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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Contempt

posted by on February 14 at 14:50 PM

Remember the fired federal prosecutors story? It seems like that whole thing was ages ago and, in a way, it seems so much less interesting to be thinking about unsurprising Bush administration stonewalling in relation to fired federal prosecutors at a time when there’s so much to say about Bush’s potential replacements. Still, a notable shoe has dropped today:

The House of Representatives voted Thursday to cite Joshua B. Bolten, the White House chief of staff, and Harriet E. Miers, a former White House counsel, for contempt for refusing to testify about their participation in the firing of federal prosecutors.

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1

Yes, and after the Republicans boycotted the vote. Sore losers.

Posted by Dave Coffman | February 14, 2008 2:52 PM
2

Yeah, for those of you who think Hillary is skanky, read the story to see how the real pros do it.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | February 14, 2008 3:00 PM
3

Like all toothless Congressional actions against the lawless Bush administration, this too will come to naught. The Democratic majority is consistently spineless and always opts out of executing its duty to enfore checks and balances. SO DAMN FRUSTRATING!!!!

Posted by TCO | February 14, 2008 3:26 PM
4

Like that'll matter to them.

Posted by monkey | February 14, 2008 3:53 PM
5

You know, there's some jail cells beneath Congress that aren't in use ... just saying.

Posted by Will in Seattle | February 14, 2008 4:09 PM
6

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!

Posted by Andy Niable | February 14, 2008 8:38 PM
7

Why on earth, other than making a mountain out of a molehill for political headlines, are the Dems investigating this? those attorneys served "at the pleasure of the President". He could have fired them because he didn't like the way they part their hair, and it would have been just fine. The Dems need to STFU and get to the real business of governing this country, and not just doing things to promote themselves.

Posted by Bob | February 14, 2008 10:00 PM
8

But Bob, he was firing them for doing their jobs. That's different.

Posted by Phoebe | February 15, 2008 3:03 AM
9

Ron Paul was one of the 3 Republicans who voted in favor - good for him.

Posted by Phoebe | February 15, 2008 3:12 AM
10

This is nice and all, but where's the special prosecutor for warrantless wiretapping? The special prosecutor for waterboarding and missing CIA tapes? The special prosecutor for signing statements? The special prosecutor for extraordinary rendition? If firing federal attorneys is the only thing that's being investigated, it's a fucking travesty.

Posted by Greg | February 15, 2008 10:19 AM

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