President Bush's low popularity rating in the polls is often reported by the media and many Democrats say this shows that they have an advantage and will win more Congressional seats and the Presidency in 2008.
The Democrats have a majority in both houses of Congress and Congressional satisfaction ratings are lower than Presidental satisfaction ratings.
Will this have any affect on the elections of 2008 for either Democrats or Republicans in Congress? What affect, if any, will it have on the Presidential race? Why don't Republicans that aren't in Congress using it as many Democratic candidates use the President's rating?
2007-07-19 10:17:28 · 7 answers · asked by Truth is elusive 7 in Politics
.... uneducated to hear both sides and come up with an educated conclusion?
2007-07-19 10:17:28 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
my ex didnt want me to keep the baby coz i got pregnant he is 28 and a looser with no job so he complained he couldnt afford to pay child support...i did the right thing and decided to have an abortion...i went to a private place and it came up to $500 we had decided that he would help to pay half now i want my 250 and he doesnt want to pay i used my mom credit card is there any legal action i can take against him to get him to pay???
2007-07-19 10:15:57 · 14 answers · asked by can u ♥ moi? 4 in Law & Ethics
Hillary Clinton as President of the United States
Harry Reid as Senate Majority Leader
Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House
If this happpens (and that's a big if!) it will mean the end of America as we know it and the complete death of America as our founding fathers visioned it. A socialist as President and two committed liberals leading Congress. This should be a wake up call to all Americans with traditional American values!
2007-07-19 10:15:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
2007-07-19 10:14:44 · 10 answers · asked by Jeremy P 2 in Politics
I moved to Wisconsin from St. Louis last fall. My license expired without my knowledge and I got a summons when pulled over. I have a court date Aug. 8th. The officer said I should plead 'no contest.'
If I plead 'no contest' how can I get the points and fine reduced? It is a $100 fine and 10 points and I havent got a lot of either.
Legal Eagles, how should I handle this?
2007-07-19 10:14:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police
2007-07-19 10:14:01 · 12 answers · asked by Eugene T 1 in Politics
im American and i admit im dumb sometimes but does it just seem that America is getting dumber by the second......then to top it off there being rewarded for it...i want to be rewarded for my stupidity.
2007-07-19 10:11:46 · 8 answers · asked by Matthew L 3 in Politics
... the kids said he must have been the worst president ever?
2007-07-19 10:11:38 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
Hillary Clinton as President of the United States
Harry Reid as Senate Majority Leader
Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House
If this happpens (and that's a big if!) it will mean the end of America as we know it and the complete death of America as our founding fathers visioned it. A socialist as President and two committed liberals leading Congress. This should be a wake up call to all Americans with traditional American values!
2007-07-19 10:11:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government
im going to join either the 82nd or the 101st. if you know things like how many pushups, miles running, marching distance, anything like that, please comment me. thank you
2007-07-19 10:09:38 · 12 answers · asked by Alex 3 in Military
2007-07-19 10:09:32 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
Violation of copyright through digital piracy (e.g. Pirating software, movies, books, etc.) or Predatory Lending?
Predatory lending is where a person intentionally loans money to someone who would have a difficult time paying it back. They do this so that they earn the maximum interest back and charge stiff penalties for late payments.
Some people believe that digital piracy isn't actually theft since they are not denying the property to it's rightful owner. It is illegal.
Predatory lending robs the poorest of the poor, keeping them indebted for long periods of time. It is legal in most states.
2007-07-19 10:09:30 · 12 answers · asked by Matt3471 3 in Law & Ethics
should i become a cop with all the deaths that have been occuring with the police.
2007-07-19 10:09:19 · 4 answers · asked by cheerbear2500 2 in Law Enforcement & Police
Why do YA Conservatives refuse to take any responsibility for getting us entangled in this Iraq mess. You blame Liberals and the media for everything negative, like they make it all up. Is there absolutely nothing in your thought process that makes you say,"Mmmm, maybe this wasn't such a hot idea after all.", or does your mind say,"Everything wrong with Iraq is THEIR fault!"?
2007-07-19 10:07:54 · 6 answers · asked by memyselfandI 1 in Politics
2007-07-19 10:06:28 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
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Mary Jo White (born December 27, 1947) was the first woman to be U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, serving from 1993 to 2002.
White received her B.S. from the College of William and Mary in 1970 and her law degree from Columbia Law School in 1974. White was appointed to the position by President Bill Clinton. She is noted for having overseen prosecutions of John Gotti and the terrorists responsible for the first World Trade Center bombing of 1993, chief among them Ramzi Yousef. She is currently chair of the litigation department at Debevoise & Plimpton.
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Bill Clinton pardons controversy
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President Bill Clinton was widely criticized for some pardons and other acts of executive clemency [1]; collectively, this controversy has sometimes been called Pardongate in the press.[2] Federal prosecutor Mary Jo White was appointed to investigate the pardons. She was later replaced by James Comey. Comey found no grounds to indict Clinton.
