"Breaking development" on CNN... Leahy WILL subpeona Rove

[Atman]

Oooooh. This is getting good. Laura, lock the liquor cabinet! Georgie's gonna be in a foul mood tonight.

:rofl:

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[CatWoman]

1. bwahahahahahahahahaha

:rofl:

[PhilipShore]

73. The Military-Industrial-Complex's "plumbers unit"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16532577/">Link


WASHINGTON - A liberal watchdog group published on its Web site Monday a picture of President Bush and imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff, the kind of photo the White House has refused to release.

Kim Eisler, Washingtonian magazine writer and a friend of Abramoff's, confirmed the photo's authenticity for The Associated Press. He said he had seen the picture at Abramoff's house.

[Kadie]

2. .

:popcorn:

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Thank you, Santa!

I promise I'll be good THIS year . . . .

[cureautismnow]

4. Woo-Hoo!

:woohoo:

[LiberalEsto]

5. Pass the popcorn

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

Mmmmm

[wicket]

8. Save some for me!

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[LSparkle]

6. WOW -- I thought I heard that but wasn't sure

I thought Wolfie said he'd heard Fielding "expected" a subpoena -- GOOD ON YOU, LEAHY!!!

Swingin Dick, you and your buddies can all go **** YOURselves!!!!

[SusanaMontana41]

81. "Swingin Dick"

I love that!

And thank you, Patrick Leahy!

[BuyingThyme]

7. Today please.

[Beetwasher]

9. Constitutional Crisis Here We Come!

And I say BRING IT ON!!!

[liberalnurse]

10. I just saw that!

Jeepers! We LBN headlines every hour!:bounce: :dem: :woohoo: :applause: :popcorn:

[kestrel91316]

11. Bush to Leahy: GFY. He ain't talkin'. I'm The Decider.

[villager]

12. "Karl," says George, "I got a private plane I want you to get on..."

The whole "Frido" treatment now, eh?

[Canuckistanian]

68. Paraguay, here we come!

"They loved us in South America, let's go!"

[SusanaMontana41]

84. Or Dubai

Rumor has it that Dick has old friends there and can get a job ...

[catmandu57]

13. This is what we've been waiting on

Working for, praying for, all this time gone by. Payback, please, please make that fucking slug raise his hand and take the oath.

[ClintonTyree]

74. Bush cronies become very forgetful when under oath....

their memories seem to fail them once their hands are placed on a bible (not to mention the sizzling of their skin). I'll hazard a guess here that KKKarl won't remember much at all about this. :eyes:

[The Doctor.]

85. They very much frown on that sort of thing in testimony...

But you're right, everyone's going to come down with a fit of ADD/Alzheimers.

[lyonn]

14. Watching - Mentioned Curveball, etc. allll right!

He is laying the truth out there very simply and well.

Edit: oops, watching Dorgan now.

[rodeodance]

19. is leahy on cnn?

[Atman]

24. Just signed off, a couple of minutes ago

It was live...he told Wolfie he's calling in Rove. I wish I had Tivo...big graphic at the bottom of the screen, too. Way cool.

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[rodeodance]

26. thanks, There was DU post that had the letter from L. to Rove just today

[rodeodance]

15. what is the rest of the story? WHY. He politiely asked just today

[CatWoman]

20. this might have something to do with it.........

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/14/rove-attorneys-testify/

[LSparkle]

29. Leahy, Waxman and co. are reviewing docs re Clinton staffers who testified

Rethugs dragged EVERYONE in to testify in Whitewater -- it didn't matter who they were, how close they were to Clinton -- now it's PAYBACK TIME. KKKarl isn't going to be able to wiggle his fat, greasy ass out of this one ... but it's gonna be fun to watch him try!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

On edit: I don't know whether this would affect him being called to testify, but they should have stuck him over at the RNC as a political person, NOT ON THE PUBLIC PAYROLL, long ago ... and may regret it now.

[WiseButAngrySara]

16. Are you certain? Link? ....n/t

[Atman]

18. Certain...I was watching him tell Wolfie, LIVE on CNN

He's gonna do it. Others in this thread saw it, too.

