Official Censure Hearing # 9 - Judiciary Committee

[liveoaktx]

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[Danieljay]

1. Graham is a horses ass. n/t

[dogday]

3. He is what comes out of a horse's ass.................

[fooj]

11. May the treasonous, rat bastard rot in hell...

:grr:

[Coexist]

Graham showed his total ignorance of Watergate

and I thank Leahy for allowing Dean to point that out.

[Pam-Moby]

8. Yes Graham is a jerk.

Where is Kohl and Kennedy? Is Feingold and Leahy all alone on this?

[earthside]

15. Russ and Pat

The ONLY two Democrats there.

How terribly, terribly sad.

[babylonsister]

16. Feingold and Leahy are the ONLY Dems I've seen there.

:grr: :grr:

[trof]

10. total dickwad

To John Dean: "That's why you went to jail."
Dean: "Sir, I did not go to jail."
dickwad: "Well..."

[liveoaktx]

2. I can't imagine Leahy badgering Turner the way Graham did Dean

[Coexist]

9. maybe he is afraid his wife might cry.

[stop the bleeding]

4. Thank you round nine n/t

[liveoaktx]

5. Fein- hitting on the issue of Congress REGULATING President's power

[EVDebs]

12. Inherent authority vs. plenary authority is what Leahy asked about

We still don't know whether Americans mail is being opened etc.-- Leahy ! Go man, go !

[sabra]

6. Why didn't Graham bring Alito's wife, so she can do some crying

because the Dem's are so mean...

[dogday]

7. Feinstein's phone is still busy, busy, busy,

the cowards.....

[Pam-Moby]

Where are the Dems?

[liveoaktx]

14. AWOL

[dogday]

23. CALL YOUR THESE DEMS NOW PLEASE!!!

-31-06 09:29 AM
Response to Original message
42. Call & ask where our Dems are! phone #s:
Fri Mar
Joe Biden
202-224-5042
state: Wilmington 302-573-6345
state: Milford 302-424-8090

DiFi corrected by a poster (difi is 202-224-3841)
202-224-3841
state: LA 310-914-7300
state: San Diego 619-231-9712
state: San Fran 415-393-0707
state: Fresno 559-485-7430

Dick Durbin
202-224-2152
State: springfield 217-492-4062
state: chicago 312-353-4952
state: marion 618-998-8812

Ted Kennedy
202-224-4543
state: boston 617-565-3170

Chuckie
202-224-6542
state: nyc 212-486-4430
state: buffalo 716-846-4111
state: albany 518-431-4070
state: binghamton: 607-772-6792
state: hudson valley 914-285-9741
state: long island 631-753-0978
state: rochester 585-263-5866
state: syracuse 315-423-5471

GO!

Qs: 'Why isn't the Senator attending today's meeting of the Judiciary Committee?"
"Why not?"
"Doesn't he think the testimony important?"
"Doesn't he think the issue worth debating?

On edit: Thank you Witch for supplying this information......

[fooj]

17. She's a fucking spineless coward.

I am PISSED....she's MY Senator. Worthless POS!

[dogday]

28. I have been trying for 45 minutes to call her

office in Washington.....

[fooj]

39. Me, too.

I hate her fucking guts.

[liveoaktx]

13. Fein-due respect to Mr. Turner. Dept of Justice Said FISA works beautifull

in 2002.

[The Witch]

18. I'm still here and still want to throw up.

Someone hold my hand I feel like I'm on the Titanic..

[fooj]

19. Here you go.......

:hug:

[dogday]

35. I feel really bad, as bad as this picture below

[liveoaktx]

22. Well, we know this censure resolution won't make it out of committee

[The Witch]

32. But it was my hope that the witnesses would give them a really hard time.

[Canuckistanian]

20. Fein very patiently explaining FISA law to lawmakers

What a Twilight Zone...

[Canuckistanian]

27. Dean: President "pushing the envelope"

[RepublicanElephant]

21. please tell me all these missing dem senators are part of a...

...brilliant political move by harry reid.
:banghead:

[fooj]

29. Cowards! All of them.

I am full-on disgusted. It just can't be healthy to be THIS PISSED OFF this early in the morning. (PST)

[speedoo]

33. Wish I could say that. But I have no basis.

Democratic Senators regularly show their cowardice. Have you called them yet?

[fooj]

47. You bet I have.

:grr:

[Norquist Nemesis]

34. I'm not sure they understand how bad it's going to backlash

Not just from the public, but the media is going to go apeshit about spineless Democrats repeating over and over the Feingold and Leahy were the only ones in attendance.

Bad, bad, bad moved there Dems.

