Former President Clinton requested to testify before House Committee

Drudge Report ^ | March 26, 2007 | Matt Drudge

[wastedyears]

They want to prevent Bush from pardoning anybody.

When will the madness end?!

[Lets Be Frank]

If I were a betting person, I'd bet he politely declines the invitation. ;)

[relictele]

While it might provide some comedy value, I don't think it serves any purpose for the Republicans to follow the Dems into staging hearings just to score political points or to grandstand under the guise of asking questions.

Assuming he showed up, Clinton would somehow turn it into a wag-the-finger session and the media lapdogs would eat up a return to the good ol' days.

I realize Smith is trying a goose-and-gander tactic but the last thing any of us need is more oxygen being wasted in the Potomac Basin.

[saganite]

They'll have a hard time preventing Bush from pardoning Libby (surely the point of this whole meeting) but they hope to sharpen their knives so that when he does they can score political points from it.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Bill will plead the 5th.

[KarlInOhio]

I was really expecting this to be from Scrappleface or Broken Newz. Asking Clinton about presidential pardons? That was merely a matter of checking the price list and bringing the cash or "other favors".

[carolinablonde]

"...despite a president's plenary power to issue pardons."

So, despite the fact that the Constitution gives the President this explicit authority to use, or abuse in the case of Clinton, Congress is going to have hearings about yet another thing that they don't have control over?

Is there anything this bunch won't do to waste time?

[Shqipo]

They can't stand the thought of a Scooter Libby pardon, if and when one becomes a possibility. Bunch of losarses. (sp)

[Txsleuth]

The Dems are having the hearing...the GOP are just trying to level the playing field by asking Clinton to testify.

[prairiebreeze]

"Mr. Clinton's exercise of his pardon authority would be of real interest to Members of the Subcommittee," concluded Smith. "I hope he will lend his expertise.

I'm hoping this was a sarcastic comment from Smith and not the comment of a RINO.

Power-lustful RAT ping

[ReleaseTheHounds]

While he's there, ask him about requiring 93 US Attorneys to resign and be gone in 10 days, especially that pesky US Attorney in Little Rock.

[Continental Soldier]

Bill Clinton testifying about presidential pardons? LOL That will be the day pigs fly! LOL

[Carolinamom]

Clinton has absolutely no expertise in APPROPRET pardoning.

[HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath]

This is another good move by the Republicans to demonstrate the utter hypocrisy of the self righteous libs.

[Trajan88]

If Billy showed up to testify... I'd ask him to 'splain all those last second pardons.

Me thinks the the standard operating procedure by Billy would be to take the 5th over and over and over.

[WVNan]

And another example of the dims changing the rules when the rules go against them. Of course they will change the rule back after if a dim becomes prez.

[Uncle Hal]

Bring Clinton in to talk to Congress about pardons, is like bring in the fox to talk about guarding the hen house.

[AmericanDave]

"This is another good move by the Republicans to demonstrate the utter hypocrisy of the self righteous libs."

You are spot On brother.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Yeah, what the heck? They are taking steps to stop him from pardoning Scooter Libby?