Comments on: Make Bush Invoke Executive Privilege for Rove http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/06/make-bush-invoke-executive-privilege-for-rove/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:58:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Leen http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/06/make-bush-invoke-executive-privilege-for-rove/comment-page-1/#comment-84421 Leen Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:02:05 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/06/make-bush-invoke-executive-privilege-for-rove/#comment-84421 <p>When Rove was asked if he “directly or indirectly” discussed the possibility of the prosecution of Don Sigelman. Rove responded “I learned about Don Sigelman’s prosecution by reading about it in the newspapers”</p> <p>G.S. “that is not a denial”</p> When Rove was asked if he “directly or indirectly” discussed the possibility of the prosecution of Don Sigelman. Rove responded “I learned about Don Sigelman’s prosecution by reading about it in the newspapers”

G.S. “that is not a denial”

]]> By: DefendOurConstitution http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/06/make-bush-invoke-executive-privilege-for-rove/comment-page-1/#comment-84382 DefendOurConstitution Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:24:41 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/06/make-bush-invoke-executive-privilege-for-rove/#comment-84382 <p>The day we find a Democrat with a spine will lead to the day we’ll see Rove either testifying or arrested for contemp. </p> <p>Both of these days only happen in our very vivid imaginations.</p> The day we find a Democrat with a spine will lead to the day we’ll see Rove either testifying or arrested for contemp.

Both of these days only happen in our very vivid imaginations.

]]> By: PetePierce http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/06/make-bush-invoke-executive-privilege-for-rove/comment-page-1/#comment-84361 PetePierce Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:36:11 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/06/make-bush-invoke-executive-privilege-for-rove/#comment-84361 <p>Some hearings are of course much better than others. And there are some distinctions. If a committee calls a bunch of docs about a relatively less controversial topic, or a bunch of fuel experts and petroleum experts where each party doesn’t feel like their are high stakes, the decorum is a lot more cordial and often seems more preductive.</p> <p>But in the last few years, if there is a hearing for Lurita Doan and she’s accused of violating the law (which she definitely did)–the Hatch Act, then you get the milieu where it’s Giants v. Patriots and Doan’s party (the Republicans in the form of Issa and particularly Tom Davis) are going to use every nanosecond to attack the other party and obstruct them and praise Doan.</p> <p>There is nothing objective about a hearing where one party has a muckety muck caught in the headlights breaking the law and books have been written about the lack of partisanship. I don’t know if there is a discrete marker for when this “us v. them” started, but it’s definitely the name of the game now.</p> Some hearings are of course much better than others. And there are some distinctions. If a committee calls a bunch of docs about a relatively less controversial topic, or a bunch of fuel experts and petroleum experts where each party doesn’t feel like their are high stakes, the decorum is a lot more cordial and often seems more preductive.

But in the last few years, if there is a hearing for Lurita Doan and she’s accused of violating the law (which she definitely did)–the Hatch Act, then you get the milieu where it’s Giants v. Patriots and Doan’s party (the Republicans in the form of Issa and particularly Tom Davis) are going to use every nanosecond to attack the other party and obstruct them and praise Doan.

There is nothing objective about a hearing where one party has a muckety muck caught in the headlights breaking the law and books have been written about the lack of partisanship. I don’t know if there is a discrete marker for when this “us v. them” started, but it’s definitely the name of the game now.

]]> By: JohnLopresti http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/06/make-bush-invoke-executive-privilege-for-rove/comment-page-1/#comment-84359 JohnLopresti Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:15:51 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/06/make-bush-invoke-executive-privilege-for-rove/#comment-84359 <p>It is possible the topic choices Sanchez plans to address might <a href="http://judiciary.house.gov/newscenter.aspx?A=995" rel="nofollow">entice Rove to appear</a> despite Luskin’s letter of refusal; [worn links]. Even Sanchez’s planned review of part of the DoJ purge scandal with Rove could afford Rove an opportunity to remind that his initial counsel was for a wholesale request for resignations instead of the final rank political methodology Bush opted to deploy: his typical gross m.o., undermining and firing the least politically cooperative republican USAs. Congress could learn from this experience with Rove, that ‘wartime’ excesses in granting of privileges to the executive needs more concurrency of oversight. There was a string of laws congress fabricated that gave the AG too much unilateral control. This hearing could fuel part of the ongoing process of review and restatement, to add to congress’ understanding of how best to exercise its lawmaking expertise in crises.</p> It is possible the topic choices Sanchez plans to address might entice Rove to appear despite Luskin’s letter of refusal; [worn links]. Even Sanchez’s planned review of part of the DoJ purge scandal with Rove could afford Rove an opportunity to remind that his initial counsel was for a wholesale request for resignations instead of the final rank political methodology Bush opted to deploy: his typical gross m.o., undermining and firing the least politically cooperative republican USAs. Congress could learn from this experience with Rove, that ‘wartime’ excesses in granting of privileges to the executive needs more concurrency of oversight. There was a string of laws congress fabricated that gave the AG too much unilateral control. This hearing could fuel part of the ongoing process of review and restatement, to add to congress’ understanding of how best to exercise its lawmaking expertise in crises.

