I wonder if there is any relevance to this mathmatical/theologic equation:

Feinstein + Schumer + Mukasey = 3 Children of Jacob

Bush may try anyway he can, to make sure McCain wins the Whitehouse, you already provided reasons, how that can happen. It may already be in the bag.

Justice a meaningless word like integrity, absent from the Whitehouse.

August et al:

In case you are not aware, Diebold just received a $3 billion takeover bid from United Technologies.  {N.B. For those who do not know, UT is among the world’s largest corporate conglomerates and, among other things, ranks 43rd in corporate production of air pollution, and its defense arm is the sixth largest defense contractor contributor to political campaigns.]

However, of even greater interest are its more nefarious ties.

For example, one of its directors (Jamie Gorelick) sat on the 9/11 Commission, and another director (Christie Todd Whitman) was director of the EPA on 9/11 (and told us here in NYC on 9/13 that “the air is safe to breathe).

As well, the three co-chairs of UT also sit on the Business Roundtable, which, in turn, is connected to The Carlyle Group.  (One of the three chairs of the BR is Kenneth Chennault, a senior director of The Carlyle Group.  And there are others as well.)

Now, some of these connections may seem tenuous, but that is how TCG works.

What I am suggesting is that UT’s take-over of Diebold (if successful) will put one of the three largest voting machine companies into the hands of The Carlyle Group.  And I KNOW I don’t need to tell you where that is certain to lead…

Peace.

If a Democrat takes up residence in the White House next January 20, there will be no reason a new Attorney General cannot bring charges.  It will probably require the Congressional panel to issue new subpoenas, but if the Democrats want to pick a fight there should be nothing stopping them but a John McCain victory in November (aided, of course, by Diebold, Sequoia and the Supreme Court).  In fact, there are a number of crimes suggested by the investigation (voter caging, for example) that a new AG could investigate on his or her own.

Kucinich’s list is very comprehensive, and will be ignored by the undecided morons waiting for the reruns of Jack Ass on Fox.

Thanks for the link Manni, I have sent it on to several others.

Henchmen and Cronies may be similar in some ways, but in the Whitehouse they use them like a carpenters belt full of fine tools, with the precision of a brain surgeon.  They will be upgrading application from the swiss army knife to a hammer just before the November elections,  lies, deceptions and lack of integrity will have grown to such grand proportions,  Mount Everest will become a pimple in comparison.   

Now Mukasey may be a crony, or a friend so why would he want to upset his boss and good buddy Bush?  Let’s face it the Whitehouse represents itself first, corporations second lobbyists third, special interests fourth, and Mass Media fifth, this order gets moved around in priorities, you can change the order as you like, but you get the gist,  We the people may become of interest someplace way down the on the ladder of imperial interest

Dumbing down of the people by religion and mass media, has been very successful,  lies and deceptions have become more blatant, only for those who keep up with this crap and take notice.  We the people may fit in the equation only when money becomes praesidere, then the plunger is taken out and the toilet gets plunged, but never flushed.

There’s another ‘practice’ that also deserves a day in court.  In 2004 information was classified 15.6 million times at a cost of $7.2 billion.  The president and/or designated agency heads may request a ‘secret’ or ‘top-secret’ be stamped on evidence, documents, whatever…

Democracy, my ass.

Although it may or may not be apropos in this thread (I believe it is), anyone who has not read the following absolutely MUST.  It is Dennis Kucinich’s “Prayer for America,” delivered in a speech in Southern California almost exactly six years ago (2002).  It is as prescient - and still as timely - as it is powerful.

http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0226-09.htm

Peace.

Maani, sometimes sacrifice is necessary to accomplish objectives in the face of a clearly lawless oppressor. Your political cowardice is disappointing. It’s this kind of mindset which holds our country back from progress.

We should all try to organize some kind of mass-participatory way of expressing our discontent with our current political administration and echo support for impeachment. Leaving this mess of a presidency open for future presidents to exploit is a mistake because if we think Bush is bad, one can only imagine what others may do in future years. Why don’t you just say you are anti-America because this is exactly what the meaning is by cowing off and catering to this administration of illegal purpose. If you believe in America and you believe in the rule of law, you’ll side with impeachment every time because it is not acceptable for ANY elected official to break laws older than they, which have sustained our republic for over two-hundred years.

