****Official Senate Judiciary Comm Thread - Kyle Sampson****

[Eurobabe]

C-SPAN 3

www.c-span.org

[bobthedrummer]

1. Thanks again! k&r

[Eurobabe]

25. Wow, slow response time on DU, we're gonna crash the servers!

[NewJeffCT]

2. Please give some crumbs to us cuberats

who cannot watch or listen at work.

Thanks!

[caledesi]

5. packed house. nt

[Eurobabe]

3. waiting for Senators...

http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=2657

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. Tell everybody waiting for Superman...

:-)

[WiseButAngrySara]

89. Thanks for the link! ....n/t

[Hepburn]

4. Thanks for the Official Thread! K&R

Wish Direct TV carried CSpan3...but thank heavens for the live feed on the net!

[Eurobabe]

7. Leahy is seated, it's starting

[bobthedrummer]

8. I've got it on CSPAN Radio-there are "technical difficulties" with other stuff

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

9. Thanks 48percenter! You're terrific for doing this again! Recommend! nt

[annabanana]

10. Thanking for Sampson coming voluntarily

[mikelgb]

11. here we go

[Eurobabe]

12. Leahy: committee proceeds with investigation into mass firings

of US attorneys.

Goal is to get to the bottom of what and why happened. Anrd WHO was involved with this plan.

[Hepburn]

13. Sampson is present and is rep'd by an atty...

...but I did not catch name of the atty.

[annabanana]

14. "Who concealed information"?

[annabanana]

15. Please share "the truth and the whole truth",

[Norquist Nemesis]

29. Yes, please! And while he's at it, explain the implementation of strategy

for the 2008 elections. Hope they put Karl Rove's speech to the Republican Lawyers Association into the record. I'm still trying to find that speech text.

[Eurobabe]

16. Leahy: AG said mistakes were made, incomplete info shared with Congress

Ask Sampson to share the truth with us.

[babylonsister]

17. FYI: Seems like MSNBC might be covering it; they have a few people

(Tweety, Pete Williams, Chip Reed) who will be hanging on every word.

[Norquist Nemesis]

21. At least until Bush commandeers the cameras in two minutes. n/t

[babylonsister]

35. Oh, crap. Is he spouting...AGAIN? nt

[Eurobabe]

61. Buck Fush, who cares!? Everybody is HERE!

[annabanana]

18. shifting explanations, excuses, Wants to get to the bottom

[annabanana]

19. Kyle at the table now. . cameras moving in

[Norquist Nemesis]

20. Wow! That is one packed room!!!

There must be 1,000 people in there!

[bobthedrummer]

22. "back door way to get around Senate & Constitution"

Woe!

[cspanlovr]

23. Finally showed the little nebbish. Alone at a small table,,surrounded by photogs.

[annabanana]

24. yikes. . he is a Rove-clone

[Eurobabe]

27. Maybe Rover HAS cloned himself. Look at Tim Griffin Arkansas!

It's frightening.

[displacedtexan]

30. But with slightly better hair.

;-)

[maddezmom]

26. Leahy files have been erased

WH was involved

[Solly Mack]

28. I wanna hear the Ollie North/Poindexter of his time

It was me, all me...I did it. Blame me. Don't look any higher. I did it. Me.Me.Me.

[in_cog_ni_to]

31. Here's a Direct link to C-SPAN 3 stream links:

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cs_cspan3_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS3

[annabanana]

32. Schumer up with opening statement

[Eurobabe]

33. Leahy: yielding to Schumer

[annabanana]

34. Will recount what "we already know"

[Eurobabe]

36. Schumer: 7 wks ago DOJ insistent on provision in Patriot Act

94-2, Senate rejected that provision

[annabanana]

37. First mentions the secret Patriot Act paragraph that end-runs Senate

[Eurobabe]

38. Schumer: AG and White House involved, and Rove after being told that they weren't

[annabanana]

39. Learned that WH, Rove were involved, after being told that they weren't

[Eurobabe]

40. Schumer: What can we expect today? We hear Sampson's side of story

[annabanana]

41. Sampson looks like a grouper... chin set, frowning

[Roland99]

78. Hey, I like grouper! Now I'm going to have issues in the future.

:P

[seafan]

42. Schumer: "We have learned that Gonzales, WH and Rove were involved."

[seafan]

57. Schumer: This is not a "gotcha". It's Dragnet's "just the facts, ma'am."

[WinkyDink]

43. "The burden is on the DoJ to show they did nothing wrong."

