If I understand it right, The Bush admin fired some appointees. Why has this become a huge fight?
2007-03-22 12:41:05 · 13 answers · asked by DaGoof 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Because the Dem's are on a witch hunt. They are trying to live by their motto of "Create a Scandal a Day Until 2008". If they concentrate on trying to bring down this administration it takes away from the focus that they have nothing to offer the people that voted them in. This my friends is an inconvenient truth.
2007-03-22 12:48:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The subpoenas will bring about a constitution fight over whether the congress has the right to force the executive branch to publicly testify. If found that congress does have that right(they don't) Then the Bush administration would be testifying until the end of his term. The democrats are acting like a child with his first BB gun, all excited with nothing to shoot at. If they want to subpoena some one get the dairy farmers in there to explain why I pay more for a gallon of milk than a gallon of gas.
2007-03-22 19:49:48 · answer #2 · answered by Papa Joe 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The Dems, while in the "majority," clearly lack power to accomplish anything. Their only hope is to criminalize conservatism and put on a series of show trials designed to embarrass our President. By demanding subpoenas, they are just trying to do a repeat of the Scooter Libby debacle - where there is no underlying crime, but a member of the administration gets tripped up and slapped with perjury charges.
If the administration does hold its ground, I believe this will mark a turning point - where it becomes clear the Dems have no real ideas and are just following their usual obstructionist tactics purely to gain political power. Let's hope!
2007-03-22 19:55:24 · answer #3 · answered by Apachecat 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Google the name Carol Lam. She is the prosecutor who sent a republican, Duke Cunningham up the river last year in California. She found dirt on Dusty Foggo who was at the time the # 3 man in the CIA who shortly thereafter retired. Suddenly she get's fired? Coincedence? I think not. And if Bush had nothing to hide why won't he let any of his aids testify under oath? Could it be because there going to lie through there teeth and commit obstruction of justice like Libby did?
2007-03-22 19:54:02 · answer #4 · answered by Third Uncle 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bush is claiming that his aides can ignore federal law, and is refusing to allow his aides to testify under oath before Congress.
Congress is investigating abuses of power in the Dept of Justice. Bush is not the target of the investigation. Gonzales is.
The issue isn't whether US Attys were fired. Nobody is arguing that the firings were illegal. The issue is potentially WHY they were fired.
The accusation, from several sources, is that the 8 US Attys were fired because they refused to abuse their office to suit the White House political agenda. In other words, that they were fired for being non-partisan and having integrity.
And that (if true) is grounds for removing Gonzales from his position as AG, for violation of his oath of office as AG, and/or for violation of his ethical obligations as an attorney.
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EDIT: Many people keep claiming that Bush can refuse to honor Congressional subpoenas, and can refuse to allow his aides to testify under oath. So far, nobody has been able to cite any law or case to support this argument. If anyone knows of a law that grants Bush that power, please answer my question (link below) and provide the legal citation.
2007-03-22 19:47:29 · answer #5 · answered by coragryph 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Clinton fires 93 people no big deal. Bush fires 9 and the sky is falling. I say we fire the Dem's for failure to perform their job.
2007-03-22 20:20:59 · answer #6 · answered by jason s 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Something else the left wing libs want to use to attack President Bush. Didn't hear anything about their boy Clinton firing 93 attornies. Does this mean that if Hillary wins she can't fire anyone??
2007-03-22 19:45:12 · answer #7 · answered by Jim J 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
because it brings bush in the news and the average person hears bush, subpoenas, investigation and they freak out. no one paid no nevermind when clinton fired a bunch years ago. oh well.
2007-03-22 19:44:18 · answer #8 · answered by curious_One 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Naw, he's just not going to let them testify under oath. Take that Madame Speaker.
2007-03-22 19:44:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the dumbocrats are desperate to keep attention away from the fact that in their first few months in control of Congress, they have accomplished nothing. Of course for most of us, this is a good thing.
2007-03-22 19:45:57 · answer #10 · answered by gunrrobot 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