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[WiseButAngrySara]

21. I'm so glad if this is true. How much more of these evil

hypocrites can we take?

[c2farr]

17. Thank YOU Karl Rove

and Thank YOU George W Bush, and Thank YOU Dick "Dick" Cheney. Before you turds came along I had great doubts about whether I would live long enough to see the political pendulum start swinging back toward the left in America. Keep up the good work. We have a LONG way to go.

[BuyingThyme]

25. Welcome to DU, C2farr!

:hi:

[newyawker99]

48. Hi c2farr!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

22. Good news!

[demobabe]

65. Oh! My toast!

How cool to see it again! I forgot all about that graphic I made... neato. Thanks for posting it again.

Let's hope Rove really IS TOAST this time!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

69. I've been saving it for a special day

:)

:toast:

[Lasher]

90. Hah! Git over here and clean the beer offa my computer screen

:spray: It's your fault.

That was mighty fine. :toast:

Lasher

[kenny blankenship]

23. she probably already locked it...from the inside.

[DearAbby]

27. OOoo! Buttered or Unbuttered?

[WiseButAngrySara]

28. knr this good news! ....n/t

[Richard Steele]

30. Excellent. recommended.

[verse18]

31. I think the phrase "sweating like a pig" is most appropriate. n/t

[Lerkfish]

39. pigs the world over feel insulted.

:)

[OwnedByFerrets]

42. I wanna see him sweat buckets like Ted Striker did in

Airplane!!:rofl: :rofl:

[Shipwack]

49. Rove and/or Bush are probably quoting these "Airplane" lines...

Steve McCroskey: Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking.
Steve McCroskey: Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking.
Steve McCroskey: Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
Steve McCroskey: Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines

[Atman]

53. "Karl, do you like gladiator movies?"

LOL!

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[meldroc]

32. Time to watch him squirm!!!

He'll end up looking like a big worm on a hook!

[cain_7777]

33. Let's have ourselves a good'ol fashioned PIG ROAST!

[Disturbed]

37. Will Rove refuse, citing Exec. Privilege?

This is going to be interesting.

[Arkansas Granny]

47. Can Rove even claim Executive Privilege? Here's the C-Span

definition:

EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE refers to the assertion made by the President or other executive branch officials when they refuse to give Congress, the courts, or private parties information or records which have been requested or subpoenaed, or when they order government witnesses not to testify before Congress.
The assertion is based on the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers, is always controversial, subject to interpretation, and often litigated.

http://www.c-span.org/guide/congress/glossary/exprivilege.htm

Would Rove's position of Deputy Chief of Staff I believe that is his title) qualify as an executive branch official?

[bluescribbler]

78. Didn't work for Nixon

[Whoa_Nelly]

34. A link! (From ThinkProgress)

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/14/rove-attorneys-testify/

<snip>
Of course the White House doesn’t want Karl Rove to testify. Just last month, a top Justice Department official told Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in a letter that the “Department is not aware of Karl Rove playing any role in the decision to appoint Griffin” as U.S. Attorney in Arkansas. Now the White House acknowledges that Rove “served as a conduit for complaints about federal prosecutors.” In emails released yesterday, former Gonzales aide Kyle Sampson writes, “I know that getting appointed was important to Harriet, Karl, et cetera.” When a GOP chairman in New Mexico complained about a U.S. Attorney, Rove reportedly told him, “He’s gone.” And news reports indicate that Rove’s office may have been involved in problems involving the U.S. Attorney from Washington state, John McKay.

Thankfully, Senate Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy (D-VA) isn’t backing down. Last night on PBS, Leahy referred to Tim Griffen as Rove’s “acolyte,” and said he will “insist” that senior White House officials testify “in public, in sworn testimony, under oath“:

I intend to bring the attorney general up here. I am requesting several other people to come up here, certainly Mr. Sampson, Ms. Miers, I assume eventually Karl Rove. If they don’t come, then I’ll seek to subpoena them up here, because the story changes almost every time we pick up the newspaper. <…>

What I want to find out is what happened, why we’ve been given different stories. And I want those answers, not in an informal briefing; I want those answers in public, in sworn testimony, under oath before my committee. As chairman, that’s what I insist.

