Which Congressional Dems Made Strong Statements Today About Bush = Leaker?

[omega minimo]

What are they gonna do about it?

I read the Kerry quote and my question is "IF"?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "IF" Bush did this?

Where is DU discussing this?

:shrug:

[OneBlueSky]

1. that's the difference between Democrats and Republicans . . .

if all that has come out about Bush and his cronies had been reported about, say, Bill Clinton, every Republican in the country would have been all over him with calls for impeachment -- or worse . . .

Democrats, on the other hand, have to step back and think about it . . .

[omega minimo]

2. "Step back and think about it"? Is that what it is?

Last night and today it was clear the media was blatantly enabling the charade of the Leaker's New Clothes. WE NEED the Democrats to SAY SOMETHING DEFINITIVE AND DIRECT.

This Through The Looking Glass stuff is gettin mighty OLD.

[cyclezealot]

3. Leaking CIA operatives names is = tp treason.

that's the law. any doubt what need be done.Impeachment is warranted. But to be practical. COngress won't allow a real investigation since the COngress is run by Bush cronies. ( We really don't have a Congress, it is a rubber stamp.) Even though lots pretent to criticize Bush's sinking ship.)
On the other hand, to pursue Impeachment activates Freepers to get involved and rally around their little dictator. Maybe Censoring or just let the Media do Congress' job is the best way to hang Bush? ?

[omega minimo]

6. The Media can't even do its own job-- Who expects MSM to do Congress' job?

:wtf: :shrug: :kick:

[cyclezealot]

10. Only hope is

that the New York Times , Washington Post and Los Angeles TImes will do their jobs. Electronic media is pretty much a waste of electricity. With couple other newspaper exceptions, US media a lost cause. We can do our best to try and influence the media to pursue their investigative roles.

[rodeodance]

4. Several Dems have spoken out. Small clips in papers, I imagine lots

more have, but we do not seen the comments in print.

[rodeodance]

5. There is comment by Harry Reid below in CSM

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0407/dailyUpdate.html
posted April 7, 2006 at 12:54 p.m.

Did Bush misuse presidential powers?

Experts: Leaks are probably legal but 'amount to using sensitive intelligence data for political gain.'

By Tom Regan | csmonitor.com

The news that President Bush authorized the disclosure of classified information to certain reporters has set off a debate on whether or not Mr. Bush misused his national security powers. FoxNews reports that papers filed Thursday by Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald disclose that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the only person indicted so far in the investigation into who 'outed' CIA agent Valerie Plame, told a grand jury that Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney had authorized him to discuss with reporters the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) regarding Iraqi weapons systems.

Nothing in the papers indicate Bush or Cheney told Libby to reveal the name of CIA analyst Valerie Plame, nor do they suggest that either the president or vice president did anything illegal. But the documents do hint at more problems for the administration since some may show a plan to punish one of its critics, Plame's husband, Amb. Joe Wilson.

The Associated Press reports that the picture painted by the court papers is of a hesitant Mr. Libby, who had "qualms about leaking classified information to the press, but was quickly persuaded to drop them" after coming under pressure from Mr. Cheney, "who advised him that the president had authorized Libby to do so."

In his court filing, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald asserted that "the president was unaware of the role" that Libby "had in fact played in disclosing" Plame's CIA status. The prosecutor gave no such assurance, though, regarding Cheney.

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada said that "in light of today's shocking revelation, President Bush must fully disclose his participation in the selective leaking of classified information. The American people must know the truth." Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said the president has the "inherent authority to decide who should have classified information." The White House declined to comment, citing the ongoing criminal probe into the leak of Plame's identity.

[omega minimo]

7. So the Dem. Minority Leader is equivocating and dancing around it?

:bounce:

Like Kerry's statement "IF" the president did this............... What "IF"?

Look at how the shackled media approaches it: "Did Bush misuse presidential powers?" The whole thing is presented in all articles I've seen as a big "?" and a kind of "gee whiz" wait and see game, which is pure unmitigated BULLSHIT.

AND THE DEMOCRATS SHOULD HAVE CALLED IT BULLSHIT ON FRIDAY.

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada said that "in light of today's shocking revelation, President Bush must fully disclose his participation in the selective leaking of classified information. The American people must know the truth."

Excuse me? PRESIDENT BUSH "must fully disclose"...........? AS IF---!!

Why aren't Democrats in Congress pointing out that the President pretended for three years to be looking for HIMSELF?

These Dems have to GET REAL. Now or Never time again folks. Just like it was Now or Never time when they put Mr. Elite-o on the Supreme Court to enforce the unlimited power of this president:

"Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said the president has the "inherent authority to decide who should have classified information." The White House declined to comment, citing the ongoing criminal probe into the leak of Plame's identity."

[omega minimo]

8. So BECAUSE its as bad as it is, Dems don't want to address it?

:crazy:

Link to PItt's "The Leaker-In-Chief"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=867007&mesg_id=867007

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

9. Quite A Few Dems Have Taken Him To Task For It Already. From Kerry,

to Pelosi, to Reid, to schumer, and others. THey called him right on his hypcrosiy. Siad he didn't need to look further than his own mirror. I'm proud of my dems for standing up each time. This is just the begining. Have some patience. This will grow and it will hurt them. Fear not, this is not going away any time soon.

As far as where is DU discussing this, well, there are a ton of threads that have been started on it for days already. I'll help you out though. If you go to that magnifying glass icon on the top of your screen and click it, you will get access to several different options of search functions. Just type in your keywords and you should be able to find quite a few threads to satisfy you. :)

Happy reading!

OMC