In what is now an almost mocking level of contempt, Karl Rove has refused to appear before Congress despite a subpoena to do so. While claiming executive privilege, there is no justification for the failure to appear and to answer any questions on the firing of U.S. attorneys. The question is what will the Democratic Congress do beyond expressions of outrage. It is a question that I will discuss on the Dan Abrams show tonight.
Rove is claiming immunity despite the fact that there are obvious many questions that could not possibly be covered by executive privilege. He was first subpoenaed in May. Committee Chair John Conyers and Subcommittee Chairperson Linda Sanchez have already rejected the claim and threatened prosecution. However, Attorney General Mukasey has blocked giving the case to the grand jury. That leaves Congress’ inherent contempt authority, discussed here.
Congress stopped holding contempt trials after the Justice Department insisted that it would be represent the institution in court. With the open effort to protect officials by Mukasey, Congress now must choose between using its inherent authority or to accept open contempt of its authority.
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LindyLou:
You really are Sherlock Holmes. Nice going. From now on my replies to those two (rare though they may be) start with “Herr Karl.” Thank you.
Cowboy Bob said…
[S]ince brevity is the soul of wit,
And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,
I will be brief. Your [ignoble self] is mad.
Mad call I it; for, to define true madness,
What isn’t but to be nothing else but mad?
But let that go.
For Harold & Kumar are escaping from Gitmo
And it has me laughing at the truly mad.
Stay in your own movie,
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Where do I begin?
After all, if I’m mad for merely “responding” to your unsolicited pompous derision of me, what precisely does that make you again?
Think beyond “mad”…… “I tell you”.
As for “staying in my own movie”, it wasn’t I who decided to come in as the self annointed maturity guru, and begin berating a blogger who never berated me.
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That was your call, Polonius.
But it is fascinating how you guys love starting crap, but cry when what you serve up is served back to you.
Bob,Esq:
Thanks Bob, but, as you cogently and poetically point out, we’re in a battle with a madman. See my posts with him under “A Lawsuit of Biblical Proportions: Christian Publisher Sued for Allegedly Homophobic Translation of Bible.” I suggest we all declare our preconscious adolescent the winner and move on. If you check out his blog he has the humility to refer to himself as “Saint Bartlebee,” and as we have learned from this blog he is perpetually “at your service.” Not sure what he serves of relevance or importance but he’s always here–apparently playing baseball. However, he’s more like the guy you ask to play golf only to find out that his self-worth is tied to winning the round. He’ll play all day and all night to beat you and when he finally does win a hole, its time for his coronation. In our case here, old Bartlebee declares himself the winner of every hole regardless of the scorecard. I prefer not to pander to that kind of insecurity, so I simply treat him like russ, and when he goes over a couple of inane sentences, I just quit reading altogether. He crossed the Rubicon with me when he attacked Patty C, a health care provider, for doing her job and having the audacity to mention it. We still don’t know what he does for a living but I suspect Marvel Comics or X-box games are somewhere in the mix. I choose not to respond to his ignorance under the time tested “singing pig theory.” If you choose to respond to him, may I suggest monosyllabic responses interspersed with few grunts; those polysyllabic words seem to agitate him.
Karl Rove isn’t missing. He’s right here on this blog having a breakdown as Russ and Bartlebee. All that invective craves an audience.
Remember when the lunatics were just on a nice, distant fringe?
“Oh and do try to include a little more portentous self aggrandizement while painting yourself as some sort of chat room maturity guru, when you stop whatever it is you’re doing this evening to again try and berate someone who’s never spoken an off color word to you prior to your attempts this evening at injecting the dimly veiled pejorative.”
[S]ince brevity is the soul of wit,
And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,
I will be brief. Your [ignoble self] is mad.
Mad call I it; for, to define true madness,
What isn’t but to be nothing else but mad?
But let that go.
For Harold & Kumar are escaping from Gitmo
And it has me laughing at the truly mad.
Stay in your own movie,
Bob
Oh and do try to include a little more portentous self aggrandizement while painting yourself as some sort of chat room maturity guru, when you stop whatever it is you’re doing this evening to again try and berate someone who’s never spoken an off color word to you prior to your attempts this evening at injecting the dimly veiled pejorative.