Little ditty about chuck and diane
Two american dems tryin’ to be mukasey’s fan
Chuckie,s gonna be a senate star
Diane’s loaded, and that’s by far

Oh yeah lies go on
Long after the thrill of oversight’s gone
Oh yeah lies go on
Long after the thrill of justice is gone

Little ditty about chuck and diane
Two american dems doin´ the “best” they can

purplewolf:

Sorry to hear about that.  Sounds like an ongoing nightmare.  Maybe you could be neighborly and offer them some (ricin-laced) sugar?  That would solve the problem right quick.  (Yes, I know that isn’t exactly “Christian” of me.  But, of course, I’m kidding…LOL).

Peace.

Why do I have the feeling that Hillary might like Mukasey as attorney general, as Charles Schumer and Diane Feinstein did when he was nominated for the post?

Because part of Hillary’s constituency includes the same kind of thinking and alliances.

It could be that we won’t need to worry about this after the Texas and Ohio primaries ... maybe.

Food for thought in ...

“Obama faces Ohio hearts and minds”

AmericanChronicle.com
February 28, 2008

http://americanchronicle.com/articles/53747

Here’s my two cents worth… I think Maani is essentially correct. How would it look, if after being out of power for lo, those many years, the first thing the Democrats did after reassuming control of the House and Senate was try to impeach the sitting president of the opposing party? Like sour grapes? Like a partisan witch hunt?

Remember, for the overwhelming majority of Americans, television is their primary or only source of news, and the MSM’s coverage of the news is episodic, never thematic. Nobody is out there connecting the dots for their viewers or listeners, and worse, to the extent such voices do exist, they’re overwhelmingly right-wing Echo Chamber Bush administration apologists. Consequently, the average American isn’t aware of the long laundry list of this administration’s “high crimes and misdemenors” that’s old news to us websurfing wonker types.

So, you’re Nancy Pelosi, and you know that a drive to impeach Bush and Cheney—no matter how well-deserved—might result in a voter backlash that sweeps your party right back out of power as swiftly as it swept back in. And what’s the payoff of a successful impeachment campaign? “Defending the integrity of our system?” 1. Our system has little or no integrity to defend, and 2. The back-to-back impeachment of the sitting presidents of both parties can only have a devastating impact on the legitimacy of a system already skating on very, very thin ice. Being Nancy, you also know the bottom line: NOTHING GOOD IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTRY UNTTIL BUSH AND HIS MINIONS ARE OUT OF OFFICE, and, critically, not until they are replaced by a Democratic administration. Yes, the difference between the two parties is slight, but it’s significant enough to matter a great deal to millions of people both abroad, and right here in das Homeland.

Personally, I’m voting for Ralph. A pox on both their houses!

Manni: No my caps didn’t break. Just over tired as we have a drug house next door to me and they were still really busy at 5:30 am this morning, so I don’t get much rest. Yes the police know about this place, they have already raided it Jan.13. I must say however, those new assualt rifles they came armed with sure are impressive, along with all their SWAT gear, but when they hit the house at 2:13 pm on a Subday afternoon, no one was home, of course. If it was 2:13 am, they would have hit pay. Just like the calvary, arrive after the fact. But I did get to see some of the “new equipment” that the so called homeland secruity money bought.

NCJE Culver
“Caveat: I am no lawyer. I don’t even look like one. Therefore anything I’m about to say can (and probably should) be ignored.”

“I’m going to say it anyway ...”

***

I’m glad you said it anyway. Seems to me you pretty well hit the nail on the head. Maybe we should quit letting lawyers argue the law and quit letting bureaucrats interpret the law and put it all in the hands of folks who look like neither!

Might get somewhere ...

Meanwhile you have provided some more excellent points for congress to jab themselves with, which no doubt will lead to more outrage and urging. Which we need to send along to them with this red-neck bit of wisdom?

