Comments on: Republicans footing phone-jamming defense bill. http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2005/08/phone-jamming-legal-bills/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:56:51 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: KathyinBlacksburg http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2005/08/phone-jamming-legal-bills/#comment-2110 KathyinBlacksburg Fri, 12 Aug 2005 18:35:56 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2005/08/phone-jamming-legal-bills/#comment-2110 Hey, Stuart! I agree it is a pattern. And the indictment today is the tip of the iceberg. Nationally, what has transpired regarding Iraq alone is way worse than Watergate. What I want to know is how much has to happen before voters take back the House, Senate and various statehouses? How can Pepugs look us in the eye without hanging their heads. They undermine our country by condoning such misdeeds. My personal favorite of late is Bush's claim of "executive privilege" for his refusal to turn over 50,000 pages of Roberts documents. It is the constitutional duty of the Senate to advise (not just consent). Here's a guy who's against the voting rights act. But Bush thinks we don't have a right to know this and other facts about an appointment for life. These same guys thought it was perfectly fine to search every last paper in the Clinton WhiteHouse on their fishing expedition, which turned up nothing except an affair. And yet, we get called over and over just about every name in the book. They outrageously call our patriotism nto question for doing our civic duty --speaking truth to power. But the minute old George and his band of misleaders start pushing the old hot buttons too many voters forgive and forget everything. I'm hoping finally it won't be the next couple of elections. But with the neoSwift Boats circling the waters, who can say. Hey, Stuart! I agree it is a pattern. And the indictment today is the tip of the iceberg. Nationally, what has transpired regarding Iraq alone is way worse than Watergate. What I want to know is how much has to happen before voters take back the House, Senate and various statehouses? How can Pepugs look us in the eye without hanging their heads. They undermine our country by condoning such misdeeds. My personal favorite of late is Bush’s claim of “executive privilege” for his refusal to turn over 50,000 pages of Roberts documents. It is the constitutional duty of the Senate to advise (not just consent). Here’s a guy who’s against the voting rights act. But Bush thinks we don’t have a right to know this and other facts about an appointment for life. These same guys thought it was perfectly fine to search every last paper in the Clinton WhiteHouse on their fishing expedition, which turned up nothing except an affair. And yet, we get called over and over just about every name in the book. They outrageously call our patriotism nto question for doing our civic duty –speaking truth to power. But the minute old George and his band of misleaders start pushing the old hot buttons too many voters forgive and forget everything. I’m hoping finally it won’t be the next couple of elections. But with the neoSwift Boats circling the waters, who can say.

]]> By: Stuart Horner http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2005/08/phone-jamming-legal-bills/#comment-2095 Stuart Horner Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:42:38 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2005/08/phone-jamming-legal-bills/#comment-2095 It appears that what we're seeing here, is not just an endorsement of criminality, but a pattern of behavior. Listening to NPR this morning, I heard about this: http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/11/abramoff.indictment/index.html I have a feeling that we're going to see some serious political fallout from both of these actions by the RNC and individuals lobbying for the GOP. It appears that what we’re seeing here, is not just an endorsement of criminality, but a pattern of behavior.

Listening to NPR this morning, I heard about this:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/11/abramoff.indictment/index.html

I have a feeling that we’re going to see some serious political fallout from both of these actions by the RNC and individuals lobbying for the GOP.

]]> By: Amovar http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2005/08/phone-jamming-legal-bills/#comment-2093 Amovar Fri, 12 Aug 2005 04:40:45 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2005/08/phone-jamming-legal-bills/#comment-2093 This is a bald-faced endorsement of criminality and deceit even by the standards of the RNC. The democratic process depends on its participants playing by, if not any common decency, at least the letter of the law. But even that's setting the bar too high for the modern conservatariat. The RNC, RPV and Patrick McSweeney ought to be ashamed of themselves, but barring that they at least ought to pay a price at the polls for their giveaways to a bunch of glorified tire-slashers. This is a bald-faced endorsement of criminality and deceit even by the standards of the RNC. The democratic process depends on its participants playing by, if not any common decency, at least the letter of the law. But even that’s setting the bar too high for the modern conservatariat. The RNC, RPV and Patrick McSweeney ought to be ashamed of themselves, but barring that they at least ought to pay a price at the polls for their giveaways to a bunch of glorified tire-slashers.

]]> By: kathy http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2005/08/phone-jamming-legal-bills/#comment-2092 kathy Fri, 12 Aug 2005 04:04:31 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2005/08/phone-jamming-legal-bills/#comment-2092 Thanks for connecting the dots, Waldo! Thanks for connecting the dots, Waldo!

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