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Specter says no 'blank check' for Bush on spying
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| 16 January 2006
Posted on 01/15/2006 4:15:00 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
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Arlen big-noting again, or Arlen undermining the President?
Comment #2 Removed by Moderator
To: Aussie Dasher
I don't see any talk about impeachment here Oh puhlease!!! Has there been a day since he was elected that this wasn't mentioned?
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posted on
01/15/2006 4:19:41 PM PST
by
softwarecreator
(Facts are to liberals as holy water is to vampires.)
To: William Creel
... I do think that Bush overstepped his bounds ...
IMHO, I have the opposite view based on reading Article II of the Constitution and the inherent powers of the Commander-in-Chief. Not in FISA a statute contrived by Congress, written at a time when many only wanted to hobble the National Security.
However this can be good. First, Republicans are not kicking, screaming and hollering to avoid any truth finding - as the Democrats have done in a previous Administration (that will remain nameless).
Second, maybe the checks and balances are supposed to work this way rather than in our courts. The courts should be a last step.
Third and last, Americans will see, if televised, exactly who they voted for and what they got.It would bring it home much better since the last "poll" I saw puts a majority of voters on the President's side wanting security.
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posted on
01/15/2006 4:32:02 PM PST
by
K-oneTexas
(I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
To: Aussie Dasher
Surely Sen. Specter, there must be some obscure Scottish Law which allows this. Besides, take the Attorney General to task over this, he's the one who gave the go-ahead and said it was legal.
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posted on
01/15/2006 4:33:31 PM PST
by
moonman
Comment #6 Removed by Moderator
To: William Creel
I know. That could be the catch that sheds some real light on the Democrats. Light that voters might not be so fast to forget.
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posted on
01/15/2006 4:40:23 PM PST
by
K-oneTexas
(I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
To: Aussie Dasher
Arlen doing what he does best.
Getting himself more face time.
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posted on
01/15/2006 4:45:50 PM PST
by
airborne
(If being a Christian was a crime, would there be enough evidence to convict you?)
To: Aussie Dasher
Just one more volley in the never ending struggle between the legislative and the executive. The three branches are designed to be equal, but the judiciary and congress consider themselves more equal than the executive branch. It is time both are forced to swallow the big reality pill that G.W. has prepared for them.
Specter? He is a disloyal, egoist bastard that forgets who brought him to the dance. That last statement is my entry into the obvious understatement of the day award. Snarlin' is no different than any other of the arrogant pricks that plague us all.
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posted on
01/15/2006 4:47:44 PM PST
by
thelastvirgil
("When the roll is called in congress, they don't know whether to answer 'present' or 'not guilty'.")
To: airborne
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posted on
01/15/2006 4:55:21 PM PST
by
mcg2000
(New Orleans: The city that declared Jihad against The Red Cross.)
To: Aussie Dasher
The hearing before the Judiciary Committee should be a hoot since they can only discuss the law and Constitution as it would apply to hypotheticals since the Judiciary Committee does not have the security clearance to discuss the facts. I don't think they can even call anybody from the NSA or CIA and ask them questions (at least in open session) as to what was done.
Gonzalez should explain the law to Spincter in terms the Senator can understand by citing some obscure Scottish law.
To: William Creel
overstepped his bounds? How? What the CIA is doing w.r.t monitoring international calls has been done for years. If you don't believe the CIA should be spying then why have a CIA?
To: mcg2000
LOL....that's good!!! I love it.
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posted on
01/15/2006 5:13:30 PM PST
by
goodnesswins
(Here in the Seattle area.....It's time to build Arks.)
To: Aussie Dasher
A blank check from Abramoff is perfectly acceptable, however...
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posted on
01/15/2006 5:13:45 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
To: Aussie Dasher
I can't wait for the likes of Kennedy, Biden, Feinswine and Schumer to strut their stuff again on live TV. It should be as entertaining as watching them make complete asses of themselves with Judge Alito, but this time they will be sticking up for the likes of Al Qaida and Bin Laden instead of NARAL and Ralph Neas.
This will be good. Please pass the popcorn!
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posted on
01/15/2006 5:26:01 PM PST
by
Gritty
("Islam us a universal ideology that leads the world to justice"-Ahmadinejad)
To: Aussie Dasher
Talk down around the pool hall is that there is an obscure Scottish law that requires the release of the Barrett report. Suck on that, Spec.
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posted on
01/15/2006 5:42:49 PM PST
by
Waco
To: Aussie Dasher
Arlen's a deal cutter. My hunch is that W campaigned for him in his last senate run in return for clearing the way for the USSC candidates. But Arlen is talking large before the last deal is done. Can't he stay bought or is there another something else to be done?
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posted on
01/15/2006 5:47:31 PM PST
by
Thebaddog
(K9 4ever)
To: William Creel
The legislature is supposed to keep the executive in check, I do think that Bush overstepped his bounds, but it doesn't matter all that much.A President's war powers are plenary, which means, "Complete in all respects; unlimited or full". Given that, how did the President "overstep his bounds"?
Comment #19 Removed by Moderator
To: Aussie Dasher
<< Arlen big-noting again, or Arlen undermining the President? >>
Snarlin' Arlen is a "Democrat" of the "former" variety.
A RINO, that is, who was a self-serving crook when he "used to be" a "Democrat" and has consistently been a self serving RINO crook ever since!
And is of course indistinguishable from any other "former" [RINO] "Democrat" and is as ever undermining the president.
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posted on
01/15/2006 6:59:04 PM PST
by
Brian Allen
(How arrogant are we to believe our career political-power-lusting lumpen somehow superior to theirs?)
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