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1 FALN Pardons of 1999
2 Edgar and Vonna Jo Gregory pardons
3 Pardons and commutations signed on final day in office
4 See also
5 External Links
6 References
[edit] FALN Pardons of 1999
On August 11, 1999, Clinton commuted the sentences of 16 members of FALN, a violent Puerto Rican nationalist group that set off 120 bombs in the United States mostly in New York City and Chicago, convicted for conspiracies to commit robbery, bomb-making, and sedition, as well as for firearms and explosives violations.[3] None of the 16 were convicted of bombings or any crime which injured another person, though they were sentenced with terms ranging from 35 to 105 years in prison for the conviction of conspiracy and sedition. Congress, however, recognizes that the FALN is responsible for "6 deaths and the permanent maiming of dozens of others, including law enforcement officials." All of the 16 had served 19 years or longer in prison, which was a longer sentence than such crimes typically received, according to the White House.[citation needed] Clinton offered clemency, on condition that the prisoners renounce violence, at the appeal of 10 Nobel Peace Prize laureates, President Jimmy Carter, the cardinal of New York, and the archbishop of Puerto Rico. The commutation was opposed by U.S. Attorney's Office, the FBI, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons and criticized by many including former victims of FALN terrorist activities, the Fraternal Order of Police,[4] members of Congress, and Hillary Clinton in her campaign for Senator.[5] Congress condemned the action, with a vote of 95-2 in the Senate and 311-41 in the House.[6][7] The U.S. House Committee on Government Reform held an investigation on the matter, but the Justice Department prevented FBI officials from testifying.[8] President Clinton cited executive privilege for his refusal to turn over some documents to Congress related to his decision to offer clemency to members of the FALN terrorist group.
[edit] Edgar and Vonna Jo Gregory pardons
In March 2000, Bill Clinton pardoned Edgar and Vonna Jo Gregory, owners of the carnival company United Shows International, for charges of bank fraud from a 1982 conviction (the couple were already out of jail, but the prior conviction prevented them from doing business transactions in certain states). First Lady Hillary Clinton's youngest brother, Tony Rodham, was an acquaintance of the Gregorys, and had lobbied Clinton on their behalf.[9] In October 2006, the group Judicial Watch filed a request with the U.S. Justice Department for an investigation, alleging that Rodham had received $107,000 from the Gregorys for the pardons, in the form of loans that were never repaid, as part of a quid pro quo scheme.[10]
[edit] Pardons and commutations signed on final day in office
Clinton issued 140 pardons as well as several commutations on his last day of office (January 20, 2001).[11] When a sentence is commuted, the conviction remains intact, but the sentence can be altered in a number of ways. Some controversial actions include the following:
Carlos A. Vignali had his sentence for cocaine trafficking commuted, after serving 6 of 15 years in federal prison.
Almon Glenn Braswell was pardoned of his mail fraud and perjury convictions, even while a federal investigation was underway regarding additional money laundering and tax evasion charges.[12] Braswell and Carlos Vignali each paid approximately $200,000 to Hillary Clinton's brother, Hugh Rodham, to represent their respective cases for clemency. Hugh Rodham returned the payments after they were disclosed to the public.[citation needed] Braswell would later invoke the Fifth Amendment at a Senate Committee hearing in 2001, when questioned about allegations of his having systematically defrauded senior citizens of millions of dollars.[13]
Marc Rich, a fugitive, was pardoned of tax evasion, after clemency pleas from Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, among many other international luminaries. He was required to pay a $100 million dollar fine and waive any use of the pardon as a defense against any future civil charges that were filed against him in the same case. Critics complained that Denise Rich, his former wife, had made substantial donations to the Clinton library and to Mrs. Clinton's senate campaign. Emails uncovered during the course of the investigation revealed that her final donation was provided a year before Scooter Libby requested that she approach Clinton for a pardon. According to Paul Volcker's independent investigation of Iraqi Oil-for-Food kickback schemes, Marc Rich was a middleman for several suspect Iraqi oil deals involving over 4 million barrels of oil.[14]
Susan McDougal, who had already completed her sentence, was pardoned for her role in the Whitewater scandal; McDougal had served 18 months on contempt charges for refusing to testify about Clinton's role.
Dan Rostenkowski, a former Democratic Congressman convicted in the Congressional Post Office Scandal. Rostenkowski had served his entire sentence.
Melvin J. Reynolds, a Democratic Congressman from Illinois, who was convicted of bank fraud, 12 counts of sexual assault, obstruction of justice, and solicitation of child pornography had his sentence commuted on the bank fraud charged and was allowed to serve the final months under the auspices of a half way house. He had served his entire sentence on child sex abuse charges before the commutation of the later convictions.
Roger Clinton, the president's half-brother, on drug charges after having served the entire sentence more than a decade before. Roger Clinton would be charged with drunk driving and disorderly conduct in an unrelated incident within a year of the pardon.[15] He was also briefly alleged to have been utilized in lobbying for the Braswell pardon, among others. However, no wrongdoing was uncovered.