Shit or get off the pot!

purplewolf:

DID YOUR CAPS KEY BREAK?  OR ARE YOU JUST TRYING TO BE LIKE WAXMAN?  LOL.

Peace.

Purplewolf…you are just TOO talented!!

I love it. (and all of my goodies as well).

I’m like the QUEEN (wolf)!!

YEP! THE INMATES ARE RUNNING THE PRISON AND HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST SEVEN PLUS YEARS. AND THEY HAVE A REVOLVING FREE GET OUT OF JAIL PASS WITH EACH NEW SCANDAL THEY FIND THEMSELVES INVOLVED WITH.

And of course the steroid scandal takes top priority over anything else. It’s the Republican way.

FAIERY TALES

Chapter 1: WARKINGS

LONG, LONG, AGO, IN AN ANCIENT LAND, THE KING PREPARED HIMSELF FOR BATTLE. HE WAS LEADING HIS PEOPLE TO WAR AGAINST HIS ENEMIES. AS ALL GOOD KINGS DID IN THAT TIME, HE WENT INTO BATTLE AT THE FRONT LINES ALONG SIDE HIS FOLLOWERS, SOLDIERS AND OTHERS WHO WANTED TO HELP.

    WHAT IS YOUR EXCUSE KING GEORGE?

.....................................................

            BUSH MANTRA

When you find yourself in all sorts of trouble
Brother Bushs voice comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE WILL SET ME FREE!
SET ME FREE! SET ME FREE! OH SET ME FREE!
Speaking words of wisdom
SET ME FREE! 

NOW I’M FREE, I SHALL FLEE. NO MORE OF ME SHALL WILL YOU SEE.
Speaking words of wisdom

      YOU JUST GOT SCREWED AGAIN!

This is the worst of it Leefeller…when the Congress failed us, that was it. I don’t know if it’s bumbling or not. I honestly don’t.

I’ve puzzled over it for far too long now. They simply cannot ALL be totally ignorant of their jobs and the law, and their responsibilities. In many cases, that IS true. These are elected offices, and nobody has to take a test, or prove their intelligence. If stupid voters elect them, then….

Others however, know enough about the laws to manipulate the rule of law, simply corrupt through the bone, and to the marrow of it. That would include the entire executive branch, and all of the most dangerous of the neoconners behind the policies that they write and execute. That would include MOST of the signatories to the PNAC. Behind the scenes, is where they do their evil deeds, and most of Congress hasn’t figured it out.

The rest of them are simply gutless. OR…powerless, because of the tactics employed by what is a fascist and now totalitarian regime. And, that IS one of the tactics. They create multiple bureaucracies, where there is constant confusion, and nobody really knows what’s going on. There is all of this duplication. Think of how many new ‘agencies’ have been created in the past 7 years, that we never had before.

That’s how the Congress manages to look like a circus, but it’s very intentional. The instability is intentionally created, because it’s the only way that such a fascist movement can become what it is. Hitler did it, and so did Stalin. Loyalty was demanded, and they got it. Anyone (even within the regime) who might be perceived as less than loyal, or even a power that come potentially become equal, is eliminated.

Those who know how the deal, and don’t want to be eliminated, play along and at least pretend to remain loyal.

One way to describe the terror (as we the people experience it) is to think that we have some sort of ‘protection’. IOW…we think if the bad guys are after us, and we can just get to the police, or they can get to us in time, they’ll save us. Because, that’s what the police are for, right?

But then of course we find out that the ‘protection’ is really the enemy. It’s like being black in the South, pre-60’s and even now in some places. The ‘police’ are NOT your friend, and so you don’t go to them, looking for any ‘rescue’ from the KKK’re who’s chasing you with a rope to lynch your ass. The police are only gonna help ‘em.

Such as it is with many members of Congress. And for the past 7 plus years, we are living in a “State of Exception”, which here in the West, is often referred to as Martial Law. Just because it hasn’t been formally ‘declared’ doesn’t mean that we aren’t there. Oddly enough, Hitler never actually suspended the Constitution either, but it still ceased to exist as any sort of rule of law. He just made them up as he went along.

