Posted on 07/08/2007 1:54:40 PM PDT by Kaslin
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary CommitteSen. Patrick Leahy's committee has subpoenaed Sara Taylor, a former White House political director, as part of its investigation into whether the Bush administration improperly ordered the U.S. attorneys dismissed. A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.
Sen. Patrick Leahy's committee has subpoenaed Sara Taylor, a former White House political director, as part of its investigation into whether the Bush administration improperly ordered the U.S. attorneys dismissed. A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.
Taylor's lawyer said she is willing to talk but does not want to defy President Bush, who has rejected subpoenas for documents from Taylor and for her testimony. Lawyer W. Neil Eggleston said Taylor expects a letter from White House lawyer Fred Fielding directing her not to comply on the basis of executive privilege.
"In our view, it is unfair to Ms. Taylor that this constitutional struggle might be played out with her as the object of an unseemly tug of war," Eggleston wrote House and Senate Judiciary committee leaders and Fielding over the weekend.
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The Washington Post, citing unidentified sources, reported Sunday that Fielding was expected to tell lawmakers that he already has provided the legal basis for the executive privilege claims and does not intend to hand over the documentation sought.
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Quit spending the tax payer’s money. While you’re at it; explain why 93 lawyers were fired when the Clinton’s came to the WH.
Fortunately, there are no more problems to be solved in this country, so the Democrats in Congress can run these expensive “investigations” the four days a week that they are in session. It is vitally important to find out why eight people in the government were fired seven years ago.
If I had my way, there would be hundreds fired tomorrow...beginning with the worthless Democrats who haven’t done anything but hound the President since they took over in January.
Why would anyone vote for this pathetic bunch next year?
After years and with support dwindling, night after night of TV networks broadcasting a single message "we can't win" the Democratic Party (yes, the real one, the New Left Rats had not taken over yet) shouted, "Hallelujah!"
"Hot damn! Watergate! Bring it all down. man!"
The frenzy was piranha-like -- and it lasted until the Republican wartime administration was indeed brought down. Peace with "honor" followed then a flood of blood.
But Ho Chi Minh was saved.
This time the frenzy to destroy another wartime administration has not a single "issue" but many "issues;" and is not for the enemy, it's simply against the United States of America and especially Her armed forces (again!). IMO.
Someone needs to start delivering copies of “The Constitution for Dummies” to those witch-hunting committee chairmen. IMHO, THAT would make for some GREAT “video-moments”. And maybe stop all that childish BS from the Democrats.
It would be best if President Bush would give any member of his staff that is targeted by a witch-hunting committee, a pre-approved PARDON for “contempt of Congress”. The public would find that an appropriatre response to those clowns, IMHO.
Sometimes I wonder why President Bush, who clearly understands that “the best defense is a good offense” with respect to America’s foreign enemies, has not applied that understanding with respect to America’s domestic enemies...
Someone needs to start delivering copies of “The Constitution for Dummies” to those witch-hunting committee chairmen. IMHO, THAT would make for some GREAT “video-moments”. And maybe stop all that childish BS from the Democrats.
It would be best if President Bush would give any member of his staff that is targeted by a witch-hunting committee, a pre-approved PARDON for “contempt of Congress”. The public would find that an appropriatre response to those clowns, IMHO.
Sometimes I wonder why President Bush, who clearly understands that “the best defense is a good offense” with respect to America’s foreign enemies, has not applied that understanding with respect to America’s domestic enemies...
I love the important issues these lampreys try to grab onto. /sarc
I want to hear all the Democrat candidates for President state that, if elected, they will fire no U.S. attorneys for political reasons.
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Tell Leahey to stuff it.
It is vitally important to find out why eight people in the government were fired seven years ago.Actually, they were fired eight *months* ago, on December 7, 2006. At least, seven of them were--one of them held out until December 20.
No one is arguing the fact that presidents have the right and ability to dismiss at will. What's at stake here is that the replacements were direct appointments by the Attorney General--not the President-- and that they were not subject to Senate confirmation hearings, through a loophole in the P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act which has since been closed by Senate bill, "S-214, filed in January 2007, to rescind the no-term-limit interim U.S. attorney provision was approved by very large majorities in both the Senate and the House, and was signed into law by the President on June 14, 2007, designated Public Law No: 110-34 and called the Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007."
It’s too bad we don’t have someone in the Republican Party to stand up to these Dems.
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