[WiseButAngrySara]

35. Thank you Whoa_Nelly! ....n/t

[catmandu57]

41. In public and under oath

Music to my eyes.

[City Lights]

46. That's what I was waiting to read.

Thanks, Whoa_Nelly!

in sworn testimony, under oath

Now I'm ready for :popcorn: and :beer:

:woohoo: :party:

[EFerrari]

36. You think he doesn't have skeleton keys?

:rofl:

[dwp6577]

38. Repeat after me Mr. Rove; I Karl Rove swear to tell the truth

the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me DOG...

"UHHH...SPUTTER...COUGH...UHHHH"

"I Karl Rove swear to tell the >>>>POOF<<<<"

flames/smoke/a big greasy pile of ashes and the smell of sulfur

:)

[jazzjunkysue]

60. ROFL!

:ROFL:
:kick:

[MN ChimpH8R]

67. That was my first thought too

:rofl:

[Atman]

40. Wolfie is actually kickin' some butt...

Some GOP shill clown is on now and tried to say "Bill Clinton did it first!" but Wolfie shut him down quick, and called bullshit, says that's NOT what Clinton did. Mr. Shill just fumbled and stumbled and said "Yeah but...yeah but..." and Wolfie wouldn't let him do it.

I know Wolf is a soul-less, spineless Bush fan, and is only doing this because he's finally discovered he's on the wrong side of this one, but it was still fun to watch.

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[mloutre]

43. well, you know they won't let him go gentle into that good night...

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/14/rove-attorneys-testify/

During a press briefing yesterday, presidential counselor Dan Bartlett signaled that the White House will fight congressional efforts to have Karl Rove testify about his role in the U.S. Attorney purge:

"I find it highly unlikely that a member of the White House staff would testify publicly to these matters, but that doesn’t mean we won’t find other ways to try to share that information."

Press Secretary Tony Snow was also resistant:

"Well, as you know, Ed, it has been traditional in all White Houses not to have staffers testify on Capitol Hill. So I think what we have been trying to do is to work in a way to be as forthcoming with members of Congress — you saw all the emails coming out today — give them all the information so that they can make a fair judgment about it."

[Atman]

44. BushCo wants more private, no-oath testimony, with Uncka Dick holding hands

But they forget one very important problem facing them...

The Rubber-stamp Republicans are not in charge anymore.

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[PhilipShore]

45. Libby, Rove, Cheney also face spy lawsuit

http://www.citizensforethics.org/press/pressclip-print.php?view=5666">Link

Press Coverage

Libby, Rove, Cheney also face spy lawsuit
By James Gordon Meek, New York Daily News

February 25, 2007

While a jury deliberates Lewis (Scooter) Libby's fate on perjury charges this week, he and former boss Vice President Cheney, in a quiet corner of the same courthouse, are fighting a lawsuit that could cost them both a lot of money. Libby has spent the past four weeks fighting to stay out of jail for allegedly lying about his role in outing CIA spy Valerie Plame to reporters in 2003.

At the same time, Plame and her husband, ex-Ambassador Joseph Wilson, want Libby, Cheney, President Bush's political guru Karl Rove and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage to pay cash for the alleged harm they caused with the notorious leak.

The lawsuit, filed on behalf of the Wilsons by liberal watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, alleges the Bush gang exposed Plame as a covert CIA operative to discredit her husband after he debunked the President's prewar claim that Iraq was buying uranium in Africa.

The suit accuses the officials of covering up their involvement in a "rogue action" that put the Wilson family in danger, chilled their right to freedom of speech and ruined Plame's CIA career.

[Dinger]

50. "Laura, Lock The Liquor Cabinet" LOL!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :popcorn:

[malaise]

51. Butter please

:popcorn: :popcorn:

Tweet should have a ball with this shortly

Add.

