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BlueJessamine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:06 AM Original message |
Pelosi open to prosecuting Bush DOJ |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. Of course, next week...... |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. I hope not. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. there's a big difference.. |
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proud progressive (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. you got that straight! pelosi and most of the rest are power whores just like the gop'ers |
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Drum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. pfft. nt |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. and as the 'truth' comes forward, Nance, will you begin to sweat? |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
4. BS. - Pelosi IS the problem |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
5. After the pardons it will be moot. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Before the convictions, pardons are irrelevant |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. At the very least a confession to a crime. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Nope |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. not true at all - see Ford's pardon of Nixon. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. The pardon was irrelevant, as there was no conviction |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Sorry but you are wrong about that. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Untrue |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. 500,000 draft resisters think you are dead wrong. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Was Nixon convicted of a crime? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. No. The poster is just plain wrong. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. He was being logical and the law doesn't always follow logic. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. It is not retroactive, however |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Uh no - see Nixon. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Charges COULD have been brought, but were not |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Nixon's pardon was more political than legal. So far no one has tested it but that doesn't mean they |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. No actually it means they can't |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #59 |
67. Interesting link, especially this part |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 08:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
66. You just corrected one of my |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
69. No, by my reading you're the one who's wrong here. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon.... |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. "Nixon was never charged, much less convicted." Exactly |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. The Constitution does not say that. Nixon was not charged with a crime, let alone convicted. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. The Constitution says nothing about pardons, except that the President can grant them |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Really? Where are you getting all that from? And again, Nixon. You're |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. NIXON WAS NEVER CONVICTED |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Exactly. Nixon was never convicted, yet he was pardoned. In the absence of |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Pardons can be granted before the fact, but they have no legal standing |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:46 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. presidential pardons supercede federal law. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #55 |
64. Can you site law showing that? Or is that just how you think it should be? |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. Why was Nixon never convicted? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:49 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. no wrong as well |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 12:00 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Nice catch... |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
54. Presidents can pardon crimes in advance even of indictment... |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
63. Daddy bush did. |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
65. I think I have read that Presidential Pardons can be reversed |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
6. "I want to see the truth come forward." Since when, Nancy? nt |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
50. No shit! "I'll never impeach" |
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scytherius (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
7. Hope so but will believe it when I see it. n/t |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
8. Oh yea, Pelosi you have as much credibility as Bush and Cheney. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. another * @$$-kisser pretending to "care" and to "investigate" |
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man4allcats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Agreed! Any investigation should certainly put Pelosi |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
10. The carpet and the drapes don't match. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Thanks. That was the first thing I noticed, too. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. "Journalism" is so bad you have to immediately check. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'll believe it when the trials start. |
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Independent_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
15. One way Pelosi could redeem herself in my opinion... |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
16. Whether or not Bush, et als, are prosecuted will no longer be Pelosi's call. Once Bush is out of |
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RedSock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. that must be why she's is saying something now (eom) |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. I'm sure. |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
18. Open? Hmmmm those wouldn't be |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. Pardon me while I have a good, long laugh |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. Do tell, Nancy. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
26. “Past is prologue. We learn from it.” |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Past is prologue. Yeah. It comes before the present. What a meaningless mouthful. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
53. No kidding. 8 years is a mighty long learning curve. nt |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
28. She said that they've already started on the contempt of congress |
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booksenkatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
30. Goody, get Lee Hamilton right on it! |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
33. Of course, Bush appointee's can.. |
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RCinBrooklyn (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
51. Pelosi can suck a big one. She is pathetic. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
58. Ms. "Impeachment is off the table" |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
68. Sure, Pelosi. Believe it when I see it. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
70. NOW she wants the truth, years late. But better late than never |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
71. can they do it French Revolution style??nt |
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