Posted on 03/22/2007 4:13:24 AM PDT by IrishMike
President Bush tried to meet Congress halfway on that trumped-up federal prosecutor nonsense - and got his hand slapped away.
No surprise.
So why did he even bother?
On Tuesday, the president decided to let Congress look at executive-branch internal documents regarding personnel practice - an almost unheard of gesture.
All he asked was that lawmakers not issue subpoenas and create a media spectacle over the matter.
But less than 24 hours later, a House panel nonetheless authorized subpoenas for White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, ex-Counsel Harriet Miers and other key Bush aides.
So much for the nice-guy route.
If the subpoenas are actually issued, the White House needs to fight them tooth-and-nail - for the president surely holds the constitutional high ground.
It is now clear that the Democratic Congress intends to give Bush no peace for the remainder of his term.
No peace on the war.
No peace domestically.
No peace whatsoever.
Bush needn't play along - not for a minute. And he shouldn't.
He's been offering olive branches left and right, and failing to defend what he believes is right.
He'd fallen down on this even before the latest flap over Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' handling of the ouster of eight federal prosecutors - a case where there's never been a shred of evidence of a scandal.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
And if he actually goes on the offensive, his ratings will go up and Congress's will go down.
Before we get too excited lets see if he has grown a pair.
If only it were so ... still hoping!
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It's not too late.
Tony Snow was on CNN a few minutes ago interviewed by Soledad. She made mince meat out of him. He could not explain rationally why it is necessary to have those witnesses appear behind closed doors without a record of the conversation for the American public. This is a loser. At the end of the interview she said she had 3 people screaming in her ear that time is up and said 2 of those screaming were Tony's people. Assume what you want on that statement as I don't know what it means.
Gonzales needs to resign or be fired.
Soladad - let me explain why:
The Executive branch of our government does NOT report to the Legislative branch.
The Executive branch does not call upon senators and congressmen to come to the White House - be put under oath, and explain why the fired someone back at their states office.
We can hire and fire anyone we want for whatever reason.
Now some may not like that - but that's the damn truth.
As far as meeting behind closed doors - its simple - we
are not going to give these political hacks the opporunity to attack our people in an open forum.
End of friggen interview Soladad.
"If they want to play hardball , play it."
By all means!...and go after Sandy Burglar while your at it!
This is crap. GW has bent over backwards for the "RATS" and these leftist loons are still not happy.
Exactly right. I think a lot of the frustration from Freepers comes from the fact that Bush has been way too nice in his dealings with the Dems.
Hit them, hit them hard, and then hit them again. Jefferson, Reid, Leahy, Rockefeller... go after them and make them defend THEIR actions.
Thats what Cowards do.. to appear strong..
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Don't agree.
Walk softly, carry a big stick.
...... It's stick time.
I hope you are right.
I hope you are right.
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Me Too !!
Why?
Why?
The rats wouldn't try this with Putin or Castro, they would be pushing up daisies.
This administration has been fighting two wars for years.
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Yes Sir,
and now that the surge is working, and the Russians (at least for now) have the Iranians squealing like stuck pigs for not not completing the nuke plants...
It's time to make body contact with the enemy within.
Why should Gonzales resign or be fired?
Simple - anyone who knows the inside skinny - knows that he is
completely over his head.
He is not an effective leader - he is a "personal lawyer" for GW.
The man has no business being where he is - it was the equivalent of nominating Harriett Myers for to the Supreme Court.
No one has any respect for his abilities.
new tone is tone deaf
we've warned him since day one to fight domestic enemies with more enthusiasm than foreign ones
treason and sedition are the only real enemy of america
both are democrat senators
The rats wouldn't try this with Putin or Castro, they would be pushing up daisies.
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In China they would be giving up body parts and organs
....... involuntarily.
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