And yep, in this case, I’m sure the same “State of Exeption” will continue under Hillary or McCain. Actually, Hillary would probably be worse than McCain, if ONLY because a Congress might have a tad bit more leverage with him, in respect to the old system. (that has been suspended).

Hillary won’t give up an inch though…not a single iota of the power that the Neocons have been able to snatch. Matter of fact, the more I listen to her, and the more I review her past record, - TO DATE, and watch her campaign, the more she scares the shit out of me.

And, I don’t scare all that easily. At least not anymore.

Priorities….Let me get this. We have the funds & time to pursue the Human Growth Hormone cheaters in sports, BUT no need to have Miers & Bolten testify on possible corruption of the Judiciary and the Administration’s involvement in this or the possible illegal involvement on the case of an Alabama Governor’s alleged crimes for which he was oversentenced and denied appeal. Guess I just have to change MY priorities. I just didn’t realize the importance of Human Growth Hormones.

Very insightful felicity. Worthy of a good chuckle and a big thank you.

Yep you got that straight. And the powers that be who picked our divine-right-king-thing didn’t even have the good sense to pick someone with a little class!

I mean Kings are supposed to be well-spoken, thoughtful and full of great wisdom, aren’t they?

Kings are supposed to expound and mingle with their people. Or at the very least be reachable.

Kings are supposed to honor the warriors who give their lives for them, aren’t they?

Kings are supposed to be like Prince Harry ... out their fighting with the boys.

But not our divine-right-king-thing.

No class at all ...

ARRRGHHH!!!

A president has executive privilege which means he can do anything he wants as long as he claims his right of executive privilege in doing it? Is that right spelled out in the Constitution?  And then anyone acting under his instruction is also above the law if his instruction falls under the president’s right of executive privilege?

Amazing.  Does anyone yet get that the president of the US is a president in name only? He’s actually a divine-right king.

There is only a system of justice for the poor and non-connected in America.

Criminals—and they make up a cast of hundreds (if not thousands)—in the Bush administration, except for the pardoned Libby, are not even tried. What a precedent to set for all future politicians.

It’s an absolute invitation for unfettered corruption by both Democrats and Republicans.

But beware if you are poor or average. You will join the teeming prison population.

Louise:

“Hang the consequences! There is no way any action could have produced a result any worse than what we are all living through right now!!”

I cannot see how you could consider the possible loss of all branches of government - the White House, both houses of Congress, future Supreme Court nominations - for another eight years “no worse” than “what we are living through right now.”

I think you are allowing your (understandable) emotions to blind your logic and common sense.

Peace.

Skate Board Libby was a prime example of the elite good old boys in operation.  Congress being outraged should have circus music in the background, in-fact anytime I see them doing something anything, the same music would be appropriate. 

Bumbling morons, using smoke and mirrors to depict outrage, their main job is to protect the status quo, if Hillary becomes president they will be fine.  One thing about this three ringed circus, we all get screwed in the end.

I repeat ...

Hang the consequences! There is no way any action could have produced a result any worse than what we are all living through right now!!

And lest anyone question the wisdom of reality, here’s another bit of garbage to hang on the Bush and the assorted critters that buzz about ...

“White House blocks inquiry into construction of $736m embassy in Iraq”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/29/usa.iraq?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

“It appears that the state department is concealing from Congress basic information about the status of the embassy project and the activities of the individuals and contractors involved,” Waxman wrote to Rice. “This continued intransigence is inappropriate.”

[There’s more of that outrage]

“The Bush administration is blocking an inquiry into the delay-plagued construction of the $736m US embassy in Baghdad, a senior Democrat in Congress said today.”

“In addition, two US state department employees who worked on the embassy project are now under criminal investigation. Waxman urged Rice to release subpoenaed documents related to the Baghdad embassy project next week or risk being forced to do so.”

[Urge away ... duh]

I repeat ...

Hang the consequences! There is no way any action could have produced a result any worse than what we are all living through right now!!

Period!!

