Comments on: Why the House Is Waiting to Hold Rove in Contempt http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/31/why-the-house-is-waiting-to-hold-rove-in-contempt/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:21:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: bmaz http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/31/why-the-house-is-waiting-to-hold-rove-in-contempt/comment-page-1/#comment-90753 bmaz Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:35:23 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/31/why-the-house-is-waiting-to-hold-rove-in-contempt/#comment-90753 <p>This poor little thread only has four comments. It should have at least a full handful of five. Let this be that completing comment. </p> <p>Me a culpa. Yes sirree doggy. I was one of the first and strongest saying that Bates would opt to just punt the whole deal back to Congress. I didn’t necessarily believe that he would hand a victory to the Bushies, but I did think he would, for the most part, take a pass as described in the penultimate paragraph of Marcy’s post here.</p> <p>I was wrong.</p> This poor little thread only has four comments. It should have at least a full handful of five. Let this be that completing comment.

Me a culpa. Yes sirree doggy. I was one of the first and strongest saying that Bates would opt to just punt the whole deal back to Congress. I didn’t necessarily believe that he would hand a victory to the Bushies, but I did think he would, for the most part, take a pass as described in the penultimate paragraph of Marcy’s post here.

I was wrong.

]]> By: Leen http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/31/why-the-house-is-waiting-to-hold-rove-in-contempt/comment-page-1/#comment-90583 Leen Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:20:30 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/31/why-the-house-is-waiting-to-hold-rove-in-contempt/#comment-90583 <p>a question</p> a question

]]> By: rincewind http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/31/why-the-house-is-waiting-to-hold-rove-in-contempt/comment-page-1/#comment-90580 rincewind Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:18:24 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/31/why-the-house-is-waiting-to-hold-rove-in-contempt/#comment-90580 <blockquote><p>Did his conscience get to him?</p></blockquote> <p>assumes a fact not in evidence…. ;></p>

Did his conscience get to him?

assumes a fact not in evidence…. ;>

]]> By: Leen http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/31/why-the-house-is-waiting-to-hold-rove-in-contempt/comment-page-1/#comment-90513 Leen Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:36:51 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/31/why-the-house-is-waiting-to-hold-rove-in-contempt/#comment-90513 <p>With Bates past history which seems to say he is doing the Bush administrations biding…why is he ruling differently now? “if Bates says this absolute immunity bullshit does not exist” why is Bates ruling differently than he has in the past? in the Bush administration’s favor. </p> <p> Did his conscience get to him?</p> With Bates past history which seems to say he is doing the Bush administrations biding…why is he ruling differently now? “if Bates says this absolute immunity bullshit does not exist” why is Bates ruling differently than he has in the past? in the Bush administration’s favor.

Did his conscience get to him?

]]> By: DeadLast http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/31/why-the-house-is-waiting-to-hold-rove-in-contempt/comment-page-1/#comment-90485 DeadLast Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:09:49 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/31/why-the-house-is-waiting-to-hold-rove-in-contempt/#comment-90485 <p>Aside from the delay (and having a potentially lakey judge), I don’t see what is bad about this. If Congress has other remedies, they should use them. In fact, they should use all of their potential remedies, including having the Seargent at Arms arrest these folks and have Bush be the petitioner to get them out. </p> <p>The House and Senate need to do start doing thier work. Right now, and for the past two years (if not eight), they have been less than robust defenders of liberty, rule of law, and freedom. Even now, they are giving Bush softballs and letting him dictate his own end of story. They are not doing thier job, so it would be no surprise if the Bush flacks failed to lift a finger to motivate them to action.</p> Aside from the delay (and having a potentially lakey judge), I don’t see what is bad about this. If Congress has other remedies, they should use them. In fact, they should use all of their potential remedies, including having the Seargent at Arms arrest these folks and have Bush be the petitioner to get them out.

The House and Senate need to do start doing thier work. Right now, and for the past two years (if not eight), they have been less than robust defenders of liberty, rule of law, and freedom. Even now, they are giving Bush softballs and letting him dictate his own end of story. They are not doing thier job, so it would be no surprise if the Bush flacks failed to lift a finger to motivate them to action.

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