White House Plans To Block Rove Aide Testimony; Miers Undecided
By Nicole Belle Friday Jul 06, 2007 8:48pm
The White House appeared set for an expanded showdown with congressional investigators in the probe of the firing of eight US Attorneys over the weekend.
An attorney for Sara Taylor, a former top aide to White House adviser Karl Rove, notified the Senate that she was unlikely to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee July 11.
At the same time, former Counsel to President George W. Bush Harriet Miers told RAW STORY she did not know if she would appear before the House Judiciary Committee July 12.
An attorney for Taylor informed the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee that the White House sought to block her testimony.
The White House stonewalling Congressional oversight? Quelle surprise! It's astounding to me that with so many of the Nixon White House still trolling around the halls of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue that the most fundamental lesson of Watergate appears lost on them: it's not the crime, but the cover up that gets them every time.
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Impeach Bush and Cheney!
All they deserve is JAIL.
FRIST !!
I can't, I just can't anymore, I've expended all the outrage I can muster for the next three decades in only six years. On the up side, nothing my soon to be teenage sons do will phase me.
Look at her eyes....
She looks "cute"..but also looks "Sad"
Oh and Frist, even though it was already said.
clydesalerno @ 4:
She looks bloody well vapid! Quick! Somebody check the air pressure in her cranium!
CappuccettoRosso @ 2:
FRIST - what an insipid comment. Can you complete a sentence?
gus smith @ 6:
Is THAT all you have to contribute to the thread? You trying to make us believe you're so smart you'd never do such a thing, or is it just sour grapes over not being fast enough to snag a 'first' yourself?
Not quite frist, and, YES, the crooks have to be sent to jail finally.
The way this Congress works the impeachment will NEVER happen - we all had great hopes voting for them, but, since there is no will, so there is no way.
Just empty rattling ... until this fascist US house of cards falls apart till the end..
The fascist attitudes do/did trickle down already, dems not only do NOTHING about it, happily participate until caught. Are mostly not capable of anything sane. Even telling them "I and others will NOT vote for you any more' - does not get ANY reaction. Busy being busy w/bs. VERY disappointing - mostly bc electorate truly became a mass of idiot sheeple bleeting w/out any sense.
As long as the bleeting occupies the pols/ their mostly unqualified staff, they keep saying the 'work w/ constituents' is significant - am living it in NYC, am well connected into NYC, NYS (new dem governator, Spitzer, a GREAT disappointment w/bad temper and sick ego tantrums, and his appointees even worse than Pataki's were), federal reps. You need to stop living life to get them to just move in common-sense manner - nothing gets done about ANYTHING.
what? ever
gus smith @ 9:
"what? ever" - what an insipid comment. Can you complete a sentence?
it’s not the crime, but the cover up that gets them every time.
I've always thought that's a convenient fallacy.
I think that it IS the crime, but the cover up is just an easy device that works on getting them out, if not prosecuted (which is what should happen).
Sort of like nailing Capone for tax evasion.
I know this is getting redundant: the ONLY way to get out of this mess is to proceed with impeachment proceedings against Cheny & Bush & Gonzales. Nothing else will make a difference.
miss_kitty @ 7:
Thank you miss_kitty for a healthy dose of common sense served w/balls (well, almost !) - while I was writing not seeing that newbies are getting itchy under the Aries Moon !!!
"..."This clash may ultimately be resolved by the judicial branch," he added.
RAW STORY contacted Harriet Miers at the Dallas office of her law firm Friday afternoon. When asked if she would appear next week before the House Judiciary Committee, which subpoenaed her at the same time Leahy subpoenaed Taylor, she was uncertain.
"No decisions have been made about that at this point," the former White House Counsel said in a brief phone interview...."
So Subpeonas are now 'optional response' writs? Why bother. :roll:
Didn't Snowjob tell everyone a couple of weeks ago that "Congress doesn't have oversight powers"? I mean, if it came from Tony's mouth, it must be true? Right......?
Biggest collection of crooks outside of Leavenworth!