"Not the end....need more witnesses and facts."

[annabanana]

44. Schumer says it may be a lo-o-o-ong hearing

[SaveAmerica]

45. I think he's going to sing - note the canary yellow tie

[Eurobabe]

70. ooooooh, nice catch!

:hi:

[Eurobabe]

46. Schumer: Will pursue lengthy factual questioning

Sampson has agreed to this.

[Solly Mack]

47. Get to the grilling. I'm impatient for a little grilled pork

[Eurobabe]

50. LOL. I smell burning!

[Solly Mack]

52. I got my sauces ready and everything

[Eurobabe]

65. I just ate a whole bag of popcorn already!

[Solly Mack]

68. Damn..now I'm really getting hungry

[WinkyDink]

54. Throw another pimp on the barbie!

[AndyA]

48. Sampson really is a Rove clone.

Only younger, and with slightly better hair. In a few years, he will be a duplicate of Rove.

They can share a cell together, perhaps? (So as not to offend the other prisoners.)

[in_cog_ni_to]

They really were separated at birth...they could pass for twins...EVIL twins, that is.

;)

[Robbien]

49. Thanks guys for the blow by blows

:yourock:

[Roland99]

Hear! Hear!

:toast:

[Eurobabe]

51. Protester in the house, stop the war now

[Norquist Nemesis]

63. Oh, geez!

I wish they'ld guys would get a clue sometimes.

Brief recess for vote on the floor, then (hopefully) no more interruptions.

[Supersedeas]

82. Friggin lame. Where were the protesters when Repigs set the agenda--

now, when Dems have hearings anonymous protesters are causing public distrubances. PATHETIC!!

[Norquist Nemesis]

53. 'Purpose of today is not to find smoking gun...it's to build a record

of facts'

:popcorn:

[annabanana]

55. interruption. . in back of room. . . breif recess

protestor?. . (off camera)

[Eurobabe]

56. Brief recess waiting for other senators

[Solly Mack]

58. Nooooo...TEASE!!!!!

[mikelgb]

64. wtf

[Solly Mack]

80. Uh...they recessed

after waiting and waiting and waiting....they had a false start

Let's not put a gutter definition on it

[annabanana]

66. I know. . All the camera hungry Senators want to be there...

They've heard that this is where the action is today

[Solly Mack]

74. I'm just impatient to hear the spin from Sampson

[Democrat 4 Ever]

88. Well, right on cue, the protesters' egos have stepped up to the plate to disrupt.

I hope they clear the room of the nonsense and get back to business. Somehow they think this is helping but it isn't. No matter how righteous the message if it is perceived as crackpots in action it is lost to 75-80% of the people you need to convince. Today is neither the time nor the place for their shenanigans. There are so many issues to worry about - and saving our justice system is the one on the agenda for today's hearing. Let them do their work.

Flame away, I don't care. I am sick to death of Code Pink and their silly "methods" of trying to stop the war. I want the war stopped immediately but what they are doing isn't working. The Dems are doing good work but Code Pink's harassment of people who are trying to stop the war is just dumb. Go after Chucklenuts, Dead Eye, McConnell - any and all repugs because like it or not those are the votes we need to stop Bush's Folly.

And leave today's hearing front and center. The very justice system we are trying to save today maybe just be the justice system Code Pink is going to need to keep their message going.