[wiggs]

69. Once again, GOP is allowed to control the issue.

It isn't rope-a-dope. It's not showing up for the fight in the first place. At least Feingold showed up and acquitted himself well.

[Norquist Nemesis]

24. Leahy to Dean: History is repeating itself, what did you mean?

President was testing where he could take his powers and authories...it's repeating because there is no check as there has been in the past.

Leahy bugging out. :(

[liveoaktx]

25. NOOOOOOOO-Leahy has to leave-that ONLY LEAVES FEINGOLD there

[libnnc]

30. great. just fucking great.

:nuke:

[RepublicanElephant]

31. good lord.

!

[HereSince1628]

68. Think about that. What does that mean about how DCDems feel

about the things you believe to be important?

What do you think is a reasonable reaction to that?

I'd like to know because I'm being called names here on DU for expressing the feeling that the DCDems have turned their backs on me and don't deserve my vote.

[in_cog_ni_to]

60. Ah shit!

Those rat bastards are setting him up to be skewered! OK...what are we going to do about this? OBVIOUSLY the damn Democrats DO NOT give a shit about what WE THINK, so what do we do to take our government away from them?:grr: SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE!

[rodeodance]

62. Sen. Kohl was there earlier. Did he leave?

[HereSince1628]

79. When? I thought I saw Herb's bald head, but it was actually Leahy.

[Mel]

26. Graham just showed what I see as

Fear, backed into the corner feelings, on part of the Republicans. I hate it for us but I do believe we have a Constitutional Crisis and the Republicans are cowards for not doing their duty and they know it! That's why I think we will see more lashing out on their part.

[Coexist]

37. all emotion, no substance in that last one

he tried to play the badgering attorney - but looked like a little boy trying to be a bully.

[Mel]

75. he sure did

and that's what they do when they know they are wrong.

[berner59]

48. Feingold can handle it....

Plus Dean & Fein can hold their own... Some of this has been great drama...it better be on the news tonight!!!

[flpoljunkie]

61. It's "Mr. Feingold goes to Washington" stands up for the Constitution and

the American people, with very little help from his fellow Dems--not that he needs it. The man can take care or himself.

[trof]

36. Good ol' Orin Hatch: the calm voice of reason.

What a smarmy hypocrit.

[Norquist Nemesis]

41. Still trashing Dean

through Casey. He'll do the same thing to Fein through Turner.

[liveoaktx]

38. Hatch on "FISA works beautifully" comment- apparent to anybody

that FISA would have to be amended.
Uh, duh, that is NOT on point, ass.

[bdamomma]

54. HATCH IS A WASTE OF TIME,

THESE GUYS ARE COVERING UP THEIR BOSSES ASSS

[SujiwanKenobee]

40. Hatch- pseaking as though everyone is in a preschool reading circle in

the library. Gather round boys and girls as a tell you a fairy story...

[rodeodance]

51. you hit it right on. He demeans people by his chatter.

[LeftNYC]

42. Do we still hold out any hope for any Dem in the Senate other then

Feingold?

[liveoaktx]

46. Maybe it needs to be Senate versus House-there are a LOT of

great House of Reps that are Dems.

[kaye45]

50. yes but..

there are other good people but they aren't on the judiciary committee

[cali]

77. Yes.

Senator Leahy may have left early, but he showed up, supported Feingold and asked tough questions through 2 rounds of questioning. I don't think he should be knocked for that.

[LeftNYC]

95. Thank you Sen. Leahy..nt

[Why Syzygy]

43. If Hatch says

"outrageous" ONE MORE TIME ... I'm gonna have to mute the stream.

[Norquist Nemesis]

49. I'm holding out for "9/11!!! 9/11!!!" n/t

[flyarm]

44. I JUST SPOKE TO BIDENS OFFICE THE SMUG LITTLE PHONE ANSWERERS

are prepared for our calls ..they have smug answers prepared to a t...i have never been so angry..the gal who answered the phone was prepared with almost well scripted replies to me..and nothing about this hearing..wow i am furious..i told her to tell biden i would be relinquishing my dem registration and monday i would be re-registering as an independant!

and to take me off the lists for money.

i said if biden didn't care enough about my constitutional rights to be at this hearing about tapping my phones and illegally getting my emails i no longer need the democratic party , since it is obvious democracy is dead!

of course the ;ittle snit had all the comebacks prepared..this is a joke.

fly

[Coexist]

52. so why did they say he wasn't there?

I can't get through to any of them.