There is no hope left for this "Once Great country of Ours" . Bush and Cheney killed it. The Dems stood on by as Bush/Cheney kicked the hell out of the constitution. The American People, are too dumb and stupid to know what's going on, and have no clue of what is about to happen to them. Like pigs and cows, being led to their slaughter. I don't care, I've had it with this country. It deserves every last bit of hardship that is bestowed upon it. I once cared. I don't anymore!
Who cares. The law doesn't apply to the rich.
Get with the program.
miss_kitty @ 14:
Unfortunately, this doesn't work if you or I get subpoenaed. Its strictly for friends only in the BushCo myspace. The Department of Justice needs to get invo--- oh shit. That won't work. The Supreme Court should - wait that won't work either. We're fucked.
Stone
Wall
OT, but look at Frank Rich's latest NYT column re. the overt cowardice of bush. He hits the nail on the head with example after example, culminating in the libby commutation.
He is akin to a schoolyard bully, and like most of his ilk, is a true coward in all that he does. Think about virtually anything he has done, and it will become clear that this is the case.
Would that the most oft-stated bush 43 legacy be that he was a true coward, and that he be known for this above all, just as his father, bush 41, has a legacy as a "wimp".
Send the US marshals to pick her up and haul her ass before Congress.
Could it be... that in order for Homo Sapien to survive... the world must destroy the US of A?
put those traitors in jail. and throw away the key.
it's just getting so ridiculous.
l luv Nancy Pelosi, but enough is enough.
Well, lets see now, If any one of us decided WE didn't want to testify or respond to a court order, what would happen to us?
This bunch of criminals has got to be stopped, it is time for letter writing marathons to our representatives.
OT - Bill Maher on Scooter Libby. So true!
"The Republican base is furious. They are saying it is wrong to convict someone of perjury and obstruction of justice unless there is proof of an underlying blow job." --Bill Maher
Not another day...not another minute...not another second...IMPEACH BUSH AND CHENEY NOW!!!
It is time to push like hell to get the impeachment proceedings going. If this can be achieved, people will pay attention to this because the hearings will seem like a TV drama. We all know how much people love their TV! The evidence is so overwhelming that people will just get more and more eager to find out just how much the Bush administration has been up to. There is no doubt that the House find the evidences so outrageous it will vote to impeach. The Senate is the question mark, but I still believe the Senate will vote to convict. Even if we don't get this far, we at least expose what the Bush administration has done to this country. By at least getting this information out in the open, we can still move forward to put safeguards and restrictions on our government to further protect against traitors like these. Nixon should have never been pardoned and we should have still demanded a full accounting regardless of whether he resigned or not. This country is still being damaged by his minions working in our government.
i am confused
neither taylor nor meirs are a part of the administration anymore
how can the whitehouse block their testimony
if they do not wish to testify, why not go up on the hill and plead the 5th
Ummmm...I personally, for one, think the 'Frist' thing at the beginning of every post is a little worn at best and at worst, just f*cking retarded! Frist is gone, thank God...let's not keep the prick's memory alive.
The Democrats May Have To Go Away To Fight Stronger Another Day
The lines are being drawn, and the Democrats may come up short. The Republicans will not vote for their demise. Would you? The only way the Democrats are going to beat this president is with majority representation in both houses, and, for additional measures, the control of of the executive branch.
Bush is not going to go down without an ugly fight that will pull this country more apart then it already is. The man is busy dividing this country as we speak, and I would not be surprised if he announced, after we pull our troops out of Iraq, he plans to continue the fight with Black Water resources. His administration cannot account for billions of dollars -- about what it takes to run a military campaign. How's that for "connecting the dots?"
This country is in more trouble then most would like to acknowledge. We have a rouge president who appears to be testing his total dictatorial powers. What do you think these refusals are? They seem to test the basic principles of checks and balances built into the core structure of our government. With this kind of total disregard, comes edicts: "Bush's way or the highway."
As it stands, Bush and the Republicans have two branches of government and trying to build another: The executive, the media, and Dick Chaney's newly created branch, we will call it the fifth. There is one shot remaining to returning our government to a balanced state. The next presidential election will be that critical moment so watch it very closely. Our country may depend on it.
