Posted on 04/06/2007 2:18:11 PM PDT by jazusamo
Thanks...I didn’t know who Zeifman is and am glad to hear he’s a Dem with integrity.
If it were a republican doing the Logan thing, the dims would make hay with it. They don’t have to prosecute her, but just continually bring up the feloness, pelosi who has no respect for the law.
Well, but what where discussing here is a member of congress going overseas to communicate an entirely different (democrat) US policy to a foreign head of state directly.
It's one thing for the entire Congress to vote on what our relations with a country should be thereby directing the President to pursue such a course, but it's quite another to have individual members running off to offer alternatives to what is communicated directly by the executive branch, which has sole Constitutional authority over such matters. And doing so against the wishes of the President, as publicly expressed, before hand, by that very same President.
So legally, she is in violation of the Logan Act, and IMHO, guilty of Treason as well.
I wrote mine..
Let’s roll
Don’t forget Sandy Burglar
“I just sent my representative a little note.”
Good. If we all write to our reps and ask our friends to do the same, it might convince congress to take action against Pelosi.
I think that bush should pardon her and Libby at he same time. (Eeeeevil Grin) The press would tie itself in knots!
Absolutely. They never hesitate to call for the resignation of every Republican they can. Pelosi broke the law...she should pay the price.
“Our first woman Speaker Pelosi may well deserve to become the second Democratic speaker to be compelled to resign from Congress.”
That would be all to sweet, I am really enjoying that now Iget to watch the Democrats melt.
>> [Pelosi] obviously wants to win the domestic political war against the Republicans by setting a deadline for the Iraq war
The Democrats have a profound misunderstanding of America’s sentiment towards Iraq. I doubt the majority accepts an arbitrary war deadline as that of a political victory for Democrats.
Yup, and that is part of the 2/3 brain dead Americans I keep referring to. Can't function in more than one area at a time and what is happening to America doesn't even cross their little minds.
>>So legally, she is in violation of the Logan Act, and IMHO, guilty of Treason as well.<<
The Logan act is for private citizens not congress acting in their official capacity.
Jesse Jackson could have been charged a couple of times but its never applies to U.S. officials -its only for people acting “without authority”. This is harmful because of stupid use of congressional authority - that’s a completely different kind of problem.
BTW, the official name is “Private correspondence with foreign governments”
Newsmax is really funny if they think that is going to happen. Some how she will come out of this looking like a rose. I know it and I feel it will happen. We cannot underestimate these people. She is evil and will not resign. Why do conservatives think she will.
I really don’t think most conservatives believe she will resign but the writer of this article Jerry Zeifman served as Democratic Counsel of the House Judiciary for 17 years.
She should go to jail. Maybe she could room next to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Clinton.
I wouldn’t know any reason “We the People” would need her for ANYTHING.
Oh wow. Democrat?
Well, he is associated with Hillary in that he was one of her earliest Democratic Critics
>>In 1973 Jerry Zeifman, chief counsel to the House Judiciary Committee, decided to keep a diary of the “extraordinary events” surrounding the impeachment of President Nixon. Now, Zeifman draws on that diary to give us Without Honor: Crimes of Camelot and the Impeachment of President Nixon, in which he accuses government officials of obstructing the impeachment inquiry. Their reason? Not any sympathy for the besieged Richard Nixon, but a desire to protect the reputation of John Kennedy. Zeifman’s book will surely excite conspiracy buffs on the lookout for sinister coverups in high places. But those wary of such unsubstantiated theories (myself included) will find Zeifman’s book an unconvincing, if imaginative, tale of intrigue.
Zeifman’s theory goes something like this: John Doar, Hillary Rodham, Bernard Nussbaum and other Kennedy loyalists investigating Nixon obstruct his impeachment “to cover up malfeasance in high office throughout the Cold War.” The scheming starlets are abetted by Peter Rodino, a weak, corrupt chairman of the House Judiciary Committee who is afraid that Nixon might expose his own Mafia ties. Rounding out the list of conspirators is Burke Marshall, Robert Kennedy’s assistant attorney general, who orchestrates the bogus investigation in the hopes of keeping Nixon in office, which will, he believes, help Ted Kennedy win the White House<<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/reviews/matthewdallek.htm
USA Editorial Against Pelosi's trip.
Thanks for the link.
USA ripped her pretty good and along with the WaPo piece she’s probably not a real happy camper about now.
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