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Posted by tgl on 2005-12-21 04:02:47 +0000

Not holding my breath... Bush's poll numbers are on the rise (those midwesterners who are least likely to be killed by foreign terrorists are the ones most likely impressed with the administrations Draconian tactics).

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2005-12-21 04:29:13 +0000

Bush is polling better because he did a some things right last week. But why didn't he file with the court after they roving wire tapped the suspects, which he can legally do? Is there more to this? Frankly, it doesn't even matter. Not holding my breath either, but this has to be the clearist violation of American law by a sitting President, other than Nixon. "Sens. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) and Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) echoed concerns raised by Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who has promised hearings in the new year."(src) I emailed Kennedy, Kerry, Capuano, and the Globe.

Posted by Null Protocol on 2005-12-21 12:25:06 +0000

pipe dreams

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2005-12-21 15:13:13 +0000

Hey, if Clinton can get impeached for being dishonest about a sexual encounter in a petty real estate investigation, Bush certainly can for this...

Posted by Null Protocol on 2005-12-21 15:21:53 +0000

not gonna happen

Posted by cdubrocker on 2005-12-21 18:55:57 +0000

not sexy enough?

Posted by Miriam on 2005-12-21 21:16:18 +0000

Bush is definitely not sexy enough.

Posted by tgl on 2005-12-22 13:09:57 +0000

But if he were to get a blowjob in the Oval Office, it'd be OK since Clinton did it, right?

Posted by Null Protocol on 2005-12-22 14:26:42 +0000

ugggh. this point is relevant because: ___________?

Posted by tgl on 2005-12-22 14:41:28 +0000

Sorry, I thought past shenanigan's served as a blanket excuse for current shenanigans. Am I wrong?

Posted by Null Protocol on 2005-12-22 14:58:39 +0000

touche.

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-01-11 11:39:02 +0000

Wow, Some interesting points about the amazing technology of tapping and "jihad" searching. "The number of Americans subject to eavesdropping by the NSA could be in the millions." Further down: "'That would mean for most Americans that if they conducted, or you know, placed an overseas communication, more than likely they were sucked into that vacuum,' Tice said." Scary, unconstitutional (the American-to-American wiretap), and _most importantly_ it hurts our chances of prosecuting terrorists! But hey, with the "I-word" gaining ground in conservative media, it shouldn't be long now... Not that Cheney will be any better, but it gets the point across.

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-01-12 11:17:30 +0000

This letter to Congress should get the ball rolling. Can anyone find a law expert (who doesn't work for Bush's Dept. of Justice) who thinks the American-to-American wire taps were legal? I'm still looking for this angle. Could it be there isn't one?

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-01-16 14:03:18 +0000

Bump. Cover story. It's a long piece, but substantial.

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-01-20 18:20:44 +0000

Does Abramoff squeal on Bush? And why does Bush lie about being buddies with Casino Jack? Now there's a big shit sandwich, Mr. President.

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-01-24 15:49:20 +0000

Bump-ity, bump - bump.

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-02-10 18:52:47 +0000

So now that the CIA's head of Middle East intelligence says Bush and Co. "cherry picked" intelligence, who believes he didn't? After Clarke, Wilkerson, et al. have come out against, is there anyone who worked at the CIA or State Department who thinks we were justified to invade Iraq? Seriously, can anyone find anybody? And where's Powell? I think he waits till Bush is out of office before he launches into him.

Posted by tgl on 2006-02-11 14:35:40 +0000

Why didn't this revelation get more attention the lat few days? Maybe everyone assumes Libby was part of conspiracy to discredit Wilson using classified information already.

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-02-12 07:18:33 +0000

Cheney's hypocracy is astounding - He gets mad when the media reports on illegal activities by the White House, but thinks it's fine when his department leaks the names of covert CIA agents to the media. The flag waving is ridiculous. Oh, and here are the photos of Abramoff and Bush, the man he "doesn't remember meeting".

