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Congress out to prove its powerlessness

Monday, November 5, 2007

Today Congress filed criminal contempt charges against Harriet Meiers and Joshua Bolton. A criminal contempt charge must be enforced by a U.S. Attorney. Bush has already mandated that this will not take place. The charges will languish, and Congress will do nothing. Congress has the power of inherent contempt. It can tell its Sergeant at […]

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John Dean on Mukasey

Friday, November 2, 2007

At TPM John Dean makes a good suggestion. Since the Democrats appear poised to cave on Mukasey, they should get at least a little spine and insist that he appoint a special prosecutor to look into possible war crimes. For that matter, they have a virtual smorgasbord of areas in which they could demand investigation. […]

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Videos from Maine

Friday, November 2, 2007

A few videos from the great state of Maine. The College Democrats are lining up behind Tom Allen: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNZtadiI5MQ[/youtube] And I couldn’t resist adding this one from my Alma Mater. Check it out. 90% of Bowdoinites voted for John Kerry. That probably compares favorably with everywhere except maybe Swarthmore. And we don’t have Tom Davis […]

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Chris Dodd out in front again

Monday, October 29, 2007

Chris Dodd has announced that he is going to vote against Mukasey: “Mr. Mukasey’s position that the President does not have to heed the law disqualifies him from being the chief attorney for the United States. We have seen for too long, and at great expense to our national security, an Administration that has systematically […]

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He can’t define torture, and doesn’t know it when he sees it

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Several Senators are now saying their vote on Mukasey depends on whether he acknowledges that waterboarding is torture. Isn’t it a bit late for that. If he admits it now, it’s only under pressure, so it’s completely meaningless. I don’t know anything about the man. Maybe he was honorable in his former life. But he’s […]

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If you want respect from Democrats, become a Republican

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Does anything show the spinelessness and political stupidity of the Democrats more than the telecom immunity bill? This has almost nothing to do with helping the telecoms, though it will surely do that. Bush doesn’t care about anyone but his own crime organization. Other criminals normally have to take care of themselves. No, Bush wants […]

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The new AG, just like the old AG

Friday, October 19, 2007

Atrios points out that no nominee for Attorney General would admit that the Bush Administration has been completely lawless, but nonetheless, I find the kabuki show being played out by the Democrats at the nomination hearing both tiresome and frustrating. As always, they start out by conceding that he’s a shoo in. Now we learn […]

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Gore wins the Peace Prize

Friday, October 12, 2007

The best person elected president this century won the Nobel Peace Prize today. Well deserved. I must admit that when Gore first ran for President in 1988 I was agin him, primarily because of Tipper’s ill advised attacks on rock ‘n roll. Right now, I can’t think of anyone who would make a better president. […]

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Democrats desperately seeking way to lose in 2008

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

A good argument can be made that the Democrats lost their Senate majority in 2002, not because they backed the proposed Iraq war too weakly, but because they backed it too much, thus dampening their own turnout. As I recall, not a single Democrat that voted against the war (except in the case of Maloney […]

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Shame

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

The Democrats get played on two fronts. The House, including all the Democrats from Connecticut, voted today to condemn Moveon. This is the first boneheaded inside the Beltway vote cast by Joe Courtney and as such is hugely disappointing. He’s been in office for about 8 months and he already shows signs of losing touch. […]

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