Louise:

“A good old fashioned fight for the right reasons would have been welcomed by all sides, no matter where it went.”

This depends on how many people would have seen it as “the right reasons.”  It also presumes, as I noted, that there was enough evidence to CLEARLY AND CONVINCINGLY support a double impeachment - to the degree necessary to go forward.  This was by NO means a given.

“Nothing brings a crowd to their feet cheering faster than watching the underdog come back swinging.”

Which is why, of course, you, Cyrena and others would love to see Hillary win the nomination, right?  LOL.

“Ask yourself - is anything better than it was a year ago?  Even six months ago?...Things aren’t better.  They are just the same, only worse.”

And there remains the distinct possibility that engaging in a double impeachment attempt would have made things EVEN WORSE overall vis-a-vis political ugliness, etc.  Indeed, have you considered that, had impeachment gone forward, you would have had two of the most dangerous people in the world “backed into a corner?”  And you KNOW what happens when you back someone into a corner.  Have you considered what they might have tried to do in their last moments?  I shudder to think how much WORSE it could have been.

“Too many people use the excuse of the failed Clinton impeachment as good reason to avoid impeachment.  That is beyond ridiculous…”

I completely agree with this.

“Political expediency may very well cost all those ‘outraged’ sitting reps their chair come November, because the voters don’t give a hoot about what’s expedient for THEM.”

True enough.  But are you willing to trade the outrage and courage for another four to eight years of GOP policy and political control?

Finally, you ignore an important fact.  You seem to believe that there was/is enough outrage out there among the populace; that it is widespread.  If that were so, why would polls still show that McCain is virtually even with both Obama and Clinton re the general election, or even close?  If there are still enough voters out there ready to vote for McCain - and just possibly make him president - what on God’s great earth makes you think that the pro-impeachment crowd out there represents a majority, much less a vast majority, of the voters?

Peace.

Mukasey, Muckman my favorite name for him, has reminded me of a snake from the first time I saw him. He has proven me right.

He has failed to uphold the basest of requirements that his job and refused to enforce the laws already on the books. Therefore, he should be terminated, just like the working people in this country are. If their job performance is not up to par, they are canned. Just because Bush hands a person a job offer, doesn’t mean they are qualified for that job, after all he even tried to hire his housekeeper into a position totally out of line to the job.

All those who sang his praises of what an “HONEST PERSON” he was and that he would do the “RIGHT THING” according to the law are as corrupt as the rest of the Bush administration. Every one of them needs to be demoted to unemployed status immediately.

I guess it’s all a matter of perception. I find it interesting to listen to comments from those around me. Repub, Dem and Independent.

Nation-wide disgust is already there, everywhere. All you have to do is mention the war, or Bush, or Cheney, or the word Impeach. This nation is divided already, but not on their general level of disgust. In that they appear to be united. A good old fashioned fight for the right reasons would have been welcomed by all sides, no matter where it went.

Because that fight has never happened, beyond verbal “outrage” repubs and Independents view this congress with as much contempt, or more than they would have viewed them if an impeachment hearing had happened. The best way to understand that is to simply watch and listen to the repubs in congress and the administration. Their contempt for Democrat leadership of congress is palpable. It demeans congress. It demeans us. It even demeans them, but they don’t care.

Nothing brings a crowd to their feet cheering faster than watching the underdog come back swinging. Even if he/she knows they cant win, are out-matched and may get hurt. But in spite of everything, has enough integrity and self determination to give it all they’ve got. And occasionally that courage pays off with a win.

I know all the political expediency arguments. I was putting forth a few myself in defense of Nancy not long ago. But here we are. So much for political expediency. Ask yourself ... is anything better than it was a year ago? Even six months ago.
Well if so, I want to know what ... and where?

Things aren’t better. They are just the same, only worse.

Apparently political expediency says, where congress is concerned, courage is off the table.

Too many people use the excuse of the failed Clinton impeachment as good reason to avoid impeachment. That is beyond ridiculous, because that was a tar and feather job based on a lie regarding personal behavior. The evidence for bringing impeachment charges against this administration is overwhelming and known to anybody who can think and read. Why do you think they, Bush and Cheney and the few supporters they have left are so damnable smug? Because they know that even better than we do!