Joseph
There was no doubt that Bushco would stonewall. The really interesting question is whether the Supreme Court that appointed this president* will actually enable the subpoenas that will gather evidence sufficient to prosecute these vile usurpers.
I have my doubts.
*Yes, there has been a slight change in personnel - like that is gonna make a difference.
Joseph sounds like you have already accepted defeat. It has more to do with defending the Constitution as the law of the land than it has to do with defeating this president. Complacency is one of the reasons the political climate is the way it is today. Waiting out the Bush administration will have grave consequences because their crimes against this nation will act like a cancer on us for years to come.
If the sold out Congress whores can't or won't do their job, then We The People have the RIGHT and DUTY to abolish a government that has become corrupt and despotic.
READ the U. S. Constitution people. Educate yourselves.
DO IT!
I am blogger hear me roar!
It does seem that the general public will have to be hit up side the head with a 2x4 before they start to pay attention. This slow slide into ignorance and indifference powered democratic rot is picking up speed. As Lilly Tomlinson has said, "It's always darkest just before it gets darker."
send the c**t to jail for contempt.
Site Monitor: Watch the language, please
Joseph sounds like you have already accepted defeat. It has more to do with defending the Constitution as the law of the land than it has to do with defeating this president. Complacency is one of the reasons the political climate is the way it is today. Waiting out the Bush administration will have grave consequences because their crimes against this nation will act like a cancer on us for years to come.
How you got defeatism from my comments puzzles me. At best, I was trying to provide a realistic assessment of what can be done at this moment with the power distribution the way it is. Now, since you say I sound defeated, you tell me what can actually be done, outside of overthrowing the government. Tell me what victory is.
This comes as no shock. It's like watching the same movie over and over again expecting a different ending.
Can you imagine the party America is going to throw when the crooked bastards that infest this administration finally leave Washington? Their continuous policy of obstruction and denial is like a recurring mightmare that keeps snapping my head up from the pillow.
We must remain strong as once they are gone we can begin to go about the business of repairing the damage these fools have done to our country. As we advance towards the penalty phase I'm going to suggest that the dorms at Gitmo be open to new tennants.
I can just see Dick Cheney on his knees begging foregiveness on some worn out old Muslim prayer rug.
What difference does it make ? ... They all Lie to congress and they Don't, Can't and Wont do SHIT, ANYWAY !
Trash..the whole lot of them. This administration has set a new low for scrupples and ethical standards. Every one of them is a disgrace to their country. Such a crying shame. I hope they all are exposed and pay for their corrupt behaviors. They can all look forward to a career with fox noise.
Im glad they dont learn lessons. It increases the odds of more being burned in the cover up. How many pardons and commutations can the dummy-in-chief issue without sinking GOP hopes in 08?
Sany @ 16:
So, what do you think we ought to do next?
http://myfightfordemocracy.blogspot.com/2007/07/new-declaration-of-indep...
beltman713 @ 21:
Do what they did with Judith Miller. Put her in the slammer until she agrees to testify. She would be in contempt of congress if she doesn't. I doubt if she would be as tough as Judith.
seevee @ 34:
Like the Fox producer said in, "Orwell Rolls In His Grave," if nobody hears it, did it happen. The EXTREME RIGHT WING MAIN STREAM MEDIA (ERWMSM) doesn't produce the news to make people aware of criminal acts going on in the whitehouse. They have hours and hours of Paris Hilton and say that is what the viewers want. Is that what you want? Tell the media, they are full of it and if they don't change, WE THE PEOPLE will take the 4th estate back. The air ways belong to us, not the corporations.
http://myfightfordemocracy.blogspot.com/2007/07/new-declaration-of-indep...
What a tremendous shock!
Bush used Harriet Miers as much as he could. He had no intetention of her getting approved for the Supreme Court. I wish she would realize this.
moonsha @ 44:
Good job C&L You lost my comment again. Good night.