[flyarm]

65. the little twit did not give a reason for biden not being there..she

was prescripted to turn the call against the caller..she went onto attack of me..she turned the call around and repeated everything i was saying back to me without replying to my objections ..it was very well prepared is what i am saying..,and she was incredibly sarcastic!

fly

[in_cog_ni_to]

73. Biden's excuse was..."He had an emergency and is out of town"

:eyes: Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. I believe that, don't you?:grr:

[fooj]

53. All of the Senators that are MIA were wiretapped.

Seems a fairly logical conclusion to me.

[LeftNYC]

55. You should have said you worked for MBNA...

They would have scheduled a conference call...

[liveoaktx]

58. bwhahahah

[LeftNYC]

92. Biden forgot his various baseball caps today...

let them in Delaware...He felt embarrased to show without a hat to try on.

[flyarm]

i told her i was a delegate for the state of fla...

and seems they don't give a rats ass!

fly

[in_cog_ni_to]

90. They DON"T give a rats ass because they know we won't/can't do

a DAMN THING about what they're doing! This is PATHETIC! Shame, shame, shame on the Democratic party!

[Norquist Nemesis]

57. Reid's office needs to be slammed with calls of outrage

on this one. :grr:

[fooj]

66. Good call...

off to voice my anger at this BULLSHIT!

[rodeodance]

70. good idea--

[rodeodance]

59. Keep calling the AWOL Dems!

[dogday]

78. When I asked, the staffer said he didn't know why

the Senator was not sitting in session.. I asked if he thought the Sen thought this was not important and he could not answer me.....

[adigal]

96. Yeah, I called and Mr. Smooth tried to calm me down

Ha! I told him I was changing from a Democrat too.

[Canuckistanian]

45. Nobody's asking for specific secrets, Hatch!

This "national security" argument is so bogus.

[liveoaktx]

56. Hatch using Turner to refute the validity of the censure resolution

[Norquist Nemesis]

63. He can't handle Fein directly; has to use Turner. n/t

[jsamuel]

64. If any Dems in Washington are reading this, I want you to know that I

support Feingold, not because I don't like Bush or Republicans. Really. I support Feingold here because I know that the way this program has been argued means that the President is breaking the law. Don't kid yourself into thinking that this is some crazy partisan blogger.

[RepublicanElephant]

the witnesses testifying are 3 against and 2 for censure. that's fair,

in bushzarro world.

[liveoaktx]

67. >>>>>>> THREAD 10 STARTED>>>>>>>> LINK

TEN

[The Witch]

71. OH MY. He just said it was ridiculous to suggest that the Pres had no

uncheckable power.

OF COURSE the Pres has no uncheckable power. YOU FUCK. I hate everybody in the whole world right now. I hate you and you and you. I have no hope left.

[rodeodance]

76. I heard that!!

[LSK]

72. WTF? WWII???? it was a military operation in an ongoing war

How is that even relevant???

[Canuckistanian]

74. Ah, the old "lying is sometimes necessary" argument

An old Straussian standby...

[HereSince1628]

82. They are well trained in neocon doctrine. Neocon control is no accident

[EVDebs]

83. Turner just gave a defense of Martial Law and used the constitution

to defend it. Unbefrigginleavable

[bdamomma]

88. what is hatch doing

sounds like hatch wants to wrap up, no issue here, you coward what a coward.

[rodeodance]

80. Looks like a lot of repugs were AWOL also!

[rodeodance]

84. good Hatch is leaving.

[rodeodance]

87. Looks like it is Feingold vs Specter ONLY

[kentuck]

81. So Bush is a king ??

seems to be what Turner is saying...

[in_cog_ni_to]

85. Feingold's NEXT!

This should be good!

[FormerRepublican]

86. This idiot who is on now is turning my stomach.

He says the reason why the US, just before D-Day, used inflatable tanks was to deceive the AMERICAN PUBLIC about D-Day. What a freaking CROCK!! That was done to deceive Hitler as combat tactics, which is a totally different issue from deceiving and lying to the American people.

This is SO FREAKING SICK!

[rodeodance]

89. Feingold:--Bush 'dismantleing our system of gov as we know it"

[bdamomma]

94. I GOT A HEADACHE

THIS REGIME AND THESE SENATORS ARE SHOWING THEIR TRUE COLORS, SCREW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

[rodeodance]

91. Russ smacked GRahm for this 'belief' commet. Go Russ

[rodeodance]

93. Fein saying WH/others are trying to Frighten the public.

[Avalux]

97. Locking. Go here for thread #10:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=804554&mesg_id=804554

[Avalux]

98. Locking. Go here for thread #10:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=804554&mesg_id=804554

[Skinner]

99. Locking

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x804554