House targets Bush aides; GOP (cept RP) stages walkout

[Dequeant]

Nicely done RP, supporting constitutional checks and balances, even when the rest of the GOP stage a walkout.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/14/house.contempt/index.html


There was plenty of evidence in our report that showed and suggested there had been many lines crossed between appropriateness and inappropriateness, legality and illegality, and perhaps constitutional violations as well," Conyers said.

Three Republicans who did not take part in the walkout -- including current presidential hopeful Ron Paul of Texas -- supported the resolution, while one Democrat, Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar, opposed it.

[IcyPeaceMaker]

That will put more heat on McBush, who already had his hands full.

[AlbemarleNC0003]

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll060.xml

The votes.

Three Republicans stayed to vote yes.

Jones (NC-3rd district), Ron Paul, and Gilchrest.

[DaneKirk]

Didn't Bill Clinton fire 40 something US attorneys when he took office under similar circumstances? What is the big deal with firing a handful, they were all leftist scum anyway, people looked into their past and they were horrible attorneys. I would have walked out. That intelligence bill is a hundred times more important to pass than this BS.

[freelance]

What is the big deal with firing a handful, they were all leftist scum anyway, people looked into their past and they were horrible attorneys.

I guess I missed that article or memo or whatever.

[american.swan]

Didn't Bill Clinton fire 40 something US attorneys when he took office under similar circumstances? What is the big deal with firing a handful, they were all leftist scum anyway, people looked into their past and they were horrible attorneys. I would have walked out. That intelligence bill is a hundred times more important to pass than this BS.

Your right Clinton did the same thing, but Greg Palast reported in his book Armed Madhouse that the sole goal of replacing these attorneys was to ensure voting fraud never makes it to court. Greg Palast's book was admitted as evidence during one of the congressional hearings.

[Xyrus2]

Didn't Bill Clinton fire 40 something US attorneys when he took office under similar circumstances? What is the big deal with firing a handful, they were all leftist scum anyway, people looked into their past and they were horrible attorneys. I would have walked out. That intelligence bill is a hundred times more important to pass than this BS.

Incorrect.

It is often typical of an incoming president to "reorganize" upon his/her arrival. What the current justice department did was play politics and push an agenda, which is a no-no. Several of these fired attorneys were currently investigating some the questionable people/practices of the current administration and were replaced with....friendlier people.

The intelligence bill SHOULD NOT BE PASSED!

Are you sure you're on the right board?

~X~

[IcyPeaceMaker]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4a1z7NLnNk

[MozoVote]

Sounds like another reason to push Walter Jones to run in 2012! He is willing to stick his neck out for the Constitution.

[Elliott]

Incorrect.

It is often typical of an incoming president to "reorganize" upon his/her arrival. What the current justice department did was play politics and push an agenda, which is a no-no. Several of these fired attorneys were currently investigating some the questionable people/practices of the current administration and were replaced with....friendlier people.

The intelligence bill SHOULD NOT BE PASSED!

Are you sure you're on the right board?

~X~


He probably just hasn't caught up yet. It's hard to realize the breadth of the brainwashing at first.

[inibo]

That intelligence bill is a hundred times more important to pass than this BS.

Right, we don't need no stinking 4th Amendment. When the President does it, it's not illegal.

[ForcedPerspective]

Didn't Bill Clinton fire 40 something US attorneys when he took office under similar circumstances? What is the big deal with firing a handful, they were all leftist scum anyway, people looked into their past and they were horrible attorneys. I would have walked out. That intelligence bill is a hundred times more important to pass than this BS.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismissal_of_U.S._attorneys_controversy#Dismissal_ of_U.S._Attorneys_under_previous_administrations


By tradition, U.S. Attorneys are replaced only at the start of a new White House administration. U.S. Attorneys hold a "political" office, and therefore they are considered to "serve at the pleasure of the President." At the beginning of a new presidential administration, it is traditional for all 93 U.S. Attorneys to submit a letter of resignation. When a new President is from a different political party, almost all of the resignations will be eventually accepted.[69] The attorneys are then replaced by new political appointees, typically from the new President's party.[70][71][70]

A Department of Justice list noted that "in 1981, Reagan's first year in office, 71 of 93 districts had new U.S. attorneys. In 1993, Clinton's first year, 80 of 93 districts had new U.S. attorneys." Similarly, a Senate study noted that "Reagan replaced 89 of the 93 U.S. attorneys in his first two years in office. President Clinton had 89 new U.S. attorneys in his first two years, and President Bush had 88 new U.S. attorneys in his first two years."[72]

In contrast to the 2006 dismissals, Presidents rarely dismiss U.S. attorneys they appoint.[70][71] Kyle Sampson, Chief of Staff at the Department of Justice, noted in a January 9, 2006, e-mail to Harriet Miers: "In recent memory, during the Reagan and Clinton Administrations, Presidents Reagan and Clinton did not seek to remove and replace U.S. Attorneys they had appointed, but instead permitted such U.S. Attorneys to serve indefinitely under the holdover provision" (underlining original).[73] There is no precedent for a President to dismiss several U.S attorneys at one time while in the middle period of the presidential term in office. [74][75] [emphasis added]

Why do people just pull figures out of thin air when information is usually just a couple of clicks away?

[braumstr]

My only regret is that yet again we go after the henchmen and not the big fish.

Unless anyone does not get it yet, a fish rots at the head. Its time to bring them to justice.

Write your congressmen today and explain why you support impeachment of the VP as a first step. Ask him to support HR 799.

Full text here: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HE00799:@@@L&summ2=m&

[american.swan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4a1z7NLnNk

HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH

[madRazor]

My only regret is that yet again we go after the henchmen and not the big fish.

Unless anyone does not get it yet, a fish rots at the head. Its time to bring them to justice.

We should send Tom Cruise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i19KwL-bpY