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" I think the American people are too busy enjoying their bread and circuses"

While I'm sure we all certainly appreciate your patronizong tone, suppose just for a second that the drooling unwashed masses ARE paying attention and see this president as one who NEEDS to be marginalized because his incompetence is a danger to our nation's vital interests.

I don't suppose that notion would appear sane in the realm of the true believers but what the hell.

"It's all Bush's FAULT!!!!!"
/blog vultures

IMPEACH

IMPEACH

IMPEACH

While I'm sure we all certainly appreciate your patronizong tone, suppose just for a second that the drooling unwashed masses ARE paying attention and see this president as one who NEEDS to be marginalized because his incompetence is a danger to our nation's vital interests.

I don't suppose that notion would appear sane in the realm of the true believers but what the hell.

So, to be clear- we can do away with the Constitution because Democrats have an opposing view of the world?

"So, to be clear- we can do away with the Constitution because Democrats have an opposing view of the world"

To reference a post from earlier this morning:
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Your leader has been wiping his feet with your beloved Constitution for years now without protest from people like you. You suddenly find your moral compass when the shoe's on the other foot.

Your leader has been wiping his feet with your beloved Constitution for years now without protest from people like you. You suddenly find your moral compass when the shoe's on the other foot.

Examples please. Mind you that the patriot act that the lefties hate so much was congresses doing and prisoners from another country being kept outside the United States don't have constitutional rights.

What really frustrates the left is the unconscionable probity of this administration.
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They won't name them, then we can debunk them.

Like the wiretapping for example. Bush didn't do anything that wasn't done under the previous administration. The only difference was the qantity, which after an attack that killed 3000 people wouldn't be surprising. And much of that increase was aimed at calls between two international points routed through the US.

Your leader has been wiping his feet with your beloved Constitution for years now without protest from people like you. You suddenly find your moral compass when the shoe's on the other foot.

Put me on the list as another that like to see specifics on that to which you're referring.

Even if you think that the Patriot Act violates your Constitution rights somehow, it at a minimum adheres to the rule of law (i.e. there's a legal basis for any action PLUS the law has a sunset clause). Ms. Pelosi had no such legal basis for violating the Logan Act and as such simply sets a precedent which has no sunset... meaning that it opens the door for others to do as she has and permanently weakens then Executive branch of government.

THANK-YOU. Somebody said what I've been thinking since this incident occured. Can anyone say TREASON anymore?? And yes, that what I think this is. Also Kim, kudos on the American people being too self-absorbed as a whole to even notice the political arena. One of my pet peeves.

Arg.

The Logan act has been violated so many times, by so many people, it could of been written by Anna Nicole Smith. I don't recall any administration taking it seriously since it was signed into law.

Nobody cares about Pelosi committing because she is a high ranking politician and the public has become hardened to them committing felonies.

Bread and Circuses. Can't eat the bread, to many carbs, can't go to the circus, PETA might get me.

One of the things that continually amuses is the constant whine of the left about loss of freedoms and rights under this administration.

Try to find a single one of those liberals in jail somewhere.

Amazing how the left can scream bushoilchimpymchitlerburton without retribution and scream oppression at the same time.

The left is incomprehensibly stupid.

Sorry, you'd have to get a different prosecutor than Fitzgerald. That partisan hack is back here in Chicago....prosecuting Democrats.

Here is an exampleof the problems Pelosi's exploits hace caused:

This from a Saudi editorial

"U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reminds us of the ambitious office worker surrounded by dunderheads who can't or won't get the job done. So she rolls up her sleeves and says for all the world to hear: 'Well, it looks like I'll have to do it myself.'

And note the pic of Pelosi without a head scarf. The vast majority (99.9% I'd guess from experience) of Saudi women wear them.

I'd love to ask her why she chose to wear one in Syria and not, at least for this photo, in Saudi Arabia.

Nothing will come of Pelosis' talks in the Middle East. Just like nothing was done about Teddy Kennedy attempting to undermine the Reagan adminstration during the cold war by meeting with Russia and promising "cooperation" to side step american policy.

Lowkey

Yawn. The Wall Street Journal also thought the Clintons commited murder and dealt coccaine. Somehow the lack of indictiment for either didn't seem to reinforce the Journal's assertions to well.

"Unfortunately, though, I suspect most of the American people either didn't pay any attention to Mrs. Pelosi's trip or, if they did pay attention, they just didn't care that she completely overstepped her bounds.

On the contrary, those of us who know how to read are paying attention to EVERY diplomatic mission made to Syria in the past few weeks. Not just the one where someones head attire causes a stir.
Meaning still, no reubttal from the Wizkids over trips to made by Aderholt (R-AL), Wolf (R-VA) and most recently, Issa (R-CA).

Ah, forgive me. Bush really went out of his way (while on his record setting 347th vacation day) to criticize Issa through White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe who said Bush doesn't "think this is helpful."

Now thats a profile in courage.

MPG:

Now thats a profile in courage.

I think if you look around here you will find critics of the republicans in Syria as well. Did it rise to the level of Pelosi's trip?

No.

