The Whitehouse has nothing to hide. It's all hidden.

Patrick "Leaky" Leahy needs to go to the nursing home. He clearly has lost it, but then he never really had it anyway.

Senator Patrick Leahy is a know it all egomaniac who is playing gothca partisan politcs with the President. As Senator Hatch says the President has a right to assert executive privilege if it goes this route it will take the courts years to determine. The Democrats just want to call Bush Nixon that was their proudest day when Hillary served as a legal staffer during Watergate. Ironic the Clintons got their own turn in the barrel of impeachment.
Leahy was thrown off the Intelligence Committee in the 80's for leaking info to the press that is why he is nicknamed Senator Depends.
This whole amount of oversight is driven by fundraising ideas and plans for the DNC 08 campaign nothing more nothing less.
These Jackasses don't want to govern just obstruct they are the party of no. Jerry White, Springfield,IL

Jerry White,
The white house won't allow them to govern. This is the fundamental problem. Checks and Balances exist so no branch can run amock with the law, federal spending or the freedoms Americans enjoy.

Law - subverted
Federal spending - skyrocketing
Freedoms - rapidly decreasing

If the white house hadn't screwed the pooch on basically every program it tried to push, the democrats wouldn't have to go grasping at straws in an attempt to stop this out of control administration.

It's coming down, once again, to the lesser of two evils. Either way, we're all going to lose.

Leahy ought to be in jail, not in the senate. From newsmax.com:

"Senator Pat Leahy was annoyed with the Reagan administration's war on terrorism in the 1980s. At the time he was vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

# "Leaky Leahy," allegedly threatened to sabotage classified strategies he didn't like.

# Leahy ‘inadvertently' disclosed a top-secret communications intercept during a 1985 television interview.

# "The intercept … made possible the capture of the Arab terrorists who had hijacked the cruise ship Achille Lauro and murdered American citizens. …"

# "The reports cost the life of at least one Egyptian operative involved in the operation."

# In July 1987, it was reported that Leahy leaked secret information about a 1986 covert operation planned by the Reagan administration to topple Libya's Moammar Gaddhafi.

# U.S. intelligence officials said Leahy, along with the Republican panel chairman, sent a written threat to expose the operation directly to then-CIA Director William Casey.

# Weeks later, news of the secret plan turned up in the Washington Post, causing it to be aborted.

# A year later, as the Senate was preparing to hold hearings on the Iran-Contra scandal, Leahy had to resign his Intelligence Committee post after he was caught leaking secret information to a reporter.

He should have been indicted, tried and sentenced.

Leahy's Iran-Contra leak was considered to be one of the most serious breaches of secrecy in the Intelligence Committee's 10-year history. "

To Jerry and the rest of the kool-aid drinkers-

Why must you ALWAYS bring up CLINTON. GET OVER HIM DUDES..stop obsessing. W is in office now. Has been for a long miserable time..He is the one who has brought needless war upon us at the cost of 1 trillion dollars, lost a major world city on his watch, squandered the largest surplus this country has ever seen, rigged an election with the help of the biggest scumbags ever to step foot in the whitehouse. W is the one who is firing prosecutors for not coming up with bogus charges of "liberal voter fraud"...NOT CLINTON DUDE. W...get it..the worst, stupidest, most hypocritical born again drunk in the history of the US. Got it.

Vermont is proud of Patrick!

GJN-Burlington Vermont

The difference between Nixon and Bush is that Nixon KNEW he was lying. Bush doesn't have a clue. Which is worse: an intentional liar or a moron?

But what did Nixon have to say about Fred "Little Red Rented Pickum Truck" Thompson?

Oh yeah, "Dumb as hell."

http://www.southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2007/07/nixon-called-informant-fred-thompson.asp

Read 'em and weep.

John D,

You're right -- Leahy's praise is too generous. Nixon actually had accomplishments on the foreign policy front.

Jerry,

You brought the definition of "leak" down to a much lower level.

I simply don't understand why the John Ds ad Jerry Whites are so adamant in agreeing with Dubya and company re: not allowing aides to testify. What are they hiding? Are the John Ds and Jerry Whites willing to let every single administration after this debacle of an administration practice the same thing? While I certainly hope that any Democratic administration will not be as secretive as Bush's, don't the John Ds and Jerry Whites realize "what's good for the goose, is good for the gander?"

"These Jackasses don't want to govern just obstruct they are the party of no"

Jerry- yes, we are the party of no..NO MORE WAR for Hailburton. No more fake elections. No more Christian Fundamentaism ruling US policy. No more Ted Stevens, No More Mark Foley, No more Ken lay. No more Ashcroft, Rummy, Scooter and soon Gonzo.

