That’s what I’m getting from all these Rovebot toadies: Their behavior is INSULTING. Deliberately. This is the Bush Junta’s opinion of our democracy. I’ve felt this for a long while, that the Cabal who put Bush in the White House was deliberately insulting the American people. Bush is their Ugly Doll to tell us what they think of us. And all these spawn of his–Gonzo, Schlozman, Goodling et al–keep reinforcing that sneering contempt for us and for every ideal of fairness and justice that we hold.

C-Span has also been insulting in its choice of commentators–for instance, today, Fred Thompson. I remember–it is seered into my memory–their trotting out Andy Young and two black women’s rights activists, one on each arm, in the Senate corridor during the Gonzo and Rice confirmation hearings, and their echoing what Orrin Hatch was saying in the chamber, that Democrats were racist for opposing these nominations. I could barely believe my eyes and ears–Andy Young had sunk so low. C-Span has a knack for strategic placment of fascist and fascist toady counterpoint.

1oldlady @ 8

who is hanss?

From my scandals list:

Hans von Spakovsky, a Republican volunteer in the Florida recount, was Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ’s Civil Rights division where he signed off on Tom Delay’s 2003 Texas redistricting plan and a 2005 Georgia voter ID law overruling staff recommendations that they were discriminatory. Both were struck down in the courts. In the Georgia case, a federal appeals judge compared the ID system to Jim Crow poll taxes. Spakovsky went on to be a Commissioner at the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) in a January 6, 2006 recess appointment.

Look here.

fred thompsom is scaring me.

he’s doing a great job recruiting for the D party.

battle of civilization vs evil
congress debating a surrender date
death tax
social security running out of money

And I’ll bet he has a “secret plan” for “peace with honor” in V…..Iraq.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 215

I fault Fitz for not calling Karl and Dick to testify in the Libby trial.

but Fitzgerald brought a case about lying to a the FBI and Grand Jury – that doesn’t have anything to do with the leak or Rove.

Somebody leaked. And that is a crime. You might have been able to bring about charges as to originator and director of ‘the’ leak if you had had Rove and Cheney on the stand. I just do not buy the business about Cheney and Rove not testifying. And it would have been wonderful to see and hear these guys contradicting each other. I hardly think justice was completely served in the Cheney trial. Not by a long shot.

Did you discuss Heffelfinger with Goodling? NO
Sampson – No

I didn’t discuss him with anyone.

Joe Rich sez you did, dickweed.

I want to see Rich testify before Congress, too.

oh,oh — i just realized, Bradley sounds just like Mo Rocca!!

At first I thought they were questioning Scholzman and a woman from DOJ until the camera cut to him and I realized that voice was coming outta him!
He sounds like Neil Sedaka on helium.

He’s being called Alvin in these parts. Chipmunk. Can’t remember who to credit.