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BB641 year, 4 months ago

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So you're saying Rove should violate the Constitution by testifying? He served at the pleasure of the President and is protected by executive privilege.

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  flyonthewallzz1 year, 4 months ago
  
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  BB64 ;
  Dude: I supported an argument you made earlier regarding executive privilege.
  As a mater of plain history the words "executive privilege" can not be found in our Constitution. The Privilege has been invoked more times during the current administration than all of past history. Your comment about not wishing to mess with it was why I voted for it. I think, that when tested, it will be ripped from law, most previous Presidents backed down. It is worth remembering that since the beginning of the Republican Party they have held the Executive office for a big majority of the time.
  There will be an inevitable backlash to the power grab from this current administration,
  The historical tendency is to place an Executive of you partisan beliefs, and their power will be diminished due to what I see as a flagrant abuse of a power that really does not exist. I think that only Ike's use of it will be the only time it was looked upon favorably historically.
  
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  CRYMTYPHON1 year, 4 months ago
  
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  It is the duty of the president to uphold the laws of the country.
  If he breaks the laws, it is the duty of his aids, assistants, spokesmen, appointees and all other fellow government employees to turn him in.
  They work for us; they serve at OUR pleasure.
  
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    antibrainwasher1 year, 4 months ago
    
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    Karl Rove had the govenour investigated on trumped up charges of bribery, and sentenced to 7 years in Jail, thrown out of office...and why? Because he was a democrat and Rove had the political machine to do so.
    Politicization of the justice department and law enforcement and investigative system is beyond illegal, its an attack on the fundamental basis for this society.
    Of course Rove is guilty of mastermining this insanity. This is right out of the play book of Delay and every banana republic junta military regime out there.
    Politicization of the justice department and jailing politically elected officials...I cannot imaging a worse abuse of power. That is a direct attack on AMERICA from within.
    We must defeat these veto proof republican senators, the cabal who are goosestepping lockstep with Bush and Rove. The DNC has targeted 12 senators, such as they targeted effectively Santorum and DeWine. Money talks, Cons walk. Donate DNC. Don't bitch, DONATE.
    
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