You can always tell when a Republican gets his/her hands on a computer..they head for the porn, and spew vulgar mispelled inanities where ever they can. Misinformed, uneducated, the Republican constituency. Patrick Leahy, is a statesmen, is defending our democracy, for knuckle dragging deviants like you, John & Jerry. How old are you, 12?

Attempting to bring the DOJ under the political influence of the executive branch is a clear breach of the Constitutional guarantee of separation of powers, and undermines the ability of checks and balances that are the essence of our democracy. To all the Bushies here that think otherwise, please pack your bags and move to a communist country where this sort of behavior is widely accepted.

For those of you not familiar with newsmax.com, Bruce's hot source for news, one of today's headlines is "Hugo Chaves Praises Sean Penn". This has a more prominent posting space than the Minnesota bridge collapse. Draw your own conclusions.

Brucie,

In November 2006, Nielsen issued a press release stating that NewsMax was the #2 web site in the U.S. "with the highest concentration of Republicans." NewsMax.com's audience, according to Nielsen, is 65.4% Republican. The only site with a higher percentage of republican audience is RushLimbaugh.com.

Next time, cut and paste from a more balanced source.

J & J or is it JJ, because we know its not "GOOD TIMES" IN AMERICA. We all also know its tough being a crackhead in america just stuck on stupid day end and night. We forgive you too don't worry no judgements because at the end road in Baghdad USA one of us will save you not knowing who you are; just the mere fact that J & J were there.

"BEWARE THE COMMANDER GUY WANTS YOU. Thats right he "WANTS YOU" because he has a special place in mind for you too.
He doesn't player hate, you can be lame, no fame, a sad true sick minded little man but you will serve him. Oh he is not worried "BECAUSE HE HEARS THE VOICES." HE HAS SEEN THE "EVIL DOERS."

HE WILL COME FOR YOU, AS YOU ARE IN HIS MASTER PLAN JERRY & JOHN "BECAUSE HE HEARS THE VOICES."

"Jerry and John, JJ are "DYNOMITE"

I've read the Constitution over and over and I cannot find anywhere in that document where Executive Priveledge is discussed. How could a Strict Constructionist agree with something that doesn't exist in the Constitution?

"Patrick "Leaky" Leahy needs to go to the nursing home. He clearly has lost it, but then he never really had it anyway.

Posted by: John D | August 2, 2007 10:46 AM"

Well, John D - you're truly the expert in that department. By the way, would you like to comment on how much Sen. Leahy spends on his suits, or will you just make something up like you've done before?

If you were running for the Republican presidential nomination, whose support would be worth the equivalent of many millions in campaign dollars? Newt? Nah. Bush? Ha. Try Roger Ailes, the head of Fox News and former media adviser to RICHARD NIXON.

Mr. Ailes was the media consultant to Mr. Giuliani’s first mayoral campaign in 1989. Mr. Giuliani, as mayor, officiated at Mr. Ailes’s wedding and intervened on his behalf when Mr. Ailes’s company, Fox News Channel, was blocked from securing a cable station in the city.

This year, they were tablemates at the White House correspondents dinner, which Mr. Giuliani attended as a guest of Fox’s parent company, the News Corporation.

The festival of back-scratching continues with Giuliani's presidential campaign. Despite Fox claims of impartiality, Giuliani has certainly been getting his turn as the scratchee.

So far this year, one political journal found, Mr. Giuliani has logged more time on Fox interview programs than any other candidate. Most of the time has been spent with Sean Hannity, an acknowledged admirer of the former mayor, according to the data compiled by the journal, known as The Hotline.

Should Rudy ever get the opportunity, I'm sure Roger -- and Rupert -- have a few ideas about how he might pay them back for their favoritism.

With all the rope that Ailes is tossing Giuliani, the wonder is not that the Democratic presidential candidates won't conduct a debate on Fox, the wonder is that the Republican candidates will agree to debate on a network that already has it's champion.

I will not be happy till Bush & all these clown are behind bars, where they belong. I think the Dems should drag it past the next election to avoid pardons and make sure these guys are getting the bonding they desrce in the big house!

Leave it to the Republicans that come along to be on the side of criminality, defending it, and advocating for the rule of checks and balances (the plan of our forefathers) to get kicked under the bus, and laughing and ignoring of our Consititution, and Bill of Rights, ensuing.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

"Well, here we are at that crossroads. Are we going the way of democracy or unitary rule. (monarchy)

ALBERT EINSTEIN: "Democracy taken in its narrower purely political sense, suffers from the fact that those in economic and political power possess the means for molding public opinion to serve their own class interests."