[Pab Sungenis]

52. Pickles won't need to lock the liquor cabinet.

She'll empty it herself.

[cyberpj]

54. Do we think he has ANY idea about Carol Lam and the rest? nt

[lonestarnot]

55. Wooooooodamnwhoo!

Yessssssssss!

[porphyrian]

56. I'll kick that. - n/t

[usregimechange]

57. Kick!

[jazzjunkysue]

58. Merry Fitzmas!!!!!! WoooHoooo!!!!!!! K&R!

Get me front row seats.

I LIKE politics!

:kick:

[Swamp Rat]

59. WOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[neuvocat]

61. I'm tired of popcorn. Let's have a BBQ.

[brer cat]

62. May I recommend an excelllent pig?

:evilgrin:

[Justice Is Comin]

63. My donkeys heard about this and well---

they just wanna dance.

[Atman]

64. They're having a conniption over at The Site Not Worthy of Mention

They love me sooo much over there! None of them can believe it, because I posted it. One of them actually posted a transcript of Judy Woodmuff's interview with Leahy from LAST NIGHT, wherein Leahy said he'd even consider calling Rove, but they dismissed that, too, as being "a long way from a subpeona. They just completely ignore the source which I mention in my OP, Leahy himself on Blitzer's show this afternoon. No "maybe" or "I'll consider it." He said he was going to subpeona Rove, period.

They're in total denial...they can't accept it. There's a lot of heavy drinking going on over there right now! :rofl:

.

[spiderpig]

71. Well, it's about time!

Pond scum! I just hope I live long enough to see these bastards get their just desserts.

[Atman]

66. Cross post -- just being thorough. Video and text of Leahy's remarks...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=413685&mesg_id=413685

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[ProudDad]

70. Oh, Don't say THAT

Laura, lay in the beer and pretzels and invite cheney over for a game of russian roulette..

[nadinbrzezinski]

72. Stall tactics to follow

Executive Priviledge

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[mtnHov]

75. I hope the pardon pen has plenty of ink

[socretes73]

76. Good - Let the Light of Truth Come out

and let justice prevail!

[IWantAChange]

77. Repuke sphincters are tightening across the country....

if only someone could talk Olbermann into mentioning on a nightly basis how many days oversight has been re-instated after being abolished for 4000 odd days by the Repukes.

[ejbr]

79. Is this seat taken?

:popcorn:

[Vanje]

80. Sen.Leahy, while your filing supbpeonas, .....

Line one up for missy Harriet Meiers.
i think she have some stories to tell.

[Dr Fate]

82. God Bless Sen. Leahy. Thanks for SPINE Senator! n/t

n/t

[spanone]

83. Is a breaking development wannabe news?

[garybeck]

86. "MAY" or "WILL" ???? there's a big difference

I haven't seen a story that says emphatically that Rove will be subpoena'd.

and as we've seen, when they say they "may" do something, it's a far cry from it actually happening.

not trying to be skeptical. just been through the ringer on these types of things before.

[Atman]

94. Did you watch the clip or visit the link?

It WILL answer your question.

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[spanone]

87. I heard yesterday that the WH will claim executive privilege.

would not surpirse me one bit.

[garybeck]

92. isn't that what did it for Nixon?

refusing to testify?

[lfairban]

95. Not exactly.

IIRC, there were actually several charges, including the bombing of Cambodia and income tax evasion.

You are probably referring to his refusal to turn over the tapes he made in his office. He was charged with obstruction, but that was based on the content of the last tape he turned over, not his refusal to provide it. The tape contained a conversation in which he directed the CIA to obstruct an FBI investigation into the Watergate burglary.

Oops:

Upon further review, I think you are correct. According to Article 3 he was charged with not complying with subpoenas.

[drbtg1]

88. ...And that'll be the last time anyone tells Sen. Leahy...

to go f&#% yourself.

[BlooInBloo]

89. Let me know when it happens.

[Imagevision]

91. Any new terror posted threats put out by the White house yet??

It would be nice to have Rove testify on the same day Scooter is sentenced?

[salinen]

93. David Gergen

can sit on it.