On Feb. 18, 2001, Clinton wrote a New York Times column defending the 140 pardons.[16]
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2007-07-19 10:06:07 · 5 answers · asked by trevathantim 2 in Law & Ethics
They could be using there power to help capture terrorist but no they miss use it I say let them make a fool of them selfs it only be worse and then there poll number will go down more.
2007-07-19 10:05:56 · 5 answers · asked by Jeremy P 2 in Politics
if democrats/liberals want to end the irag war,why not just cut the military funding,if it is true that they were elected to end the war in an american defeat,what are they waiting for,or is it that they are trying to force bush to call the troops home so they can blame bush for the defeat,and the slaughter,of the iragi civilians that will happen when american troops retreat,just as what happened in vietnam,when democrats/liberals forced american troops to retreat,when they cut funding!
2007-07-19 10:04:57 · 9 answers · asked by truckman 4 in Other - Politics & Government
And a person involved in exposing the nepotism and cover-up was arrested and jailed for doing so. How many think this is fair?
2007-07-19 10:04:52 · 4 answers · asked by Gray Wanderer 7 in Law & Ethics
who here likes george bush and who here hates him, and why?
i hate him, cuz he's an ***.
2007-07-19 10:03:37 · 2 answers · asked by sumo 1 in Politics
There have been multiple questions in Y/A regarding the Plame dismissal, but the articles state "U.S. District Judge John D. Bates dismissed the case on jurisdictional grounds and said he would not express an opinion on the constitutional arguments."
In other words, it was filed in the wrong court and needs to be filed in the correct court, there is no decision or reflection on the constitutional grounds of the complaint. So her attorneys will more than likely refile the case, this is no great victory for the conservatives, just a bit of a delay.
Do we need to send Conservatives back to school to work on their reading comprehension skills or (as I have suspected all along) do they just see what they want to see?
2007-07-19 10:01:03 · 9 answers · asked by fieryfox59 3 in Other - Politics & Government
the CIA has become predominantly liberal.
a CIA turf battle prevented special operators from pursuing and capturing a notorious Taliban leader.
current and former CIA officers fueled conspiracy theories that Bush orchestrated the 9/11 attacks.
a CIA leak to the New York Times deprived the U.S. of critical information in the War on Terror.
press leaks by the CIA have damaged our relations with foreign allies in the War on Terror.
a CIA analyst worked with Dems to sabotage the nomination of John Bolton to the U.N.
Clinton's downsizing of the CIA led to the closing of stations in scores of jihadist breeding grounds, including Hamburg, where the 9/11 plot was hatched.
Senator Carl Levin (D)pressured CIA analysts to change the way they evaluated suspected WMD sites -- the same type of pressure for which he later accused Bush political appointees of practicing.
Rowan Scarborough's "Sabotage: America's Enemies Within the CIA". He is a reporters for Washington Times.
2007-07-19 09:59:21 · 4 answers · asked by ? 7 in Government
How many never went to college? Please include links. Thanks!
2007-07-19 09:57:53 · 7 answers · asked by Ask Mike 4 in Government
With all our military stretched all over the world and cut back to our military we are weak, yes we've have nukes but we would only use them if we get nuked. Just say Putin decides to tame the British lion by invading British soil. Would NATO really run to our aid, treaties aren't worth the paper they are written on, other NATO country's could start to distance them self from Britain if the diplomatic row with Russia and Britain lengthens.
I'm not paranoid but I live in a remote part of Scotland, and there's uneasiness a sixth sense sort feeling I guess that somethings afoot, but I've been talking to some old timers and they had this feeling during early years of World war 2?
2007-07-19 09:57:27 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military
... and other Dems who are experts at spewing?
2007-07-19 09:57:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
How is that working for you now?
2007-07-19 09:51:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
Doesn't she have a valid lawsuit? Or is it the fact that the administration's house of cards will come tumbling down if we go down that road? Is this a mild obstruction of justice to keep yet another figure quiet? I am not taking sides or trying to be biased, just curious what others thoughts' are.
2007-07-19 09:50:18 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
How Knows how is the president Of USA for a report
2007-07-19 09:48:27 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government
my ex husband is in the Army my husband is in the Navy. A year ago my ex sent threatening messages to him (we weren't married at that time) we went to the police and they said they couldn't do anything because ex was overseas. Who do we need to talk to about him threatening him. Because things have not improved and ex thinks he is getting away scott free and has made verbal threats to my husband. We have copies of the threats he made to begin with because he sent them through the myspace message center. We aren't sure of who to talk to because when I talked to his CO he siad we would have to wait until he was back in town and just gave him a slap on the wrists for it. Now we aren't sure who to ask or where to go. Any suggestions? Also is it too late for us to do anything since it was almost a year ago? We live in Kansas if it helps. Thanks.
2007-07-19 09:48:26 · 8 answers · asked by Nikki 1 in Military
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