He can't possibly think we're scared of him, does he????
Testimony in this matter should be ON THE RECORD.
Why do Republicans feel they are ABOVE THE LAW?
2007-03-20 13:22:24 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Yeah you're right we shouldn't try to work together lets just keep fighting our partisan war while the system crumbles.
2007-03-20 13:27:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 6⤋
The Democrats don't have to. The thing is the Republican White House still has not understood that this is no longer the Congress that will roll over and play footsie with them.
They were allowed to dictate terms for so long without any push back they have forgotten that "that don't work no more".
He can try to play the "Executive privilege" card but that won't work either because this has nothing to do with national security.
This is why Bush did his little "dog and pony" speech today to try and deflect the real problem with this administration. Politicizing justice is what they have gotten away with.
The fired U.S. attorneys in some way, shape or form had been working on public corruption cases that had enough evidence for prosecution. The problem for the GOP was they were mostly Republicans. The investigations aimed at Dems either were without merit or had insufficient evidence.
So they got canned. Then when the Justice Dept spokesman who went to Congress and testified, Mr. McNulty, seemed to have told the truth about the firings which is why Gonzales might turn out to be " Gone-zales"
2007-03-20 20:26:09 · answer #2 · answered by thequeenreigns 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
That way, when Rove lies about something, they can deny it later in court. Apparently, there were investigations of Republican corruption; this is why those attorneys were removed. Keep in mind also, Bush wishes to be Supreme Lord and Dictator. Too bad he's an incompetent nobody.
I think it's funny he talks about his constitutional rights while he treats the citizens' rights as toilet paper.
Bush and his cronies want the government to operate in secret. They base this on national security. The problem is this is the people's government, not his. When the government operates in secrecy, it ceases to be the people's government.
2007-03-20 20:26:49 · answer #3 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
It is not under oath, under oath if caught in a lie then there can be criminal prosecution and they would meet the same fate as Libby, just a conversation as is proposed by the president would hold no legal recourse and these people could say anything. I am sure this will be decided in the supreme court, as was the tapes issue in Nixon V. U.S., when Nixon tried to invoke executive privilege.
2007-03-20 20:28:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
The answer to your question is they shouldn't. Bush will have to use Executive Privilege to deny Congress access to his staff under oath. To my knowledge Executive Privilege applies only to military, diplomatic, or national security issues. The firing of the US Attorneys is a "personnel" or "staffing" issue and Executive Privilege should not be allowed to be invoked.
2007-03-20 20:25:28 · answer #5 · answered by itsdabigbadwolf 3 · 7⤊ 3⤋
They should not.
Congress has the authority to compel testimony from executive branch officials, under oath. They may or may not have the authority to compel Bush or Cheney personally, but I haven't heard of subpoenas being issued for them personally.
And executive privilege, in addition to being more limited than most people seem to think, only allows the officials to refuse to answer specific questions. It doesn't grant a blanket immunity to ignore the subpoena entirely.
2007-03-20 20:27:03 · answer #6 · answered by coragryph 7 · 6⤊ 5⤋
The Democrats are convinced that the offer made by Bush is realistic for national interests.
2007-03-20 20:27:16 · answer #7 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 1⤊ 6⤋
Why is this even an issue? It's pretty common practice for presidents. Clinton did it too prior to Whitewater. It's wasn't a national incident. This is a non-issue.
2007-03-20 20:28:24 · answer #8 · answered by lizardmama 6 · 1⤊ 9⤋
this guy is a point gamer
reported douche bag.
2007-03-20 20:31:11 · answer #9 · answered by Chunky & Lumpy 1 · 4⤊ 3⤋
It's a little thing called the Law...executive priviledge...every pres has used it, dem and rep like.
2007-03-20 20:29:46 · answer #10 · answered by Steelhead 5 · 2⤊ 9⤋