July 11, 2007

Then And Now...
Fun Factoid: When Congress investigated President Clinton's the almighty Clenis' pardons, President Clinton waived presidential privilege and allowed his White House advisers most involved in the decision to testify at the hearing. The Committee was able to conclude there was no evidence Clinton misused his pardon authority.

Hysterically hilarious fucked fact: Rep. Conyers sent a letter to Bush Monday asking him to waive executive privilege and allow his aides who participated in the commutation discussions to testify before the committee.

ANY second now.....

Triple Word Score Bonus Quote of the year from Firedoglake which explains EVERYTHING:

SEN. LEAHY QUESTIONS, SECOND ROUND: You said, “I took an oath to the President, and I take that oath very seriously.” Did you perhaps mean that you took an oath to uphold the Constitution? Taylor says yes, she misspoke, and she took an oath to the Constitution, and that she takes her oath to uphold the President seriously. Leahy says, no, that her paramount duty is to uphold the Constitution and the laws of this nation, not the President alone, just like Leahy’s oath is to do the same and not just uphold the Congress. (CHS notes: Taylor sitting through this discussion with a sullen look on her face.)












I'm upholding my Presidunce
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~Undeniable Liberal~

3 comments:

Peacechick Mary said...

The way the Prezdunce makes these I won't allow statements sure sounds like a dictator who is used to dictating how things are and will be. Yep, we've got a dictatorship, alright.

Anonymous said...

I pretty much agree with 'peacechick mary' about the Bush dictatorship, though I would catagorize it as a 'lazy, low-level' grade dictatorship, with Cheney as the dictator and Bush as the frontman/stooge because he's the more personable of the two (BOY, is that 'feint praise'!) I think the Reboobs 'elected' (sic) Bush back in 2000 NOT because of any program he suggested, but because he would essentially be a distraction that would hopefully allow them to do what they wanted while he occupied the US public with some incidental bullshit. It wasn't working that well until 9/11 happened - - then it worked SO well that Cheney/Bush were able to push through outrageous laws and practices (ie;'signing statements!'). Since Bush is being revealed now, he may have to curtailany new outrageous crap, but he's mucked things up so badly (ie; the Supreme Court, the tax structure, etc) AND he's set the precedents that future ACTIVE dictatorships could use for REALLY NASTY stuff...

Anonymous said...

Is there some Skull & Bones type ritual oath he's making his staff agree to or something?