Posted in: Executive Power
Thursday Feb 12, 2009
Investigations into the Bush administration
Because of Sen. Patrick Leahy calling for investigations into possible criminal behavior by the Bush administration, Gallup ran some polls. The results? QuestionCriminal InvestigationInvestigation by independent panelNeither Possible Attempts to use Justice Dept. for political purposes41%30%25% Possible use of telephone...
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emailWednesday Jan 2, 2008
Where's the Outrage? is sponsoring a contest. What is the best Administration move to undermine our Constitution? Click, comment and quite possibly win a $100 gift certificate to Amazon.com!! The "best" entry wins the gift certificate....
Tuesday Nov 6, 2007
We have one more year of George W. Bush. Personally, I believe that we need to impeach the President and the Vice President. This isn't a tit for tat but a defense of the constitution. The Democrats led by Nancy...
Thursday Oct 25, 2007
Domestic Spying is legal, isn't it?
First of all, let me say that I am really truly honored to be a guest blogger on LiberalOasis. Early in 2004, something just seemed rotten. I was living in Tyler, Texas (that wasn't the rotten part). Everyone, I mean,...
Monday Aug 27, 2007
CNN, July 26, 2007: JOHN ROBERTS: Congressman Sensenbrenner, let me ask you first of all, what's your reaction to this contempt citation? REP. JAMES SENSENBRENNER: I think it's an overreach. I don't think Congress should make the move to throw...
Sunday May 20, 2007
Chris Wallace Spins For White House
On Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace gratuitously offered a falsehood to spin for White House, regarding its efforts to implement a "terrorist surveillance program" that the Justice Dept. said lacked any legal basis. Sen. Chuck Schumer said on Fox, in...
Thursday May 3, 2007
From CNN yesterday: It's called the Office of the Commander in Chief, set to be a shadowy entity created by Iraq's prime minister. Multiple U.S. military and intelligence sources say the office has the power to overrule other Iraqi government...
Sunday Apr 22, 2007
Some Republicans are pushing for Alberto Gonzales' resignation, in hopes of ending media attention on the Prosecutor Purge scandal. But on the Sunday shows, Democrats indicated that they would not consider a resignation a substitute for getting to the bottom...
Thursday Apr 5, 2007
For listeners of the Rachel Maddow Show that heard me today, my post about Bush's most recent recess appointments is actually over at Common Sense, where I blog on behalf of Campaign for America's Future....
Thursday Mar 29, 2007
Remember last week? Democrats were threatening to issue subpoenas of White House officials. But the White House had that killer response: Beware The Sinister Spectacle. Press Secretary Tony Snow offered these variations on the talking point: "Do you want to...
Monday Mar 26, 2007
Last week, the GOP talking point on the Prosecutor Purge was that Dem Sen. Chuck Schumer shouldn't be involved in the investigation because he also heads the 2008 Dem Senate campaign committee. But that talking point didn't stick. Mounting evidence...
Tuesday Mar 20, 2007
Dubya says he won't recognize congressional subpoenas of current and former White House staff directly involved in the Prosecutor Purge. When asked yesterday if he would "go to the mat" and "take this to court" if subpoenas were issued, he...
Sunday Mar 18, 2007
How eager are the Bushies to talk about anything but the Prosecutor Purge? They'd rather talk about the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq. Yesterday, they prevented Attorney General Alberto Gonzales from going on the Sunday shows (see post...
Sunday Mar 18, 2007
The full Sunday Talkshow Breakshow will be forthcoming as usual, but LiberalOasis wanted to flag this early. Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace said today: We asked Attorney General Gonzales to come on today, but the White House declined our invitation....
Tuesday Mar 13, 2007
White House Runs Scandal Script
Recognizing that its political purge of eight U.S. Attorneys was about to reach critical mass -- particularly because of the appearance that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales lied to Congress about it -- the White House is now running its script...
Saturday Feb 17, 2007
Ring of Fire, Today & Tomorrow
Unlike last weekend, this weekend (5 PM ET Saturday, 4 PM ET Sunday) I will actually be on Air America's Ring of Fire, discussing the continuing conservative campaign to cripple our civil service. Click here to listen online or find...
Monday Feb 5, 2007
Krugman, on Crippling Our Civil Service
Looks like LiberalOasis' five years of flogging that Heritage Foundation white paper, on how Bush should cripple our civil service finally paid off. After last week's HuffPo post on the subject, NY Times columinst Paul Krugman picked up the ball...
Tuesday Jan 30, 2007
Longtime LiberalOasis readers know I've been regularly noting how Dubya has been implementing the Heritage Foundation plan, laid out in Jan. 2001, to undermine our civil service by empowering political hacks. As Huffington Post readers are likely not as aware...
Wednesday Jul 12, 2006
White House Yet To Respect Court on Geneva
The headlines from the NY Times, W. Post and AP claim that in a "big shift" in policy, the Bush Administration will now give Gitmo detainees "protections under [the] Geneva Conventions." Of course, "White House to Follow Supreme Court Ruling,...