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-03-07 19:33:34 +0000

The article, approved 121-29 in balloting by paper, calls on Vermont's lone member of the House, independent Rep. Bernie Sanders, to file articles of impeachment against the president...

Posted by tgl on 2006-03-07 19:36:45 +0000

Today is Town Meeting day. Says so on my Vermont Attorney General's Consumer Fraud Alert Calender.

Posted by cdubrocker on 2006-03-27 16:21:47 +0000

More confidential memo fun. My favorite graph: "The memo indicates the two leaders envisioned a quick victory and a transition to a new Iraqi government that would be complicated, but manageable. Mr. Bush predicted that it was "unlikely there would be internecine warfare between the different religious and ethnic groups." Mr. Blair agreed with that assessment."

Posted by The Edge on 2006-03-27 21:48:59 +0000

I find intriguing that America has not tried to remove Mr. Bush yet. Most of the American's I know are outspoken, expressive, and fearless (and typically overweight, giggle-giggle), so why such little dialogue on the firing of Mr. Bush? Are American's more scared of the political recourse of impeachment than they are letting Mr. Bush run America into the ground? I understand that Mr. Cheney could prove a worse head of state, but as a fellow Conservative party member, Cheney would be embarressed and ineffective. Has fear paralyzed people? This seems to go against the American's and America I know.

Posted by tgl on 2006-03-27 22:13:14 +0000

Silly, silly, The Edge. Your reasoning is as overwrought and ineffectual as your guitar playing. Your first mistake is to think that Cheney would do anything different than Bush. Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld speak with one mind on the matter of Iraq. The US finds itself in it's current morass because the President blindly followed the advice of R and C, without heeding the cooler considerations from the likes of Colin Powell and even Condoleezza Rice. Your second mistake is thinking that Cheney is a member of the "Conservative" party. Alas, there is no such animal in American politics. The party that carries the conservative banner is the Republican Party. However, these days they are only capable of professing socially conservative values which have very little to do with what is wrong in this country. For the most part, the GOP is concerned with using the rhetoric of fear and jingoism in order to gain and hold power. How else to describe why citizens in Ohio, Texas and the the rest of the "heartland" have such a strong pull over foreign policy when these states have NEVER been threatened with attacks from Islamo-Fascist terrorsits? Once in power, the GOP uses the levers of state not to funnel public funds into private hands. How else can one describe why a former executive in a horse husbandery guild is given charge of the Federal Emergency Management Agency? Or that the single most important task --supposedly-- of the current administration, the reconstruction of Iraq, is handed over to third-rate political hacks with shabby MBAs, whose prior experience consists mostly of consulting for the oil industry and have hard-ons for Ayn Rand? The House and the Congress are currently controlled by this same party, and while the politicians in control feel safe in their power (and largesse) they aren't going to lift a finger or strain a nerve ending trying to tack America back toward moderate waters. Meanwhile, one (1) Democratic Senator suggests giving the President a hand-slap for admittedly ignoring the law and the entire GOP attack machine gears up to condemn the "reckless" behavior of the Democratic party. Personally, I think it has been reckless that the Democrats have been complict in this folly masquerading as a foreign policy for so long. Hopefully the coming mid-term elections will help balance things out.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-03-31 16:50:20 +0000

Dan Savage is on board.

Posted by cdubrocker on 2006-03-31 19:23:42 +0000

I love John Dean's one-man "Worse than Nixon" cheering section. Orrin Hatch is once again stellar in his grasp of the censure issue: “Wartime is not a time to weaken the commander-in-chief.”

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-04-06 17:31:22 +0000

Ouch. "Scooter, your supposed to say you don't remember. Not implicate the President."

Posted by tgl on 2006-04-06 18:01:51 +0000

Isn't David Addington Cheney's new Chief of Staff?

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-04-06 18:38:33 +0000

Yes. It says something when your Chief of Staff is your lawyer whose main goal is legal posturing so you and your boss can keep your jobs.

