Justice aide won't talk to House panel

Associated Press Writer ^ | 4/4/07 | Julie Hirschfeld Davis

[mtnwmn]

Looks like they are all learning.

[TSchmereL]

[AnAmericanMother]

You can expect more of this, because of two words:

Scooter Libby.

I would not go near a congressional investigation at this point, for ANY reason. If I didn't say what they wanted to hear, they'd charge me with perjury and send me to the Big House.

[Cicero]

Ha ha. Leahy and Conyers are behaving like Senator McCarthy.

I bet that stung!

[Txsleuth]

Smart girl, that one.

[lugsoul]

Ya know, it would seem so simple that it wouldn't need to be stated - but the potential for a future prosecution for perjury is not a basis for invocation of the Fifth Amendment. If it were, no one could ever be compelled to give testimony about anything in any court or other tribunal.

Not to mention the fact that her position utterly fails the "If she were a Democrat, how would FR respond?" test.

[Shelayne]

You got that right.

NEVER NEVER EVER would I testify before them, and I would tell everyone why. They don’t want the “truth”. This is another one of their Dog & Pony shows.

[AnAmericanMother]

You don't have to explain why you're invoking the Fifth.

And the Dems who fled the country and took the Fifth did so before the Scooter Libby debacle.

[Joe Boucher]

If some congressional committee tried to interview me I don’t think I give them the time of day either.

A few years ago I stopped a bank robbery and the local as well as state media failed to get even one aspect of the ordeal correct. Though they all interviewed me as well as the cops and f.b.i. involved.

[lugsoul]

But she DID explain why she was invoking the fifth. And it wasn’t a refusal to provide testimony against herself - the only valid ground for invoking the fifth.

[Jacquerie]

Congress is not a court.

It is her right to invoke the 5th.

The Congressional GOP has never asked to question a rat for a non-crime.

[mwl1]

There may be lots of hypocrisy in politics but it is past time to tell the RATS to go to Hell with their witchhunt.

[macamadamia]

If Republicans were sufficiently coordinated they’d repeat this McCarthy comparison, they’d make it a talking point because it’s apt, and they’d shove it up the Left’s ass! Here’s hoping...

[YellowRoseofTx]

I can’t imagine anyone wants to testify about anything since the Libby fiasco....why would they.

[lugsoul]

The fifth doesn't give you a right not to testify. It gives you a right against self-incrimination.

"The Congressional GOP has never asked to question a rat for a non-crime." You really believe this? Have some more kool-aid.

[lugsoul]

Um, if they were sufficiently coordinated they’d have a bit of a problem reconciling those attacks with the “McCarthy is an American hero” wing of the GOP.

[frithguild]

Goodling, 33, is a 1995 graduate Messiah College in Grantham, Pa., an institution that describes itself as “committed to an embracing evangelical spirit.”

She received her law degree at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va. Regent, founded by Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson, says its mission is “to produce Christian leaders who will make a difference, who will change the world.”

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/nation/16977359.htm

[mtnwmn]

I imagine we would be gripping. However, the Clintons used the tactic very well. What’s good for the Clintons, is good enough for the Republicans. Do you agree?

[lugsoul]

Really? Can you name the officials in the Clinton Justice Department who took the Fifth?

Can you name any official in the Clinton Administration who took the Fifth and retained their job?

Sorry, but in this particular instance, this Administration cannot simply point at the Clinton Administration and say "they were worse." Not that this is a legitimate defense anyway, except to about 1/2 the folks on FR. But no Clinton official at DOJ took the Fifth on anything.

I guess I'm the only one that sees the disconnect with an official at the Department of Justice standing on the Fifth.

[lugsoul]

"What’s good for the Clintons, is good enough for the Republicans. Do you agree?"

And, let me state for the record that I most certainly do not agree with this statement - though I acknowledge that the vast crowd of relativist sheep here do agree with it.