Democrats Offer Talking Points on US Attorney Firings ["If Karl Rove plans to tell the truth.....]

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[Sub-Driver]

Democrats Offer Talking Points on US Attorney Firings By Susan Jones CNSNews.com Senior Editor March 21, 2007

(CNSNews.com) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the Bush administration is not entitled to the benefit of the doubt: "If Karl Rove plans to tell the truth, he has nothing to fear from being under oath like any other witness," the Democrat said in a news release on Tuesday.

Democrats are demanding that Rove and other top administration officials testify under oath about the firings of eight U.S. attorneys. They have rejected President Bush's offer to have Rove and others speak privately with lawmakers -- not under oath -- about the firings.

Reid's news release included a very long "fact sheet" on the firings of the eight U.S. attorneys and the Bush administration's alleged improper handling of the situation.

The "fiction" talking points indicate the kind of questions Rove and the others would face if they were to be hauled before Democrat-led committees.

At the top of the long list, Reid said it's "fiction" that the eight U.S. attorneys were dismissed for performance-related reasons. The U.S. attorneys were fired because of "political differences," Reid and the Democrats insist.

President Bush on Tuesday rejected that argument: "There's no indication whatsoever, after reviews by the White House staff, that anybody [on the Bush team] did anything improper," he said. President Bush noted again that the federal prosecutors serve at the pleasure of the president.

[LIConFem]

Ya gotta admire the Democrats' ability to conjure a scandle out of thin air.

[sofaman]

Ya gotta admire the Democrats' ability to conjure a scandle out of thin air, and the MSM's ability to swallow the canard hook line and sinker.

[sofaman]

Ya gotta admire the Democrats' ability to conjure a scandle out of thin air, and the MSM's ability to swallow the canard hook line and sinker.

[sofaman]

oops

[LIConFem]

"...and the MSM's ability to swallow the canard hook line and sinker. "

Not to mention the GOP's willingness to go along with the ruse, often to their (our) own detriment.

[sofaman]

very true..

[Robe]

You know, I find it vary interesting that those that see a right to abortion , see a separation of Church and State in the Constitution, where none exists can't seem to see a separation of powers in the same document....

[Jeff Chandler]

"...and the MSM's ability to swallow the canard hook line and sinker. "

Not to mention the GOP's willingness to go along with the ruse, often to their (our) own detriment.

And indictment.

[LIConFem]

Yeah, that too. Kinda sucks having invertebrate representatives in Congress, doesn't it?

[Dilbert56]

I hope this is simply the President giving Schmucky Chumer and crew enough rope to hang themselves. By going out with a rather reasonable offer, he makes the Democrats look intransigent. If they don't cooperate, he can pull all his people back in and rightly claim the Dims are on a witch hunt.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Another Democratic Photo-shop moment. A "head shot" of conservatives is taken and pasted on a Tijuana Donkey show actor. It is then presented to the Media--who puffed with self importance and titillation present this "massaged" image to the American people with a sense of false indignation and solicit the American peoples outrage. The Democrats are nothing more than pure Political pornographers.

[I still care]

Cnidaria. You know, jellyfish.

[sgtbono2002]

I'd like to see Harry Reid appear under oath to the ethics committee about his land deals. Unfortunately we never will.

[agincourt1415]

President Bush, basically said, the WH Staff is not going to testify, (not in public, not under oath), so his offer will be rejected and we have a nice fight on our hands.

Pop the popcorn, Bush does not have to be nice to these clowns anymore.

[The South Texan]

"Ya gotta admire the Democrats' ability to conjure a scandle out of thin air"

When the GOP learns to play ball with the Rats, that will be the day they bury the Rats as a party. Along with that, the MSM will be neutered as well.

Unfortunately the GOP has no clue how to play ball. They had their chances in the 90's with Clinton to make the Campaign finance scandals and the Chinese funny money for weapon technology something that would make Watergate look like a minor parking violation. But they fell into the media trap of not wanting to look partisan, yada, yada, yada.

I am sick of the GOP and their complete incompetence to get the picture of what they need to do to become a true majority party.

[pfony1]

I think it would help if GWB would hold a Press Conference to tell everyone that:

(1) The President has the absolute right to fire these attorneys for any reason at all -- including "politics".

(2) Report that these 8 attorneys was fired because they were not vigorously pursuing well-documented cases of voter fraud.

(3) Provide as proof of that statement a report on a single case of voter fraud, so egregious that everyone (even air-head Democrats) can understand the reason for the firing of that particular lazy prosecutor. The details of the other cases should not be exposed, as that might jeopardize their eventual prosecution.

(4) Remind everyone that "voter fraud" is a serious issue and present details from some court verdicts on voter fraud committed by DEMOCRATS. This is not a time to be "bi-partisan". If questioned on this point, reply that you are trying to EDUCATE Speaker Pelosi, who NAIVELY seems to think that all Democrats are "angels".

(5) Reaffirm that the White House is willing to provide information to Congress -- but not willing to subject its staff to a succession of "witch-hunts", whose transparent purpose is to punish Republicans by:

(a) demanding "sworn testimony" on unimportant issues (such as the President's unquestioned "firing power") and

(b) parsing each such "sworn statement" for any lapse in memory (no matter how small) that could be "criminalized" as an "act" of deliberate "purjury". IMHO, one "Scooter Libby" is more than enough.

(6) Remind Mr. Waxman that the President's "power to pardon" is unquestionably "Constitutional" and that the "pardon power" was expressly designed to protect the Executive branch from partisan gamesmanship run amuck -- such as Mr. Waxman's current attempt to turn his committee into an anti-administration "Kangaroo Court".

(7) Demand that Mr. Waxman provide, within one week, a reasoned rebuttal to legal point (1) above.

(8) State that, if Mr. Waxman cannot comply with point (6) above, then Mr. Waxman is expected to provide a written apology to the White House and to STFU.

OK OK

Maybe point (8) is "over-reaching"...

[Jack Black]

Indict Harry Reid for land fraud.
Indict Chuck Schummer.
Appoint a special prosecutor to investigate left over Hillary/Bill era scandals.
Consider a "civil rights lawsuit" by JD Civil Right attorneys against Sandy Berger.

The best defense is an offense.

[RedEyeJack]

They cannot deliver on their promises to their supporters so they distract the sheeple with circuses like this. Why are they doing this? What law are they saying was broken? Is there something illegal or is this a fishing expedition ala Fitzgerald to see if they can get someone to say something that can be proven to be incorrect and "obstructive". Bush is wise not to play this game.

Speaking of Fitzgerald... If, as Valerie P stated last week, she was covert in 2003 why wasn't Richard Armitage charged by the Special Prosecutor?

[LIConFem]

"Why are they doing this? What law are they saying was broken? Is there something illegal or is this a fishing expedition ala Fitzgerald to see if they can get someone to say something that can be proven to be incorrect and "obstructive".

The latter. Their idiot base will believe any lies they spout, and they know it. Facts are meaningless. The law is meaningless. It's an "Emperor's New Clothes" thing.