Posted on 05/23/2013 7:37:41 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
Okay, I admit it. The main reason for this DUmmie FUnnies edition is so I can post the VIDEO of the sublime moment in yesterday's Congressional IRS hearing when Trey Gowdy let the world and Lois Lerner know that she BLEW it by accidentally waiving her Fifth Amendment rights when she delivered a self-serving opening statement proclaiming her innocence. One moment she is relieved to be dismissed by the committee's chairman and the next moment she is having a Depends Moment when she realizes, thanks to Trey Gowdy, that she completely BLEW her invocation of her Fifth Amendment rights. The DUmmies also noticed that too as you can see in this THREAD, "IRS - Did Lois Lerner botch 5th Amendment assertion." So let us now watch the DUmmies observe in Bolshevik Red how Lois Lerner blew her Fifth Amendment shield while the commentary of your humble correspondent, who notes that Lois Lerner after admitting she was bad at math is even worse at basic legal matters, is in the [brackets]:
IRS - Did Lois Lerner botch 5th Amendment assertion.
[Measured by the sudden expansion of her Depends...YES.]
Lois Lerner started off her appearance by proclaiming her innocence and then Rep(tilian)Trey Gowdy SC said:
["Depends...FILL!"]
“She just testified. She just waived her Fifth Amendment right to privilege,” Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., a former federal prosecutor, said, “You don’t get to tell your side of the story and then not be subjected to cross-examination. That’s not the way it works. She waived her right to Fifth Amendment privilege by issuing and opening statement. She ought to stand here and answer our questions.”
Members of the public watching in the committee room applauded enthusiastically.
Anyone know how the whole "plead the fifth" thing works and what else you're allowed to say?
[Is that question coming from Lois Lerner's lawyer? ...And now to the DUmmie reactions.]
Too bad - she blew it. You can't defend yourself and then invoke the 5th.
[Unfortunately Lois Lerner's lawyer was sleeping in class the day they taught that.]
No one said she perjured herself. She simply began to tesify, and then invoked the Fifth. Prosecutors would say that is a no-no.
[A no-no which caused poor Lois to do doo-doo.]
Then she should have kept her mouth shut, ya think?
[Keep your mouth shut so your other end doesn't go wide open.]
You can invoke the 5th at any time. Even mid-sentence.
[Sure. Even in mid-burp.]
Can't use it as a sword and a shield. If you decide to shut up, you need to shut up. If you decide to talk, you talk. You don't get to make self-serving statements and then refuse to answer questions about those statements or their subject matter.
[LOUSY FREEPER TROLL!!!]
PING!
I really wonder how the left is looking at this -
on the one hand, they have to be ecstatic that their wet dreams are coming true - the government is being used to oppress their political enemies.
But, on the other hand, they have to be a bit cautious because this exposes their beloved gov’t as the less-than-benevolent entity that we know it is.
Rules don’t apply to liberals.. Only to conservatives. Liberals are allowed to say whatever they want, and then be free of having to defend those statements. A microcosm of the entire liberal philosophy, in full public view at the hearing.
I don’t have time these days for anything more than Cliff’s Notes. I’m lucky if I have time for them. So threads like this just leave me more confused than before I started.
I doubt that even crosses their mind my FRiend
I personally found the Easter egg roll comment to be a high point when Backed up by Trey Gowdy asking Schulman if he knew he was under oath.
Color me skeptical.
Consider what happens if Issa calls her back to the stand and demands that she testify on those items covered by her Opening Statement on Wednesday's session.
She will refuse based on her 5th Amendment rights
Issa will have to go to court to force her to testify
Issa will probably lose that case
Lois the Fifth will gain time
Lois the Fifth will gain sympathy from the MSM and the Dems
Issa will be accused of “overreaching”
Does that sound good?
Is this a trap for Issa?
The Right to remain silent means just that.
Lois Lerner is the slowest learner.
But Lois had to Depend herself.
After she had imbibed a fifth.
Wow...quite a few DUmmies seem to have had Kewpie moments on this one!
Now...if the R’s blow it by not calling her back in and insisting on her answering...and punishing her if she doesn’t...then I totally give up!
Almost have anyway. Except on Ted Cruz and Trey Gowdy. Maybe a handful of others.
You should post on their site (pretending to be a libtard) “Hey guys we should be against obama and the IRS doing this because next time a Republican is in charge they can do the same thing to us”
See if ANY common sense sinks in
Good on Gowdy for showing cods.
Unfortunately, this is an investigation, not a trial. So yes, she can invoke at any time.
Gowdy said what she “ought” to do.
Don’t laugh, but I believe the next development will be a pardon by Obama for Lerner and the rest for any crimes they committed. This will stop the Congressional hearings dead. Obama’s approval among his idiot worshippers will carry him through.
One thing everyone can agree on is to hate the IRS.
Of course, the liberals employ some rather large cognitive dissonance by not associating that their beliefs are what requires the IRS to exist in the first place.
Yeah...and who doesn’t want to “get something back from the government”?
Thing is, most of the money goes to things that have nothing to do with the needs of the people who had to give to the fund in the first place.
IRS...and all other “gimmes”...are nothing but scams. The stupid people don’t get this. THAT’S what the libs count on.
I’m no lawyer...but I believe Lois blew it big time and her lawyer did as well.
When asked to respond...anything other than I plead the fifth.. ( even a friggin Boo ) waives the right to plead the fifth.
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