by- Suzie-Q @ 4:38 PM MST
When former White House aide Sara Taylor testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee last month, Chairman Pat Leahy (D-VT) asked whether President Bush had a role in the firings. Despite being under executive privilege, Taylor stated she did not attend meetings with Bush nor did she believe he was involved in the scandal.
In today’s hearing, Leahy asked the same question to White House aide J. Scott Jennings. In contrast to Taylor, Jennings refused to answer, repeatedly citing executive privilege. In fact, Taylor answered “a number of questions that Jennings has refused to answer,” despite both being under similar assertions of executive privilege.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) noted the discrepancy between Taylor and Jennings’ responses and called out Jennings for abusing executive privilege. Jennings responded: “I respect [Taylor’s] decision…but I simply do not intend to disobey a directive from the President.”
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Yep that Executive Privilege is such a sham!
Ah think I’m gonna start a corporation; name myself the CEO so I can claim executive privilege anytime I want.
“Durbin Calls Out White House On Executive Privilege Sham”
Durbin also calls our troops “Nazi’s” so I don’t put a lot of stock into what that idiot says.
Sage- He did not. He said that interrogation techniques used at Gitmo were indistinguishable from those employed under various regimes.
May I please ask you all a question?
Are you all as sick of these idiot pigs acting like they are special as I am????? This fat slob refused to answer the question “what do you do? What are the American taxpayers paying you to do?”
At what point do we just all toss in the towel and storm the Bastille here? This fatheaded fat*ss pig works for US … how DARE HE?
Tar and feathers? Then a hangman’s noose. Arrogant slob…needs to be taken to the woodshed and be given a taste of what fascism really means.
YUCKO
It’s really dictatorial privilege.
Do your job Pelosi:
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) said his push to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney is gaining support among the American people as he collected petitions with more than 100,000 signatures supporting the effort.
“I made it very clear that I was not alone,” Kucinich said. “Today I am proud to see that hundreds of thousands of Americans have joined this effort.”
America is waiting for you to do your job Pelosi!
Hi DesertSage!
Welcome to the Suzie-Q blog!
I hope to see you again soon! 😉
Larry:
Yes, Pelosi needs to start the impeachment of Cheney!
Lets impeach Pelosi first then maybe the rest of the enablers will get the message.
Stop being nice to me Suzie, you know you hate my guts!
BTW, I’m for the Dems impeaching Bush and Cheney also…but not for the same reasons that you guys are.
:’)
DesertSage:
Why would I hate your guts? I don’t know you…
Pray tell us why you want Bush and Cheney impeached… I know there are many reasons to impeach them but tell us yours! 😉
Great post! Good to see you got linked at C&L too, kudos.
Strange how the founders liked executive privilege so much that they left it out of the Constitution altogether. It seems to have no purpose beyond concealing executive criminality. It should be soundly and unequivocally repudiated, IMO.
Sage seems to think that if the Dems try to Impeach that the country will look negatively upon this and elect a Republican in ’08. Am I right?
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SadButTrue:
Thank you for the compliment and heads up! 😉
Not sure about Desert Sage but all are welcome here, even the poor nudges who still count Koolaid as a part of the preferred food group.
Impeachment should be done yes, for the reasons set for in the Constitution. The Administration is guilty of High Crimes and Misdemeanors at the very least.
I believe Cheney, Bush and Rove are also guilty of War Crimes and should be tried as such at the Hague.
Regardless of what happens, the Dems will NEVER own Iraq or the idiocy that led up to that fiasco. Doesn’t matter how the Repigs act, it’s Bush’s War and the Repigs are supporting it. History is not a gentle judge no matter how the republican voters think. Bush will pay a hefty price for his stupidity.
Yes, all are welcome on the Suzie-Q blog, however, I will not tolerate any verbal attacks against any blogger on my blog…
DesertSage was civil but he/she chose to leave once he/she realized it was enemy territory! LMAO
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