Political expediency may very well cost all those “outraged” sitting reps their chair come November, because the voters don’t give a hoot about what’s expedient for THEM. They are far to busy trying to survive what was politically successful for seven plus years of Hell from repub leadership ... and specifically a duo called Bush and Cheney!

Hang the consequences! There is no way any action could have produced a result any worse than what we are all living through right now!!

Louise:

You are one of those who has been harping on the impeachment (or non-impeachment) issue, and Pelosi’s comment.  Although I understand and generally agree with your comments, have you really thought through the consequences?

Let us assume for a moment that Congress could actually substantiate - to he degree required - that Bush and Chcney have committed “high crimes and misdemeanors” for which they could be impeached.  (Even THIS is not a sure thing, despite the fact that many of us believe it is.)

How do you think impeachment hearings - for both the president AND vice president of the United States - would have gone over with the American public?  Especially just prior to a presidential primary and general election year?  And PARTICULARLY when, as many people here have noted (including your sister-in-arms, Cyrena) most people are tired of the fighting and negativity of Washington - as proven most clearly by the success of Obama’s campaign?

I’m not suggesting that the Congress should shirk its responsibilities, or that Pelosi was smart to simply state categorically that “impeachment of off the table.”  But it may be that she did so because she realized exactly what I am saying: that despite the outrage and anger of admittedly MANY people, the MAJORITY of the American public would NOT have looked favorably on a double impeachment attempt, especially just prior to an election year.  (Indeed, doing so under those circumstances just might have, ironically, put the GOP back in the White House as the result of a weird “sympathy” vote.)

You and I (and others) can speculate, hypothesize and philosophize all we want about this.  However, NOT to take political reality into consideration is foolish.  And yes, there is a difference between political REALITY and political EXPEDIENCE; I believe NOT moving toward impeachment was the result of assessing the political REALITY.

Would moving toward impeachment have been the “right” thing to do?  Probably.  But should the Dems have done so at the risk of losing the entire government - White House, House and Senate - which was a distinct possibility?

Peace.

The Justice Department is now little more than a political tool of the president’s and democrats have allowed it to become so because they can’t handle confrontation.  They must have been rejoicing behind the scenes when Schumer and Feinstein gave them a way out.

All Schumer and Feinstein did was to offer the democrats a way out of confrontation with the administration.  democrats are afraid of confrontation; they’re much better at outrage: stamping their feet, wringing their hands and so forth.  Republicans have been spitting in their faces for many years now.  It didn’t start with Bush.

“Though they were not surprised, Democrats reacted to Mukasey’s letter with outrage.”

***

They always do. React with outrage, I mean.

But outrage does not stop the abuse. It is so very sad that Nancy’s decision from day one was to take impeachment off the table. Knowing she lacked a strong enough majority in the House and the Senate, she chose to talk tough and do nothing.

Unfortunately that has not been lost on her democrat base. Tough talk doesn’t mean squat when you refuse to fight the tough battle that you may lose. Sometimes fighting the battle, having the courage to fight the battle is almost as important as winning.

Particularly when trying to stop the abuse of Constitutional Law. An abuse which threatens to continue unabated. Which Nancy very well knows.

“Impeachment is off the table but accountability is not.”

Oh yeh?

Not much point in bringing impeachment charges when the guy is out of office. And not likely we’ll see him ever brought up on war crime charges. After all they, Nancy, the House of Representatives, Harry, the Senate ... have set the precedent of non-action. That never works in your favor after the fact.

The real tragedy is Bush daily flips them off. [figuratively] Laughs in their respective faces. Deliberately makes decisions he knows are contrary to what he “promised” he’d do, just to see if they have the guts to stop him. And they don’t. And he knows they don’t. And we know they don’t.

And Attorney General Michael Mukasey knows they don’t. The contempt on his face say’s it all.