]]> By: MarieRoget http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/06/make-bush-invoke-executive-privilege-for-rove/comment-page-1/#comment-84356 MarieRoget Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:28:11 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/06/make-bush-invoke-executive-privilege-for-rove/#comment-84356 <p>Hey, he’s an experienced prosecutor. I bet he’s got a few good ideas on how to proceed…</p> <p>Purveyor of fiendish ideas? Pas moi.<br /> Well, maybe just a lil’ bit.</p> Hey, he’s an experienced prosecutor. I bet he’s got a few good ideas on how to proceed…

Purveyor of fiendish ideas? Pas moi.
Well, maybe just a lil’ bit.

]]> By: skdadl http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/06/make-bush-invoke-executive-privilege-for-rove/comment-page-1/#comment-84354 skdadl Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:55:19 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/06/make-bush-invoke-executive-privilege-for-rove/#comment-84354 <p>Oh, what a fiendishly good idea, Marie.</p> Oh, what a fiendishly good idea, Marie.

]]> By: MarieRoget http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/06/make-bush-invoke-executive-privilege-for-rove/comment-page-1/#comment-84353 MarieRoget Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:32:14 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/06/make-bush-invoke-executive-privilege-for-rove/#comment-84353 <p>From this morning’s TP (apologies if it’s already been noted somewhere):</p> <p>“Five years ago yesterday, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson published an op-ed in the New York Times asserting that the Bush administration manipulated intelligence about Saddam Hussein’s weapons programs. The next day, the administration “admitted that accusations included in the president’s 2003 State of the Union address had turned out to be inaccurate.” <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/07/thinkfast-july-7-2008/" rel="nofollow">TP’s Think Fast 7/7/08</a></p> <p>BTW, I plan on asking David Iglesias over @ FDL Book Salon tomorrow for suggestions on how to question Rover (provided, of course TBlossom deigns to show on Thurs). Might provide some interesting strategy/lines of questioning, based on what Iglesias commented @ the book event I attended in La Jolla a while back.</p> From this morning’s TP (apologies if it’s already been noted somewhere):

“Five years ago yesterday, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson published an op-ed in the New York Times asserting that the Bush administration manipulated intelligence about Saddam Hussein’s weapons programs. The next day, the administration “admitted that accusations included in the president’s 2003 State of the Union address had turned out to be inaccurate.” TP’s Think Fast 7/7/08

BTW, I plan on asking David Iglesias over @ FDL Book Salon tomorrow for suggestions on how to question Rover (provided, of course TBlossom deigns to show on Thurs). Might provide some interesting strategy/lines of questioning, based on what Iglesias commented @ the book event I attended in La Jolla a while back.

]]> By: BayStateLibrul http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/06/make-bush-invoke-executive-privilege-for-rove/comment-page-1/#comment-84352 BayStateLibrul Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:36:30 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/06/make-bush-invoke-executive-privilege-for-rove/#comment-84352 <p>When one idiot meets another bobblehead? </p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/world/europe/08medvedev.html?hp" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07.....ev.html?hp</a></p> When one idiot meets another bobblehead?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07…..ev.html?hp

]]> By: BayStateLibrul http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/06/make-bush-invoke-executive-privilege-for-rove/comment-page-1/#comment-84351 BayStateLibrul Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:20:30 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/06/make-bush-invoke-executive-privilege-for-rove/#comment-84351 <p>Rove’s Laws</p> <p>Rove’s lies expand, so as to fill the time available for Luskin’s disclaimers.<br /> 100% percent of everything Rove utters is bullshit.<br /> Given enough lies, Rove should be indicted.<br /> Arrest him</p> Rove’s Laws

Rove’s lies expand, so as to fill the time available for Luskin’s disclaimers.
100% percent of everything Rove utters is bullshit.
Given enough lies, Rove should be indicted.
Arrest him

]]> By: emptywheel http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/06/make-bush-invoke-executive-privilege-for-rove/comment-page-1/#comment-84350 emptywheel Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:56:21 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/06/make-bush-invoke-executive-privilege-for-rove/#comment-84350 <p>THe format does suck. But on some committees they do much better with it than others.</p> THe format does suck. But on some committees they do much better with it than others.

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