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Must read, huh? Hell, why don't you just blame it on Clinton. I don't care what Chucky did, I care what my Congresswoman did. Mario are you teaching your kids to not take responsibility too! I bet you love it when they spin it,"Dad Johnny down the hill did it first."
Republicans need to grow up!
Sorry Fred, but this is not just a case of "Johnny going down the hill first." This is the case of Johnny, who shows a serious and clearly documented violation of the rules, trying to becoming the chief prosecutor, when it serves his political interests:
The Senate's No. 3 Democrat [Senator Charles Schumer] said Sunday that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should resign because he is putting politics above the law.
And since you asked, one of the things I try to teach my kids is not to be a hypocrite.
Mario please tell me that you are not falling for this bullshit. Schumer followed Senate Ethics guidelines for contacting a DOJ official about an ongoing investigation. The Senate Ethics Manual with reference to Senate Rule 43 specifically prohibits Senators from contacting a prosecutor about any case prior to its final adjudication. Comey was the appropriate DOJ official to be contacted with regards to the question Schumer wanted the answer to. Schumer's public letter was VERY different than our Senator's PHONE CALL to Iglesias, at home, about an ongoing legal matter.
Here is an example of how stupid you argument sounds:
POLICE OFFICER: Sir you are under arrest for armed robbery of a bank.
BANK ROBBER: But officer I was just making a withdrawal. Why didn't you arrest everyone else at the bank making withdrawals?
POLICE OFFICER: Sir, those people had an account at the bank and they didn't do it with a firearm pointed at the bank tellers face. Now, you have the right to remain silent.........
David, I wonder which example exerts more pressure. A phone call that lasts less than two minutes, or a PUBLIC letter DEMANDING information. My guess is the latter.
Since we are giving examples, here is a more relevant one - not that Bank Robber/ Police Officer exchange wasn't amusing...
I'm running a campaign right now. If I want to ask someone if they support me without making them feel pressured, I do it by making a private call, or pulling them aside when no one else is around to hear. This way they can answer honestly without repercussions.
On the other hand, if I want to pressure someone to support me, I might ask them in a public place with others around. This way they feel pressured to support me. You may have heard of it. It's called peer pressure.
So again, I ask who exerted greater pressure? The man who publicly decried performance and demanded answers, or the man who quietly posed a simple question and then let the subject drop?
Although Schumer's letter may have followed the Ethics Manual - I don't know, I'm not an attorney - it definitely did not follow the intent. It was clearly designed to apply pressure to change an outcome.
They didn't let the subject drop Mario.
After those "friendly" calls The Reps FIRED Iglesias. Let it drop? Nah.
The corrupt Reps COULD NOT make these "requests" in public because telling a Fed attorney to hurry up prosecutions for political reasons is AGAINST THE LAW.
Schumer followed the guidelines for inquiry. Domenici did not. What part of that don't you understand?
But, I will concede one point. The Bush Administration does have a long track record of appointing people who can't get the job done.
One final point to make. Wilson and Domenici made their calls to Iglesias at his home and at his hotel because they wanted to evade being recorded on the US Attorney's office recorded line. Nothing more, nothing less.
Quit crying foul David,etc..Iglesias did not prosecute voter fraud cases adequately.Every dem wants the head of Wilson and Domenici to cover up the dem fraud cases.Manny must be very happy right now.As for Marty, he's a nothing-a cry baby that has to get his way.
Wilson, Dominici, Rove, Gonzales, Cheney, and Bush should resign...
Bush obstructed justice in Jackoff Abramafia investigation
http://www.boston.com/news/
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US attorney's demotion halted probe of lobbyist
One of the eight recently fired U.S. attorneys at the center of a growing political scandal tells CBS News that he lost his job because he "did not play ball" with powerful Republicans. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/
2...in2580260.shtml "I believe I was fired because I did not play ball with two members of the Republican delegation here in New Mexico. I did not give them privileged information that could have been used in the October and November time frame."
The emails reveal that all of the fired Attorneys were selected by mid-September except David Iglesias. In fact, on a list of US Attorneys on page 7 of Part 1, he was listed as an Attorney the administration thought very highly of. There is a blackout in emails from mid-October to mid-November, and in the final plan sent out on November 15th, David Iglesias has been added. Nowhere is it explained why he was added, but an email on page 37 of Part 2 mentions that Sen. Pete Domenici's (R-NM) Chief of Staff was "happy as a clam."
http://web.morons.org/article.js...ionid=1&
id=7426
Meanwhile, a study, due to be published in 2008, has discovered a disturbing pattern in US Attorney investigations over the past 5 years. In that time period, 7 times as many elected Democratic officials have been investigated as Republicans. This is extremely disturbing, and highlights the magnitude of the problem caused by not having US Attorneys independent of political concerns. Fluff up the feather pillows and keep the black tar on the back burner. Tar and Feather Heather!
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