And the results of the molding of public opinion of the big money, what is best for the fat cats, is always parroted by the Republican Conservatives, with so little genuine capacity for independent thought and objective discernment, they obey, like children, what Bill O'Rielly and Savage, and Rush Limbaugh tell them think, whatever the corporate sonsors that keep those media sources afloat, and their shills the aforementioned, and the like.

This administration makes the Corleones look like a bunch of pussies. As for Junior, it must be excruciatingly painful to be in the highest office of the land and be fully aware every waking moment that you have no business being there - I guess that's why he prefers to sleep early. He is obviously incapable of grasping the extent of the harm he has wraught on our Nation...

For those of you not familiar with newsmax.com, Bruce's hot source for news, one of today's headlines is "Hugo Chaves Praises Sean Penn". This has a more prominent posting space than the Minnesota bridge collapse. Draw your own conclusions.

JAMES MADISON: "If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy."

JAMES MADISON: "The fetters imposed on liberty at home have ever been forged out of the weapons provided for defense against real, pretended, or imaginary dangers from abroad."

JIM HIGHTOWER, a brilliant polititcal commenter said the following, which sums up our situation, if you realize that each of the adiministrative officials of the executive branch, or their families, are making enormous amount of money from this war. Hightower said: "The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore, they are the government."

Fascism is most succinctly defined as a collusion between government and business, although there are numerous characteristics that result from that. I'll bring a link in my next post, which defines fascism more elaborately.

WILLIAM DODD, former ambassador to Germany in 1938 said: "Fascism is on the march today in America. Millionaires are marching to the tune. It will come in this country unless a strong defense is set up by Liberal and progressive forces. A clique of US industrialists is hell-bent to bring a fascist state to supplant our democratic government, and is working closely with the fascist regime in Germany and Italy. Aboard ship a prominent executive of one of America's largest financial Corporations, told me point blank that if the progressive trend of the Roosevelt administration continued, he would be ready to take definite action to bring fascism to America."

One of those industrialists was Prescott Bush, (George W. Bush's grandfather) who was known to be working for Hitler, in WWII. If you doubt it, use your search engine now, and prove it to yourself.

ALEX CAREY said: "The twentieth century has been characterized by developments of great political importance-the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate porpaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy."

The 14 Characteristics of Fascism:

www.oldamericancentury.org/pts.htm

Oh BC-BS, you have the suit fetish, not me. So, you telling me the information from Men's Vogue that Edwards buys imported suits (hence, expensive suits) is not true, eh?
And for those Loons disparating Newsmax as a credible source of info, how does that sqaure with you ding dongs using salon.com, rolling stone and other loony left wing sources?

The 14 characteristics of fascism (blubonnet's link missed it)

http://www.oldamericancentury.org/14pts.htm

Interesting how Leahy stood stony cold silent over the Clinton White House reviewing 1,000 secret FBI files on his own Congressional colleagues or the Clintons accepting laundered campaign funds from the Chinese Communist government. Leahy's own checkered past speaks volumes.

Leahy's own checkered past speaks volumes.

Posted by: Lafayette | August 2, 2007 4:58 PM

So does your inability to address the substantive issue, Laffy. You've attacked the messenger but have nothing to say about the message, so I guess that means you agree with it.

God bless Senator leahy; and those who are trying to restore our constitution. you all better hope ur not at the wrong place at the wrong time and never given a fair trial. its communism what the bush administration is doing. they are trying to get us to appreciate the constitution at the lives of many innocent people. the bush administration is retarded clearly on of the biggest blunders in USA history.

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Oh BC-BS, you have the suit fetish, not me. So, you telling me the information from Men's Vogue that Edwards buys imported suits (hence, expensive suits) is not true, eh?

Posted by: John D | August 2, 2007 2:57 PM
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If that's true, then it should have been easy for you to PROVIDE A LINK TO THE STORY BACKING UP THIS CLAIM!

So why didn't you?

For someone who claims to be a "journalist" you sure do a lousy job of backing up your allegations that you post here in The Swamp.

Why the hell is Edwards or any other politicians attire of any relevance, unless they presented themselves as complete bums?

WE've got Edwards appearance in spandex while bicycling an issue among the Conservatives.

We've got his haircut costing too much.

We've got Hilliary's very slight appearance of cleavage an issue.

We;ve got Edwards suits an issue.

Edwards is a wealthy man, while anyone on their side that has obtained wealth, it is defended, but...us...once again, blatent hypocrisy.

The desperation is more than obvious of the Right-wing-nuts, of lack of anything of substance to go after the Left. What is more frightening is the mentality that bites, onto those talking points. Wow, talk about stupidity!