[bobthedrummer]

59. The DoJ is packed with "loyal Bushies" like Alice S. Fisher Asst. AG

Alice S. Fisher profile from SourceWatch.org (she "handled" Abramoff-a key component to this tangled web)
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Alice_S._Fisher

[WinkyDink]

72. It's murkier than any Elmore Leonard book. Abramoff, Atta, Jeb, gambling, murder & cruising:

http://hannah.webserver.smith-family.com:8080/archive/000957.html

[bobthedrummer]

86. Yep

[in_cog_ni_to]

60. Taking BRIEF recess to wait for other Senators so they won't be interrupted later.

:bounce:

[annabanana]

69. (dyxlesic)

[annabanana]

62. They are waiting for the rest of the Senators

[Bukowski Fan]

67. just took a recess due to a war protester

[annabanana]

71. naw. . Just waiting for Senators to come in. .

[Bukowski Fan]

77. I don't know about that

That's what they said, but I could hear quite clearly in the background someone say, "we don't want this interupting us, let's take a recess", that was right after the war protester shouted out. I find it an amazing coincidence that they took a recess right after the outburst. Also, Leahy said that they would continue on without Specter there and just wait until he came back for his statement.

[MoonRiver]

79. What a load!

Or did you forget the sarcasm smilie?

[displacedtexan]

73. While we're waiting, FDL is live-blogging this hearing.

Link

[helderheid]

75. Just tuning in - I missed the first - are there votes?

[Solly Mack]

91. Yes...from something else...waiting on those voting senators

to arrive so it can begin again

[annabanana]

76. They are cutting back to earlier Washington Journal

[Eurobabe]

81. Washington Journal on while waiting, Seth Stern (CQ) saw written testimony last night

says there are no bombshells, but Sampson admits this was handled badly.

[Robbien]

92. every dirty dead by GOPers are not dirty deads but just "handled badly"s

Doan is doing a wonderful job, she just handled badly her presentation.

[mikelgb]

83. where is my hearing?

do we have to subpeona the Senators to appear too?

:eyes:

[The Witch]

84. Good morning all... thanks for the thread 48percenter

:hi: :hi:

A good morning - I got to give directions to a Japanese tourist in DC and practice my Japanese so it made me happy... let's hope the hearing is productive!

[Solly Mack]

85. Open a separate screen and get the 2nd thread ready,48percenter

This one is already getting full

Thanks!!!

[Eurobabe]

90. We'll go to thread 2 at 100 or so...like yesterday

[Breeze54]

93. But it hasn't started yet.

:P

C-Span keeps losing feed.


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Hear they go....

[Solly Mack]

99. LOL true...but this thread is already at 100

[Blackhatjack]

87. Repub problem is all the stories conflict with one another....n/t

[Eurobabe]

94. Leahy swearing in Sampson

[mikelgb]

95. back on -- Oath

[mikelgb]

110. and POOR LYING

[Blackhatjack]

96. And with the swearing in of Sampson we are off......

[bobthedrummer]

97. Sampson took the oath

[in_cog_ni_to]

98. Sampson's being sworn in...hehehe...a repuke's worse nightmare...

having to testify UNDER OATH.

[quiet.american]

Time for a 2nd thread? n/t

[quiet.american]

109. I notice he's stressing the word "consensus" as in " I didn't do it!" n/t

[annabanana]

100. He already is claiming he "may not remember" everything. .

[in_cog_ni_to]

112. Repukes need to take some Ginkgo biloba! They ALL have memory problems!

[Blackhatjack]

101. Elections do have consequences .... stark truth for Repubs to face

[soothsayer]

102. he does look like George Costanza when he's reading!

when he looks down, that is

[Blackhatjack]

104. He looks more like a Rove clone to me...

[soothsayer]

108. ok, if rove and costanza had a baby...

[seemslikeadream]

103. Do you solemnly swear................

[in_cog_ni_to]

105. MSNBC is airing this!!! I hope they stay with the entire hearing like they did with the Anna Nicole

hearing. I'd much rather watch this on TEEVEE!

[Eurobabe]

106. THREAD TWO UP, HAVE AT IT!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x531096

[mikelgb]

111. poor lying

[Horse with no Name]

107. I guess it's better he fall on his own sword

Than to fall on theirs. He is taking full responsibility.

[The empressof all]

113. Locking

Thread 2

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x531096