly as possible, in order to prevent more of them returning to this country maimed and crippled, that did nothing to lessen the fury that she had directed at me. Since she also told me that she believed that Bush has always told the truth and that no criticism of the government should be allowed during a time of war, I should have realized that attempting to speak to her was like shouting into the wind.
one thing that list lacks is an individual responsible for covering up a lie that directly lead to the deaths of over 3500 american soldiers and God knows how many dead Iraqis.
Hey Jeff 41...
Do you guys EVER have an original thought?
Clinton did it too?
The problem for you and the folks you are parroting, is, most of them DID serve time is jail before the pardons, and, besides....Rush et all has been ranting for YEARS about Clinton's pardons? So, NOW, are you guys all hunky dory with them? Huh, think about it?
What happens to you if Rush or Hannity is off the air for a couple days?
Do you sit in Momma's basement, drooling and sucking your thumb, struck dumb with nothing to say? (Probably do that anyway I'm guessing....)
It's time to get rid of Maria and Patty and the rest of the current Democrats. All they are is enablers. For the last 7 years they have enabled these bums to run roughshod over this country, its people, and the moral standing it supposedly had. These feckless Dems are just a bunch of poseurs. At least Lieberdouche has the aplomb to be honest about it. But the current Dems are as corrupt and as locked into the corporate-lobby lying piece of crap structure we call a government as the thugs currently running the show. Good thing the 2006 elections swung our way!
The middle-class financially carries this country. The issue is: when will they vote in their interest? And if they think their interest lies in buttressing the status quo, personally, I believe they are woefully confused. The good people in this country need to do something besides rant and rave like I am doing. What? Who knows. Giving money to candidates is not the answer. Calling these supposed representatives of ours is not the answer. And keeping inept mouthpieces like Maria and Patty in office is not the answer though it may well be the first step toward doing something.
So everyone make sure you blow a wad of money on gas and fireworks come the 4th. Get on out to Wal-Mart, Sears, Pennys, The Bon, Fred Meyers. Use them credit cards. Start buying Christmas gifts. Get another car. By another tv. Get that iPhone. Watch out for those brown people breeding us out of existence. And please, by all means, go to church come sunday.
Shuster is one of the few remaining journalists that actually have integrity. He formerly worked for Fox 'news' when the entire coporate/repiglican media did its number on Clinton for all those years. When the current piece of evil called Bush was elected he wanted to continue to investigative work now focused on that piece of evil. Fox told him there were not interested of course. So he quit and went to work for msnbc. He is a republican yet he is one of the few remaining one's that actually have principles. For the vast majority of the corporate/ repiglican media: THEY SHOULD BE TRIED AND CONVICTED OF CRIMIANL FRAUD AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. Starting with Tim Russert, Brian Williams, Katie Couric, Charles Gibson, the entire Fox 'news' cast of criminals, Chirs 'misformer of the year' Matthews, etc .. all of them should be frogged marched out of their insulated corporate studios and right into prison for the criminal fraud , propaganda, that they commit against the once former great country we call American.
Erroll @ 62:
Yeah, know that area..Went to school at Evergreen State the first two years...
A lot of Christian-Wingers down that, Ellen Craswell country, remember her and her wingnut Hubby?
Like I said in the original post, WA state is a weird mixture, Rich Republics in Medina, blazing Socialists on Capital Hill, Young Microsofties in Issaquah....All over the map politically...
And, out in the sticks, the crowd that thinks Jesus is flying out of the clouds tomorrow...
Makes things interesting, I must say...
Wilson said it best: CORUPT TO THE CORE!!!
*CORRUPT*
I don't blame the repugs at all. It's OUR fault. Why are we not out in the streets protesting this government? We get absolutely what we deserve since we put up with it. Our Democratic leaders are wimps and are afraid to take on the repugs. They are afraid to say that Bush should be in jail.
Craig Johnson @ 3:
No. Fly it high, and upside down.
http://syninfo.com/Responsibility/
amazing,, how many people did bush send to the chir in texas while spending less than 15 minutes on the case and possible commutation..
chair(electric)
Janet @ 22:
I just sent in my comment. My only hope, and it isn't much, is that now George's approval rating will go below 20% making him the most hated president in history. Generation after generation will at least learn that we hated him and DID NOT APPROVE of his horrible behavior and disregard of our nation's laws. I'd rather see him impeached, but I just don't see enough outrage coming from Congress.
thersitz @ 65:
I'm sort of concentrating on getting rid of the Republics first?
The Democrats always seem to eat their own, while, for better or usually MUCH worse, the Republics rally around the flag when it comes time to vote.....
It's all about money in politics anyway, and that is going NO WHERE for a while. So, if your choice is A Patty Murray or A Jeff Sessions or A Trent Lott...
WashStateBlue @ 75:
I hate to vote for the best of the worst, but in this case I do. These Woman will go whichever way the wind blows (Patty-voting for Roberts "in the spirit of cooperation" UGH). Get enough dems in and they'll blend in.
If Republicans see a crime, they want to do it to. That's the whole point of saying Clinton did it.
Republicans want a corrupt and criminal administration. They love crime.
