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Specter Suggests Special Prosecutor (Hell No RINO! Go back to the zoo)
Guardian Unlimited ^
| 7/24/2007
| LAURIE KELLMAN
Posted on 07/24/2007 8:24:45 AM PDT by tobyhill
WASHINGTON (AP) - A powerful Senate Republican on Tuesday told Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to consider appointing a special prosecutor to investigate the firings of federal prosecutors.
Sen. Arlen Specter told the embattled attorney general such that a scenario may now be necessary because, the senator maintained, Bush administration officials have made statements that might have the effect of shutting down congressional supervision.
``The constitutional authority and responsibility for congressional oversight is gone,'' said Specter, the Judiciary Committee's senior Republican. Gonzales sat just a few feet away, at the witness table, as Pennsylvania Republican declared: ``If that is to happen, the president can run the government as he chooses, answer no questions.''
The attorney general has the authority to appoint a special prosecutor,'' Specter added, looking Gonzales in the eye.
``I don't trust you,'' committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., told Gonzales.
The prospect of a special prosecutor moved the controversy to new ground after nearly seven months of Congress' standoff with the White House over a Democratic-driven effort to find out whether the White House directed the federal prosecutor firings to influence corruption prosecutions in ways that might help Republicans. Gonzales and Bush have denied that and have noted that prosecutors are political appointees who can be dismissed for almost any reason.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 110th; arlenspecter; doasearch; doj; duplicate; gonzales; gonzalez; rino; specter
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posted on
07/24/2007 8:24:52 AM PDT
by
tobyhill
To: tobyhill
“Senator Specter suggests”. Read no further.
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posted on
07/24/2007 8:25:46 AM PDT
by
twonie
(Keep your guns - and stockpile ammo.)
To: tobyhill
Spector is reason enough to cut-off the RNC forever!
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posted on
07/24/2007 8:26:51 AM PDT
by
Niteranger68
(Stick to talking about your own candidate. We’re smart enough to figure out the rest on our own.)
To: tobyhill
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posted on
07/24/2007 8:27:38 AM PDT
by
lowbridge
(A Gun A Day Keeps The Government Away)
To: tobyhill
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales only reply should have been... “Is that to investigate the firing of all the AG’s under Clinton senator?
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posted on
07/24/2007 8:27:40 AM PDT
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: tobyhill
This is such a non-story, but boy, it sure does have legs.
Holy cow, US attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president. Period.
Mr. Specter’s doing a great job, isn’t he? What a tower of jello he truly is.
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posted on
07/24/2007 8:28:02 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
To: RexBeach
And ALL of the stumping George Bush did to get him elected and squeak past his opponent in the primaries.
To: tobyhill
Specter Special
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posted on
07/24/2007 8:29:14 AM PDT
by
xcamel
("It's Talk Thompson Time!" >> irc://irc.freenode.net/fredthompson)
To: tobyhill
Bush administration officials have made statements that might have the effect of shutting down congressional supervision.And how do they accomplish that just be making statements? If that were true, what is Specter still doing there bloviating?
``The constitutional authority and responsibility for congressional oversight is gone,''
Then you ought to step down and shut up, shouldnt you?
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posted on
07/24/2007 8:29:26 AM PDT
by
lowbridge
(A Gun A Day Keeps The Government Away)
To: tobyhill
Specter’s retirement is long overdo, he’s embarrassing himself.
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posted on
07/24/2007 8:31:24 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
(DefendOurMarines.com)
To: RacerF150
Bump to that! “Lemme get this straight, I’m supposed to send my hard earned to the RNC to promote a Republican agenda while Sen. Specter & CO. do everything they can to thwart that. Is that about right?” Click.....(dial tone).
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posted on
07/24/2007 8:31:27 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
To: RexBeach
And ALL of the stumping George Bush did to get him elected and squeak past his opponent in the primaries.
To: tobyhill
I swear Spechter is a mole....
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posted on
07/24/2007 8:32:51 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(Being Challenged Builds Character! Being Coddled Destroys Character!)
To: rovenstinez
This is the tragedy of Bush. Refuses to listen to his friends in his vain attempts to make his enemies his friends.
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posted on
07/24/2007 8:33:46 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: tobyhill
Is Spector REALLY that ignorant that he thinks the POTUS can’t fire the AGs? He is likely going along with his liberal buddies. ugh!
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posted on
07/24/2007 8:36:59 AM PDT
by
Edgerunner
(If you won't let the military fight your battles, you will have to. Keep your powder dry...)
To: tobyhill
If Bush won’t stand for his own prerogatives, then the hell with him.
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posted on
07/24/2007 8:40:30 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: Edgerunner
I just hope no one in this administration is dumb enough to go for the special prosecutor after the Plame fiasco.
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posted on
07/24/2007 8:42:06 AM PDT
by
tobyhill
(The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
To: tobyhill
Two years later, Specter ran for district attorney of Philadelphia. He was a Democrat, but the only openings were in the GOP, so he switched to fight. In Philadelphia at that time, the Republicans were the goo-goo, liberal party, so the switch was not so drastic.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n13_v47/ai_17238340
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posted on
07/24/2007 8:42:45 AM PDT
by
lowbridge
(A Gun A Day Keeps The Government Away)
To: RacerF150
Didn’t Bush campaign for him also?
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posted on
07/24/2007 8:43:16 AM PDT
by
listenhillary
(¿Qué parter DE "illegal" ousted no entente?)
To: listenhillary
Didnt Bush campaign for him also?
Yep. In fact, if El Presidente hadn't intervened, the primary may have gone the other way.
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posted on
07/24/2007 8:44:08 AM PDT
by
Old_Mil
(Duncan Hunter in 2008! A Veteran, A Patriot, A Reagan Republican... http://www.gohunter08.com/)
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