This is why Bush hired a private attorney regarding the Plame case. I’ve said for a long time that this went to the top. He knew then, and it was discussed at the time, that Meirs could be forced to testify so going to her for legal advice would not protect him if he indeed committed a crime.

Thanks for the incisive summary.

Bush is so guilty of so many things. I have been having a hard time figuring out where all the loyalty to Bush comes from. My belief now that like the mob most of it comes from the fact that so many folks were witness to and accessories to crimes. They don’t speak for fear that they too, will end up under the bus.

And this administration has made it perfectly clear that the only behavior that will be rewarded is silence.

Probably should have been more specific re: my daughter’s paper- most cults are not actually religion-based, according to her basic argument. She postulates they primarily fall under the heading of “cults of personality.” Other premise she went into in detail was regarding cult members & what motivates their unwavering allegiance to flawed leaders.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..id=topnews

Is he part of the lets go get Iran team?

bob at 28 — What I got from yesterday’s SJC hearing with Sara Taylor was that the questions and areas of concern were designed to elicit her non-answers based on the assertion of privilege. This theoretically laid a foundation for a challenge of that privilege in court. They can’t challenge without standing to do so, and in order to secure the standing, there had to be some testimony wherein the privilege was improperly asserted. Tayor provided that ludicrous example yesterday with her dodge and weave.

So now, the negotiation will begin — and likely ultimately fail — with the WH on lifting the privilege, or the matter will have to be taken to the court’s for legal clarification and an order requiring testimony because the legal claim of privilege in this instance is incredibly weak when compared to the Congressional imperative on investigation.

I wish I could remember the dumb ass Congress critter who brought up (during the hearings yesterday) that the Democrats had had ‘this many’ oversight hearings “just within the first 100 days” when the Republicans had only very few in comparison. He was attempting to spin it to have it look as though the Dems were “nosy” or just looking to be looking ‘cuz they can.

It’s that infernal playing on people’s ignorance of civics and gov’t. The Democrats are protrayed as abusing their newfound power, but yet they do not speak to the abuse of power of the administration because they’re part-’n-parcel.

Pelosi 2007!

Gore/Obama 2008!

GeorgeSimian @ 160

From that msnbc thing about Bush’s press conference. This stood out. Guess he’ll be talking about Iraq.

Ah Chimpy doesn’t care about polls. It’s all about “gut feeling.” Plus he talks with G*d, or so he says.

Yeah, what happened to all that talk with God? Wasn’t it God who told him to invade Iraq? Was it God who forgot about post-war strategy? I guess Bush got cut off.

uhhhh, they didn’t vote because they weren’t there, kathleen.