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-04-07 02:25:15 +0000

OK, since Bush pledeged that anyone involved in the Plame leak would be removed from the administration, does that mean Bush and Cheney have to step down now? No impeachment, G.W. should just step down. It takes a lot less time. Nixon did it, when he fucked up. Why not you?

Posted by tgl on 2006-04-07 03:26:00 +0000

So, when the headline is taken from a court filing, then, that's not what's fair and balanced?

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-04-07 05:06:41 +0000

Brit Hume. Pretending to be a journalist since 2001.

Posted by tgl on 2006-04-07 12:28:40 +0000

Did Hitler ever leak information? I can now see why Republicans might chafe at "Bush = Hitler". It's just not true!

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-04-07 16:49:13 +0000

I love this clip. Not only does the man say what every American (who gets thrown out of Bush's lectures by fake secret service agents) wants to say, but it shows just how immature Bush is. Yes, Bush lets the man finish, but the "I'm not your favorite person" line is so insulting. So I watched it again: Did Bush just admit he illegally wire-taps domestic phones? He puts the phrase "within the Constitution" in there but we all no that's horseshit after reviewing the 1978 FISA act. The man is right, I hope Bush feels shame.

Posted by cdubrocker on 2006-04-07 19:05:15 +0000

From the NYT: "Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales suggested on Thursday for the first time that the president might have the legal authority to order wiretapping without a warrant on communications between Americans that occur exclusively within the United States." I'd say it's probably happening. Our paternalistic president is going monarchical on our asses.

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-04-08 00:57:40 +0000

I like how this term monarchical has recently been tossed around, as to avoid the term "dictator." Everytime we hear monarchical, we know we're talking about dictators. Bush thinks America is a child who needs a parent. Talk about elitist bullshit. So frustrating.

Posted by tgl on 2006-04-08 12:34:29 +0000

Funny. My America thinks Bush is a child whose parent (Cheney) has a myopic view of foreign policy.

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-04-08 15:16:57 +0000

giggle

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-07-20 15:46:44 +0000

boston.com WTF? Bush really is going for the dictator thing. 'You can't investigate my illegal actions because of national security?' This is insane!!! Wake the fuck up America. And why can't the conservative media machine put this news front and center?

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-05-07 16:51:20 +0000

Great clip montage from TPM. Tenet admits he knew Bush was repeatedly lying to America and didn't stop him.

Posted by cdubrocker on 2007-05-15 17:32:23 +0000

Gonzales and Card tried to get a hospitalized, barely conscious Ashcroft to re-approve double-secret wiretapping! This is crazy stuff...I guess it's old news, but the narrative is kind of gripping.

Posted by tgl on 2007-05-16 10:46:42 +0000

Yes. Gripping. Yes. Old news. I remember hearing about this in Harper's or The Atlantic or somewhere on the internets a while back. Comey himself: I thought I had just witnessed an effort to take advantage of a very sick man, who did not have the powers of the attorney general because they had been transferred to me. Our AG is a sleaze bag, and has the full support of our President.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-05-16 15:05:31 +0000

Who sent Card and Gonzo? Bush himself? I doubt it. Either Rove or Cheney had his hand in this one. These people are so sick.

Posted by G lib on 2007-05-16 15:33:40 +0000

Gonzo, you're doing a heck of a job!

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-05-17 03:06:52 +0000

Former Deputy AG James Comey = hero.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-07-06 12:09:00 +0000

Majority of Americans support the impeachment of Cheney. And 45% are for the impeachment of Bush. Support of Clinton's impeachment never broke 33%.

Posted by tgl on 2007-07-12 14:17:00 +0000

WSJ says they leaked it. Do the WSJ opinion writers read the WSJ news reports? I doubt it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "And now we're going to move on," Mr. Bush said in a White House news conference. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...because commuting the sentence of a person who is hindering the investigation of a felony is the right thing to do. Maybe someone else can find a WSJ opinion piece (or two or three) from 1998 about the importance of telling the truth.