Jeffrey Dahlmer was a Democrat, that killed and ate people. So its alright for Republicans to be cannibals too!
My letter to the White House:
I am appalled at the President's decision to commute Mr. Libby's sentence.
It reeks of
(1) hypocrisy --witness the new federal sentencing guidelines that will not allow federal judges to have the same power to make judgment calls based upon their perception of individual cases;
(2) elitism--a separate rule of law for the wealthy and powerful;
(3) partisanship--Martha Stewart served time for the very same offense and the President did not commute her sentence (she votes Democratic); and
(4) guilt--it makes one wonder whether or not Mr. Libby knows facts that will embarrass the President and his administration, and this commutation (coupled with fact that Mr. Libby's defense fund will cover all of Mr. Libby's out of pocket costs)
Obviously its clear now that Paris Hilton's crimes were far worse than Libby's.
miss_kitty @ 76:
Well, we COULD be in Nebraska, and have Ben Nelson?
Or any of the real DINOS out there? Maria pisses me off a lot, and yes, Patty really screwed the pooch on Roberts, but I didn't see ANY Demos really trying to block him..
Bush was riding high, and Roberts was sold as "not a radical" and, if you read the reviews, he actually has pissed off Scalia, cause he is an incrementalist, not a blow em up type like Thomas and Antonin?
So, continue to hold your nose, and vote for them..and just hope we can knock out Riechert or some more Repubs..Of course, he DOES represent Bellevue..Pretty much sez it all!
Weaseldog @ 77:
That's why Dick Cheney is the Ueber- Dahmer!!!
Erroll @ 62:
Keep speaking. The 27 percenters are deluded enough to think they're 90 percenters (or deluded enough to think this "administration's" policies will never have an ill effect on them or theirs). I live in a fairly conservative area but have noticed a BIG dip in the number of people who still display their in-your-face Bush/Cheney (Cheney/Bush?) bumper stickers.
These crooks learned everything they know from organized crime but leagalized it for theirselves from loan sharking, protection rackets, drug sales and wacking the enemy
Sadly, a lot of them were just pissed at the Immigration bill?
I think most of them are following the "Clinton did it too" Rush argument here...
They LIKE this pardoning, cause they live in the alternate reality where Fitzy was just a liberal prosecutor and the judges are all liberal activists?
Even though, they were all Republicans, Rush told them so!
WashStateBlue @ 84:
Down turn in flag waving came many months before the Immigration bill but I'm sure that helped.
Totally agree about some wanting to live in an alternate reality. They think they're being protected by someone bigger than they are who knows what's good for everyone. Don't have to tax their brain power that way. Won't they be surprised when reality hits them in the face.
Also love that way Clinton gets thrown into the fray every single time. Their marching orders are clearly to use those talking points keep people debating things that have absolutely nothing to do with the current issue. Distract. distract, distract.
tyree @ 54:
Not Funny...disgusting!
7 years to correct the wrong and American venom still spills around the world.
There is piss all we can do except hope that you guys get off your asses and do something.
Even though these pukes stole your elections, it is still your country.
IMPEACH !
pissed canuck @ 86:
How about your country taking the lead in the international community and calling for the Bush crime family to be brought up on war crimes? No? Your country doesn't wanna take the lead?
hope @ 82:
I also don't see the big SUVs (mostly white Chevy Suburban/Tahoe) with their "W" stickers any longer, either.
Screw them, their SUVs and their political party.
Dr. Acula @ 88:
You noticed the white Chevy Suburban/Tahoe thing too! What is with that? Republican party give them away free for awhile?
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Erroll @ 6:
Thank you for reminding us of this fact.
I remember reading about a reporter covering Bush at the time of the Karla Faye Tucker issue said W was mocking her, "please don't kill me."
Well, all you have to do is go to The Google and type in "please don't kill me" George Bush and voila!
from CNN's website, one of many, the story is that Tucker Carlson, of all people, was the reporter:
"Tucker Carlson of Talk magazine described the smirk Bush wore as he mimicked convicted murderer turned Christian Karla Faye Tucker begging, "Please don't kill me," something she never actually did."
I'm sure Marcy Wheeler adoooores Hardball.
90 Mr Peabody
FYI: It's spelled Karla.
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Cheney (with Bush's approval) ordered Libby to expose covert CIA agent Valerie Plame. Libby lied about it to a jury to protect Bush and Cheney. Bush commuted Libby's prison sentence (pardon to follow) to keep Libby silent, protecting the president and VP from charges of treason.
None of this has anything to do with justice or honesty. It's all about covering up massive crimes by Bush and Cheney, including lying to Congress about Iraq, plus treason for deliberately blowing a secret agent's cover.
Bush is actively obstructing justice. Does that really seem complicated?
pissed canuck @ 9:
WRONG!!!
The managed to get into office, but they were NOT elected!
Jane makes a good point. Marcy's been consistently fantastic. It's good to support good blogging.
It's a keeper! The line "The President promised to take care of of the leaker and that's what he's doing, taking care of the leaker" is one to memorize and repeat.
Complex story??????? Please, treason is not a complex story.
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