Pelosi, CNN and the New York Times all endorsed the House's power to arrest those in contempt of Congress. I hope they'll be consistent.
Pelosi, CNN and the New York Times all endorsed the House's power to arrest those in contempt of Congress. I hope they'll be consistent.
Bad precedent.
I suppose this makes some good news. But it’s water off a duck’s back to Lois and her protectors. The news outlets aren’t even bothering to mention it today, as far as I can tell.
If this were close to actually happening, Lerner would, A: find a quiet park to off herself with a gun that never was known to be in her possession, or B: keel over from that heart problem that she was never known to have.
God, I can’t wait until next January and that testosterone-free Boehner is replaced.
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EXHIBIT TWO Earlier, Lerner used her then-FEC position to save Illinois Dummycrat Dick Durbin’s US Senate seat back in 1996. She conducted an inquisition into Durbin's opponent for alleged election law violations....and it worked. Dicky triumphed.
....2014 Dicky Durbin's running scared, again ....as well he should.......
As far back as 2008, at the presidential debate in Nashville, candidate Obama advanced his signature plan that was ultimately enacted (by an historic straight Democrat party-line vote) into the "Affordable Care Act:
QUOTING OBAMA: "No. 1, let me just repeat, if you’ve got a health care plan that you like, you can keep it. All I’m going to do is help you to lower the premiums on it. You’ll still have choice of doctor.”
Repeated over and over ---- with the promise that every American would be saving $2500.00 on healthcare costs.
SEN. RICHARD DURBIN SALUTES SMARTLY: “We Democrats believe — and we stand by this — if you like your current health insurance plan, you will be able to keep it, plain and simple, straightforward.” (Sen. Durbin, Congressional Record, S.6401, 6/10/09)
DURBIN'S VOTERS HAVE NOT SEEN SUCH LOCK-STEPPING PARTY LOYALTY SINCE 1930-40's ERA EUROPE
But these clarion calls from "conservative" Republican representatives may do them some good with the base back home, but have absolutely no effect on reality at all.
OK, Stockman ain't too bad,but he knows damn well no one is "arresting" anyobody. Most of this stuff is an hypocritical attempt, IMNVHO, to co-opt the Tea Party, (whatever TF the "Tea Party" is.)
If we can turn out the vote this fall, doubtless the Republicans will take the House and the Senate. Hurrah. Hurrah! (and BFD) Where's the Leader, where's the Program, where's the Plan to implement it?
Without a leader, a program, and a plan, a contrary Congress might make us all feel good, but unfortunately it will make Team Obama feel even better.
If she's arrested then where do they lock her up? Washington's tomb?
Go for it!
If an individual in any private sector venue pulled a stunt like SHE did, that person would be in slam ALREADY.
I don’t get how government workers (assuming they actually do work-when they are NOT squandering taxpayer revenue on parties and travel) can break long standing and clearly articulated laws and never see jail time. They are never regarded or treated as any other citizen who be who breaks the same laws or commits equivalent criminal malfeasance.
How did the US cultivate this privileged class of irresponsible, unprincipled and rapacious parasites?
It would ALMOST make sense if they possessed positively exceptional abilities, if they were superlatively capable, unerringly proficient and irreproachably HONEST in their work and in their personal conduct.
However, and increasingly, they are routinely and almost daily proved to be THE most incompetent and dishonorable mob of pathological criminals!