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It’s funnier that way.
In fact, …. it will be my pleasure.
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Consider Bartlebee, at your service.
But hey, the more the merrier.
You and your Thesaurus are always welcome to pitch me a few softballs.
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I can use the batting practice.
Bob said.
The foregoing lacks intersubjective verification; in so much as one would be hard pressed to characterize Mespo’s posts as “tantrums
Thank you Mr Polysyllabic.
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But tantrums they are nonetheless, since all he’s doing is crying about someone daring to stand up to his and his mascots lame attacks.
Note I never attacked them first.
They came looking for it.
And they found it.
And now, they’re crying about, and trying to appear superior while still discussing me in the third person, and waiting for their circle-jerk pals like you to show up, to climb on the pile on.
BARTLEBEE 1, July 11, 2008 at 9:54 pm
“MessPo blathered —
“Who writes 4 posts and a hundred words or so to cover what could be said in a sentence?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKOHrYhH3EE
FYI, Mespo doesn’t blather, he articulates; quite well actually.
“Another straw argument.”
Actually, that was Mespo posing a rhetorical question.
“You’ll note, that my previous responses to your temper tantrums were much shorter.”
The foregoing lacks intersubjective verification; in so much as one would be hard pressed to characterize Mespo’s posts as “tantrums.”
“Who writes 4 posts and a hundred words or so to cover what could be said in a sentence?”
A political speech writer?
Think Jesse Jackson reads “Green Eggs & Ham” by Dr. Seuss
(see?)
“Here’s a guy typing vitriolic nonsensical post after vitriolic nonsensical post — probably from his Mom’s basement — and mocking you for saving lives. Is that pathetic or what? From a clinical standpoint, do you think symptoms like this are more indicative of Intelligentsia Derangement Disorder [given the need to be recognized as brilliant at the expense of others] or obsessive-compulsive disorder [based on the showy mindless repetition a la russ] or maybe even ODD? No diagnosis is possible of course, but I like to know what possibilities I am dealing with.”
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Mespo,
Pretty good… 🙂
I can make an educated guess, but since he obviously ‘knows’ everything, perhaps we should just ask him!
Someone once said that locks are for honest people!
A “southern gentleman” had a duel with a “crooked fellow”. The “gentleman” explained all the protocols of honorable “dueling with pistols” etc. The “gentleman” went over the mutually agreed term that both combatants would start back-to-back, count ten paces, turn, and fire their weapons. This all went very nicely until the “crooked fellow” turned at count seven, and shot the “southern gentleman” in the back! And this is so indicative of what’s been happening with the “honorable” congress vs. the Republican Criminal Enterprise. They, the enterprise, have no respect for the rule of law. But ironically, they use that respect, and adherence to the law by others, as a shield against accountablilty. With the democrats, it’s not showing up to a gun fight with a knife. It’s showing up to the beaches of Normandy with boxing gloves!
One cannot give honor to others, who have no interest in giving honor to themselves!
Jill and Mespo,
Thanks for the kind words. And thanks to Prof. Turley for adding my blog to his links. I will be very interested to see if the media actually attempts to locate Rove. I would love to see video of him running from a camera, somewhere in the States. Have a great weekend.
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You’re gonna want to repeat those words while watching the “Leave Brittany Alone” video on Youtube, for the full effect.
Here Bullwinkle.
Here’s something we hope, you’ll really like.
Patty C
1, July 11, 2008 at 1:33 am
I and my team work with medical professionals, saving lives, all day
-can you say the same
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Now THATS funny stuff.
Patty C
1, July 10, 2008 at 10:46 pm
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I am not going to read your, nor any newbies’ series of posts
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Words written right before proceeding to read every single one of this “newbies” posts.
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So much for the character debate, ay?
We can call them “Dumb and Dumberer”
oh and while you’re at it, you might try explaining how a declaration of ones profession, in the medical field, has anything to do with the topic at hand.
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I’ll consider it a sequel.
In the meantime, could you wow us all some more with your stories about your great jobs?
I really liked the one where your balling twin declares “I save lives!”.
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That ones my favorite.