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powerful message recently to try and end the conflict in Iraq. He had a clear-cut plan and a vision of what America should do in Iraq and he called for the immediate implementation of this plan.
She labeled him a coward and a cut-and-run artist, paving the way for second rate hacks to pile on a barrage of lies and distortions about the case he made to get us out of this tragic war.
swiftboat attack began but was quelled immediately by the Internet as the perpetrators turned out to be liars from the get-go. over six feet tall, he hovered over the crowd with a quiet calm that resonated deeply within the group. He spoke for a few minutes with a passion and clarity that was mesmerizing. What is clear and very dear to him is not that he held the spotlight for the moment, but rather his message...
agree with Howie on this one: " Cable news is driving me crazy. What's been the biggest domestic issue of the last month or so? And yesterday was the first congressional oversight hearing on the controversy, with Alberto Gonzales as the star witness. The cable nets all made a great show of 'covering' the Senate Judiciary hearing by carrying the AG's opening statement, then maybe a question or two from Arlen Specter. Then they trotted out their legal analysts to talk about the meaning of the hearing, which by then must have been eight or nine minutes old. The hearing became video wallpaper as the cable talkers talked. They never even got to Pat Leahy, the panel's top Democrat, meaning that only Republican voices were heard.
Glenn: I thought that when I debated Professor Turner this morning, I had confronted the most extreme end of the pro-Bush fantacism. Tomorrow at 2:10 pm EST, I'll be on NPR's To the Point to discuss the NSA hearings with Powerline's John Hinderaker...
Transcript DEAN: Well, they certainly raised those questions in the hearing today, and a number were searching for answers. Gonzalea obviously didn't come prepared to offer any kind of resolution. And thats been one of the surprising factors all along, Keith. Bush is just saying to the Congress, it's an in-your-face situation, I think I have this authority, I'm not going to ask to have the law amended, and I'm going to just go ahead and do it my way. Well, you know, that's a little bit frightening, because of the slippery-slope argument. And it's also just so contrary to the fact that we have traditionally been a country that follows the rule of law, for a very good reason. The rule of law controls power, and in our system, we just dont give presidents unlimited power, we dont give Congress unlimited power.
challenged him to defend traditional values by joining me on a trip to Darfur. and you'll finally be using your talents for an important cause." Mr O'Reilly declared in his column: "I do three hours of daily news analysis on TV and radio.
com or snail mail to me at The Times, and tell me how much you're willing to pay for Mr O'Reilly's expenses in Darfur. Offers will be anonymous, except maybe to the NSA Don't send money;
Of Cabbages and Kings: Hybrid car technology was developed by an inventor named Victor Wouk in the 1970s and a bureaucrat with the Environmental Protection Agency killed it.
Huffington Post: "Congressional sources said Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove has threatened to blacklist any Republican who votes against the president. The sources said the blacklist would mean a halt in any White House political or financial support of senators running for re-election in November...
I'm almost confused by it but, I mean, it seems to presuppose that these very sophisticated Al Qaida folks didn't think we were intercepting their phone calls. GONZALES: Well, Senator, I would first refer to the experts in the Intel Committee who are making that statement, first of all. And so, when the director of the CIA says this should really damage our intel capabilities, I would defer to that statement. I think, based on my experience, it is true - you would assume that the enemy is presuming that we are engaged in some kind of surveillance. But if they're not reminded about it all the time in the newspapers and in stories, they sometimes forget.
Intoxination) Alberto: President Washington, President Lincoln, President Wilson, President Roosevelt have all authorized electronic surveillance on a far broader scale.
full transcript: Scotty: --and cited the same--and cited the very same authority. Scotty: And we're going to continue doing everything we can -- Helen:You know what happened to Nixon when he broke the law. Scotty:--within our power to protect the American people. This is a very different circumstance, and you know that.
Digby: "I've been digesting this morning's hearings and I am dumbstruck by the totality of the Republicans' abdication of their duty. These men who spent years running on Madisonian principles ("The essence of government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse") now argue without any sense of irony or embarrassment that Republican Senators are nothing more than eunuchs in President Bush's political harem. They have voluntarily rendered the congress of the United States impotent to his power...
I had to put up this clip because the caller is batshit crazy. Obviously she doesn't understand what the conflict is and why there is a hearing going on, but her rhetoric is fueled by the likes of Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and much of the hate filled diatribe's from someBush apologists that fuel this sentiment. The hearing is about protecting the rights of Americans from being unlawfully spied on- coupled with a power hungry executive branch-period.
You know, the ACLU and all these people are so concerned about the rights of these terrorists-maybe they should have been in the building 9/11, instead of all those decent Americans who were murdered by these people you are so interested in keeping their civil rights--Thank you. Glenn discussed the real issue here while taking the partisanship out of the equation: Glenn: The reality is-is that the scandal is about whether or not we live under the rule of law and that is not a conservative or a liberal debate-that is an American value and for that reason there are numerous conservatives-and I don't mean wishy-washy conservatives. I mean hardcore doctrinaire conservatives from Grover Norquist and Bob Barr...
Atrios: DURBIN: I just dont understand why they cant make what modifications in the law might be necessary, but instead are claiming powers that go way beyond what the statute allows and way beyond what anyone voted for on September 14, 2001. Q: But the attorney general says FISA allows intercepts that are otherwise authorized by statue. And he also says that that was authorized in the authorization of force act. DURBIN: Okay, I'm sorry I wasn't familiar with your publication. But I will just tell you this: the argument is the Constitution spells out the powers of the president, as well as the powers of the legislative branch and the judicial branch. And statutes will be followed if, in fact, they put exclusive authority. It creates the word "exclusive means" - exclusive authority. And they are reading more into it now than the statute obviously allows. Q: But did you hear Gonzales say- DURBIN: I'll check out Pajamaline, but I'm not familiar with your publication.
Jeff Sessions brings out 9/11 victim's tragedy Jeff Sessions brings out 9/11 victim's tragedy All you hear from certain republicans is talk about how the democrats politicize the war in Iraq whenever they are criticized. Jeff Sessions actually brought out the sister of one of the fallen pilots in the 9/11 tragedy during an intermission of the hearing.
Specter: The authorization for the use of force doesn't say anything about electronic surveillance. Specter: The authorization for the use of force doesn't say anything about electronic surveillance.
Think Progress: RUSSERT: The administration says that they didn't need to, that they already had authority from Congress when, back in October 2002, Congress voted an authorization to go to war against Iraq, and this is part of that war. SPECTER: I believe that contention is...
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