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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 01:46 PM
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Leahy urges White House cooperation on fired prosecutor investigations
Source: AP

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A day after White House political adviser Karl Rove resigned, Senator Patrick Leahy is calling on the White House to cooperate in congressional probes into the firings of 8 U.S. attorneys.

The Vermont Democrat, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has written a letter to President Bush suggesting that Bush, Leahy and Republican Senator Arlen Specter sit down to work out their differences on the matter.

Leahy has subpoenaed Rove and is seeking e-mails that Leahy says indicate that Rove played a role in the firings.



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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 01:50 PM
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1. The ears in the WH have plugs in them.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 01:50 PM
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2. "Urges"? URGES!?
I'm having this awful moment of wishing the Dem leadership had pictures of its membership fucking goats like the RNC has of theirs.
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fooj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 02:31 PM
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5. Be careful what you wish for...
:rofl:
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 01:50 PM
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3. Sen. Leahy, you're wasting your time and breath; don't you know that by now,
Edited on Tue Aug-14-07 01:51 PM by babylonsister
or are you just throwing us a bone?
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-15-07 04:50 PM
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15. Bone.
It's a charade.
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OHdem10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 02:03 PM
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4. Is this not why Rove called it quits early--
Pull the rug from Dems Investigations??

Sure they can continue--but I bet Rove is betting the
Public will tire of Investigations and say why are you
still after him--he stepped down from office.
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 03:01 PM
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6. It won't work
Bush cries "no" like a spoiled baby. Specter says, "look what you did to the President!" Leahy has to throw his hands up and leave.
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dmosh42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 03:21 PM
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7. If Leahy doesn't feel he has constitutional right to oversight....
He should just drop it. He sounds like a whimpering puppy, and a disgrace to his job. THis group in Congress are pathetic!
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classysassy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 05:49 PM
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8. The Bush banana republic
When will the Bush crooks start printing their own money,it appears the USA has ceased to be America as the founders constituted it to be?,Canada beware the thugs are on the march,bringing freedom bush style to all countries on the planet.
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 07:44 PM
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9. Well dagnabbit, I bet bush** and cheney just hop on that right away.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 07:56 PM
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10. Yes, I once urged Diane Lane to have sex with me
this will have similar success
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-15-07 09:09 AM
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11. rove, miers and rice...
all are no shows after being subpoenaed. and what is happening with that? crickets.

so is it any wonder why moron* can tell leahy to fuck himself?

Until the dems start squeezing their nuts, it will be more of the same.

2009 will come and go. The liar's and thieves will be vacationing somewhere nice and laughing at our completely spineless "public servants".
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radfringe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-15-07 11:15 AM
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12. blah blah blah
all the urging in the world means squat if you aren't ready to take the next step and tell the house to freaking impeach the bastards and then convict them in the senate
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TankLV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-15-07 12:20 PM
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13. Oh goodey - but he forgot to say "pretty please"...
I'm sure they will cooperate NOW, I'm just positive...

God fucking help us all - what happens when you're finally a congresscritter - lose all sense of common sense?!?!

And people wonder why the DemocraTIC Congress has such low polling...
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wordpix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-15-07 01:24 PM
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14. anyone know what happens legally if John Doe refuses to show when issued a subpeona?
Doesn't a marshal come after the "regular citizen" to put him in jail or something?
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