Comments on: Pelosi to Mukasey: Tag. You’re It.

By: looseheadprop

looseheadprop — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:45:14 +0000

Shuster is back.Uness I have been hallucinating I saw him on the air a couple/few days ago

By: Praedor

Praedor — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:26:09 +0000

Impeachment, ALL impeachment, is off the table. It is no longer a quiver in the bow of Congress. Pelosi unilaterally disarmed before the most criminal Administration in history and will absolutely NOT do anything to mitigate the damage.

By: prostratedragon

prostratedragon — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:47:26 +0000

This Ashcroft? After reading all the entries there, especially July 26, and maybe figuring in his hospital bed scene a couple of years later, one might reconsider a judgement that he was just incompetent. Or at least work in a hedge.

As to the letter, I just looked over my shoulder and still found no sign yet of the Speaker —but it’s good to see her point out that there is no Presidential privilege that allows simply disregarding Congressional subpoena, either directly or by instruction to others.

By: rxbusa

rxbusa — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:38:50 +0000

unfortunately, I don’t think there’s a cojon amongst ‘em. Y chromosomes not withstanding.

By: LS

LS — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:51:54 +0000

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/....._0228.html

By: obsessed

obsessed — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:13:38 +0000

Well, I feel a little better … I guess.

Can we impeach Mukasey now?

By: Rayne

Rayne — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:06:10 +0000

We’re only a couple hundred years old, oldtree, take heart. We only have one or two examples to point to, like the Teapot Dome Scandal, as examples of what to do.

We still have time to set it right. Look at how many young people have become so actively engaged in democracy; I wasn’t at that age. Hell, look at Marcy, look at me, look at so many of us who have increasingly stepped up and become more active and more visible. I wouldn’t have thought it possible 10 years ago; good gravy, everybody I knew was so much more self-absorbed during the dot.com bubble.

The problems we face are not ones that will be solved in a handful of years; we will be lucky if the financial and economic problems only take that long to do their worst. This is a marathon, one of several lifetimes; we are still nebulous as to what a real democracy looks like in an age where we can more fully represent ourselves. Imagine the transference of the Facebook environment to every possible policy question or potential legislation; how will that shape the future?

Look at how the people here are already actively debating this matter; 10 years ago we might not have heard of this letter from the Speaker for days (not to mention how unthinkable “Madame Speaker”) was at that time. We have already come so damned far.

On the other hand, we should consider more frequently the regressive tactics of mobs armed with pitchforks and torches if this doesn’t go as it should. Wouldn’t that make for a lovely action shot on a Facebook page…

By: obsessed

obsessed — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:47 +0000

Shuster came back a few days ago.

By: obsessed

obsessed — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:26 +0000

This is making me pull my hair out. How can the AG refuse to enforce a congressional contempt order?

Wouldn’t the next move be to impeach Mukasey?

By: tejanarusa

tejanarusa — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:52:51 +0000

Don’t you remember? Shuster is suspended for his stupid “pimping out Chelsea” remark. It was only a couple of weeks’ suspension, so he should be back soon.