Joseph @ 35:
If you think the only solution at this point is the overthrow the government, then I would equate that with feeling we have lost all avenues to legally hold the Bush administration accountable. If we continue to allow this president stonewall Congress and the people's right to know, I hardly see how we would be any stronger in making Bush and his cronies relenquish power through an election. They have already proven they can win elections through various means. Can we really afford to take that chance by just waiting around for things to just be all better come election day? We have a president and a vice president willing to out our own intelligence officers, expose Brewster Jennings, and set back our intelligence gathering no telling how many years. For all we know, they are selling state secrets to the highest bidders. After all, more conflict certainly means more profit for the war industries. Victory is to keep a government for the people and by the people.
moonsha @ 27:
Exactly! The new reality show of the Summer: The House Bush Built
That is one beautiful conservative liwer.
I recommend that people read United States v. Nixon. This so-called "Executive privilege" is not absolute, and cannot be used to hide the ordinary non-classified goings on of the government. Also, a person cannot plead the fifth just because they don't want to testify. They can only plead the fifth if the answer they must give, to a specific question, would incriminate them. Just because the answer would make the president, vice president, or Karl Rove look bad (because it might make them look like liars?), is not justification for refusing to answer. It would be, in fact, obstruction of justice. I hope that both Congressman Conyers and Senator Leahy patiently explain that to her before she begins her testimony. Let there be no doubt in her mind what her duty to the country is. And that duty trumps her loyalty to the president.
They have got to be crazy as hell to think that this country could withstand George Bush another eighteen months.
This corrupt bastard will take this entire country down with himself.
He knows whats in store for his ass when he finely gets out of office, so he is just going to terrorize us until that time.
We need to be all over Congress Members to support getting this sick bastard out of office and yesterday would be too late.
It's time to start the lynchings.
Not testifying to a subpoena is contempt of court. Throw the bums in jail.
no one is asking the right question here: what are they seeking to cover up here? the answer is that the u.s. attorney firings are tied to the vote caging scheme through which they rigged the 2004 election, subverted the constitution, broke a variety of laws, hijacked the government (a second time) and put themselves in jeopoardy of long prison terms. THAT is why they're stonewalling. the caging scheme comes out and they're done--or should be, but with this Congress and this media, it will probably take videotaped pederasty to get them out of office.
For the love of justice, IMPEACH!
There's no doubt they're covering up. Otherwise, why be so obstinate. I'm convinced that the only way to deal with the Bushies is impeachment. They have nothing but contempt for Congress, the Constitution, or even basic laws.
Canuknotusa @ 22:
No, just never allow mafia-like organizations like BushCo to ever steal and abuse power again.
Of course getting rid of them now is a good start!
carol @ 33:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
legalpad @ 54:
I was with you until..."long prison terms." The last time I looked "vote caging scheme," "rigging elections", "subverting the constitution", breaking a variety of laws, and "hijacking the government" (a second time) was TREASON, punishable by DEATH. I for one, will not spend one fu*cking cent jailing these putrid scumbags.
GUILLOTINE!!
I say have a national lottery to help pay down the debt for:
1) who gets to tie the hangman's noose
2) who gets to pull the trap door
3) who gets to check if they are dead
Just think of the $$$ that will be raised. Corporate sponsorship too.
She looks mousie and frightened. I think everyone on C and L should call her up and tell her that huge Lesbian Amazons await her arrival at a federal penitentiary after she is convicted of contempt of Congress.
There she will learn, you can tell her, all the glories of face rape as hundreds of homicidal Amazons arrive to sit on your face, Sara. You can write a book that will really impress your sorority sisters.
That might help her understand the importance of testifying against her boss, Karl Rove.
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clydesalerno @ 4:
Court of Progressive Justice @ 37:
I like this Court of Progress Justice.
Why are these top level administration assistants blonde bimbos?
I'm having trouble diagnosing the trend........
Legalpad.......I'm scared that someone will pick up on your idea and then the only thing that separates us from the fallen Roman empire (the gladiators & public spectacle death games) will be gone. I console myself with the fact that at least we don't kill each other at the arena...yet.
by the way, how old is this Sarah person? I have a hard time taking someone who looks like my high school students seriously. Ah well, its just me getting old.
Another blond haired, blue eyed, Republiscum christofascist bitch in the Bush White House.
I'm shocked!!!
Word is that Sara Taylor WANTS to testify, but the White House is moving to block her from doind so.
booshco seems to have as many albino nymphettes as Al Qaeda has second-in-commands.
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