But none of the others in the traveling delegation are second in line to the Presidency either. In addition they didn't have a dem (Lantos) say specifically say she was in Syria to offer an "different" diplomatic effort than that of the President.

As a side note Gov Richardson (D) will be in Asia kick-starting the 6 party talks on N. Korea with the full blessing of Bush.

I'd love to ask her why she chose to wear one in Syria and not, at least for this photo, in Saudi Arabia.

Because she was touring a mosque in Syria when those photos were taken. She, like the Secretary of State and First Lady, shows respect for her hosts' customs concerning their houses of worship, whether that be at the Vatican, a synagogue, or a mosque.

Focus on the foreign policy/Logan Act debate, the scarf thing is much ado about nothing.

"Why, he is the prince's jester: a very dull fool;
Only his gift is in devising impossible slanders..."

mantis, that's 'cuz Fitz is excellent at tearing up criminal conspiracies. It's when he's pointed where there ain't one that he screws up.
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"Did it rise to the level of Pelosi's trip?

No"

Oh you're right. Syria was just a fuel stop or a layover for these guys, right?

Mantis: we are sorry that your buddy Fitz did not get to "frog march" Rove out of the WH. LOL Did you notice how "happy" Rove was at the party over it?
You know you hear all this "majority" of people are against this or that but try this--go out on the street and ask who Peeloser or Chenney are-80% don't even know who you are talking about-close to 90% cannot even pick out where Iraq is on a map. As the saying goes -polls are-----.

we are sorry that your buddy Fitz did not get to "frog march" Rove out of the WH.

You're sorry? Why? Fitzgerald didn't uncover any criminal activity involving Rove. Btw if you can find an instance of me accusing Rove of anything or suggesting he be "frog marched" anywhere I'll give you a dollar. My point was that all of the attempts to paint Fitzgerald as some sort of partisan operative were entirely baseless.

I don't know how to respond to your rant about polls; it seems directed at me but has nothing to do with what I wrote. Try breaking the pills in half next time.

MPG, have any of these other people made as big a fool of themselves as she has?
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Fitz was certainly partisan against the White House. He imagined a criminal conspiracy there to out Plame when the evidence was all against it.
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The left wing democrats have been screaming 'impeach' for a non crime of one type or another since before President Bush took office. Now if the excuse we have for an attorney general doesn't arrest Peeeeloshi and her party (including the RINO's) and put them on trial for treason (a felony openly committed) the democrats (few that are left when you deduct the communist and socialist) have an air tight case for impeachment. Failure/refusal to do his primary job of enforcing the laws of the constitution. Even I will support impeachment the day Peeeeloshit and crowd report to Federal Prison for execution or life without parole, and the charges were brought by the public or congress and not the attorney general. Maybe Fitzfong would like another case where a crime was actually committed. What could he do if he wasn't playing politics with a flameout?

"I'd love to ask her why she chose to wear one in Syria and not, at least for this photo, in Saudi Arabia."

Since this is the holy week, how about when the Pope took off his shoes when he visited the Blue Mosque in Turkey?

If the Pope, whom is infallible, believes it is appropriate to adhere to Muslim customs when visiting a Mosque, how can you criticize the Speaker?

Happy Crucifixion Day

Fitz was certainly partisan against the White House. He imagined a criminal conspiracy there to out Plame when the evidence was all against it.

He was tasked by Justice to investigate allegations, which he did thoroughly. I'm sure you think he should have wrapped the investigation when he found out about Armitage, but considering the number of lips flapping to the press from different corners, he would have been leaving the investigation very incomplete had he done so.

Mantis:

Because she was touring a mosque in Syria when those photos were taken. She, like the Secretary of State and First Lady, shows respect for her hosts' customs concerning their houses of worship, whether that be at the Vatican, a synagogue, or a mosque.

You're clueless, women wear headscarves at all times in all places in Saudi Arabia.

So what did he find, pray tell, mantis?
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He certainly didn't find a criminal conspiracy to out Plame, now, did he?
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You're clueless, women wear headscarves at all times in all places in Saudi Arabia.

I'm aware of that, jackass. The point is that female diplomatic visitors will cover their heads when entering holy places, not that they will adhere to all local customs of dress. By your rationale a female visitor to India should not only remove her shoes when entering a Hindu mandir, but must also wear a sari during her entire stay in the country.

When I have visited synagogues in the past I have worn a yarmulke out of respect and custom. If I were to go to Israel I would do the same in any temples there. That does not mean I would adhere to all of the daily customs of orthodox Jews. I'm sure you understand the difference, but you'd rather play the prince's jester.

Like I say, Fitz is excellent at rolling up criminal conspiracies, but what he did instead in the Plame case is suborn Russert's perjury in pursuance of a partisan hatchet job on the White House.
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He certainly didn't find a criminal conspiracy to out Plame, now, did he?

I think we can safely assume he did not find sufficient evidence of a criminal conspiracy to prosecute, if any at all. The question is, how would he know it wasn't there without investigating?

No, Fitz is the jackass.
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BarneyG2000

As far are you ignorance about Papal infallibility. It's been invoked about 1/2 dozen times on mostly cosmological doctrine like Immaculate conception. Which for your further edification has nothing to do with Jesus' conception.