Of course the Senate confirmed the man, not the House of Representatives. But a majority vote of dems could have sent the man packing. And that didn’t happen. Why should they stick their prissy little necks out and stop the fascist onslaught? Down the road, when they’re kicked out of congress, there’s money to be made licking the right arsses, right?

Shall I cry, laugh, wait for an update, move to the next story ...

Or write Nancy. Uhh ... no, waste of time.

If our representatives and Senators read, personally read even one quarter of the stuff that is available to us, they might actually begin to understand why people are angry.

I’m sure they read. What I’m not sure of is do they read the right information.

Do they look outside the echo chamber and check out what the non-insulated know so well? Do they ever ask a member of society who is on the receiving end of their decisions or lack there-of, what’s really going on? Because it looks like our version of real and their version of real are at complete odds!

Remember that when you go to vote in November.

Ever since the 2006 elections it is all too obvious that those seats gained by the democrats have produced nothing but complicity with the w administraion. Why even consider such a move of subpoenas when everyone knows that the current administration is immune to any investigation, prosecution, oversight or scrutiny by anyone. That is part of what this country has become.

Maybe obama will be president, but will he tear down all the barriers to investigating and prosecuting the w administration? Probably not! He is corporate sponsored and they definitely don’t want any of the secrets from the w years revealed which is why w & dick & co. started secretizing and classifying everything top secret. Just saw where the white house has just plain stopped looking for the deleted emails.

No accountability. Money buys everything. And now our country, oops, sorry, the middle class is about to go into a resession or an actual depression because of w’s administration and every body is just standing around and letting it happen with no accountability. And this is a subject that has received absolutely NO comments in this primary season and I doubt it will be mentioned during the run up to the November election. Which is the worse thing about this country. NO BODY ACKNOWLEDGES THE CRIMINALITY OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION!!!!! Brought to everyone by our MSM which is conservative owned and controlled.

As a New Yorker, you can be absolutely certain that I will NEVER vote for Chuck Schumer again!  Because the Dems would not have “caved in” on Mukasey (as expat asserts) had it not been for Schumer’s cheer-leading and assurance that Mukasey would uphold the law: the Dems were NOT moving toward confirmation until Schumer got personally involved.

As well, Schumer is one of the biggest cheer-leaders for the Real ID Act (“Your papers, please”...) in the entire Congress.

Given these things, not only will I not vote for Schumer, I will work actively AGAINST him.  And I urge all my NY comrades here to do the same.

Peace.

Is this the face of an independent attorney general of the US?  I wonder what the face of someone who isn’t looks like.  Please show me someone in the administration of the shrub and Darth Vader, who is independent and I will gladly bow my knee to them.

^ that it was the dems who caved and gave us Mukasey?  Spinelessness seems to be the hallmark of the dems; Pelosi especially.  So quit whinning and take your medicine.

Talk about the ultimate conflict of interest - appointing an AG who will cover your butt, and the butts of those you also ultimately need to cover your own.  This is as transparent an abuse of the Constitution as anything else Bush and his court have perpetrated.  But who couldn’t see this coming from the moment Mukasey began being scrutizined for the position? 

Short of surrounding the White House by the hundreds of thousands in peaceful non-violent protest, and just sitting there silently facing the building until he leaves, Bush will just do more of the same until he’s back on his ranch.

He’s a disgrace, but he will protect Alberto, and there rest of them as long as he’s there,

the constitution has been betrayed yet again…

When is cretin was sworn in, he promised that he would uphold the Constitution and the laws of this country, even holding the President accountable. He claimed that the president was not above the law-what a joke. He was praised by those easily led into believing the lies, that Mukasey(Muckman)was an honest person, who would do the job right.

At that time I knew he would do what ever Bush wanted and would differently go against the rule of law, as has the majority of those that Bush/Cheney had in their fold. After all he is another “YES MAN” hand picked by the most evil administration in this countries history.

Congress had screwed up again by letting Bush have his way in this selection also. Bush threw another one of his childish temper tantrums by trying to say that America would not have an AG if Muckman wasn’t gifted this job and congress caved. Seems like we were doing fine without one. Since he has already proven he lied about his oath to this job he needs to be fired, immediately.