To: Dog Gone
However, DeLay is smoking crack if he thinks Greer can be held in contempt.That's what Jonathan Turley said on FOXNEWS. The Judiciary will quash the subpoena, especially since these hearings were largely a sham.
If Congress was so hot to do something, why did DeLay wait 'til the last minute? This date has been out there for a month.
Think there might be just a tad bit of grandstanding going on here?
79 posted on
03/18/2005 4:54:06 PM PST by
sinkspur
("Preach the gospel. If necessary, use words.")
To: sinkspur
If Congress was so hot to do something, why did DeLay wait 'til the last minute? This date has been out there for a month. Think there might be just a tad bit of grandstanding going on here?
Sadly, I completely agree with your comments.
90 posted on
03/18/2005 4:57:26 PM PST by
My2Cents
(America is divided along issues of morality, between the haves and the have-nots.)
To: sinkspur; Long Cut
Think there might be just a tad bit of grandstanding going on here?Perish the thought! (/sarcasm)
96 posted on
03/18/2005 4:59:18 PM PST by
Poohbah
(If it's called "collateral damage," how come I can't use it to secure a loan?)
To: sinkspur
If Turley is backing up my take on the situation, I feel a lot less lonely.
To: sinkspur; Dog Gone; jwalsh07
Why didn't team Delay just accept the Senate Bill which addressed the Schiavo matter, but did not have a broader reach (which it should not, given the whole thing was done on a dime)? Delay has no cards on this one, and will fold on Monday. In the meantime, I am quite unimpressed with his over the top perfervid rhetoric about Congressional inaction, over a "crisis" which he created. But then I am often not a big fan of Delay. I just don't like his act.
116 posted on
03/18/2005 5:06:37 PM PST by
Torie
To: sinkspur
Think there might be just a tad bit of grandstanding going on here?
The one thing for sure is the fractionalization within the party seems to be marching at an even faster pace. If this keeps up we'll see nothing but stalemate from now until 2006/8....
156 posted on
03/18/2005 5:17:56 PM PST by
deport
(You know you are getting older when everything either dries up or leaks.)
To: sinkspur
Exactly. Congress was grandstanding, and I quite frankly believe they spent most of the morning trying to do the work of the courts. It was like Elian all over again. Congress was sicking the US Marshalls down to Florida, handing out subpoenas and delegating whatever other authorities were in town to take orders.
166 posted on
03/18/2005 5:21:25 PM PST by
BigSkyFreeper
(You have a //cuckoo// God given right //Yeeeahrgh!!// to be an //Hello?// atheist)
To: sinkspur
Think there might be just a tad bit of grandstanding going on here?Who cares? Better late than never. The object is to keep Terri Schiavo from a hideous death and to slap down the Florida courts who have assumed the power to declare life and death in violation of the 5th and 14th Amendments.
To: sinkspur
Think there might be just a tad bit of grandstanding going on here? Precisely my point; DeLay is grand standing to get some national attention, riding on an unfortunate, gut wrenching issue, somehow made it mainstream, since this is a non issue for hospice homes(sadly a lot of this happens without national coverage).
Rule of law should be observed no matter what (respect and follow the Constitution, not emotions), further more, usurping State rights for political gain, is a no, no whether Democrat or Republican.
DeLay's move was a very cheap, cheap shot.
Using/Warning with the Congress's power on a whim, to further his personal view on issues on hand, bypassing the Separations of Powers, State Rights is frightening.
Welcome to the DeLay's Banana Republic of USA.
BTW I am a card carring Republican!
775 posted on
03/18/2005 8:13:45 PM PST by
danmar
("No person is so grand or wise or perfect as to be the master of another person." Karl Hess)
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