Above the Law

[akarunway 1]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/19/AR2007071902625_pf.html

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[mnealtx 0]

93 fired in '93... ok then, ok now

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[Amazon 7]

There is a vast difference in replacing ALL the former administrations political appointees to replace them with your own....

And Replacing YOUR own political appointees because they are actually doing their jobs and investigating crimes...instead of being the political HACKS you expect them to be and only investigate what YOU want them to investigate. How dare they actually do their jobs and go after corrupt REPUBLICANS like Duke Conrad

[Kennedy 0]

So according to you, politically motivated firings are ok, but politically motivated firings are not ok, right?

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[lawrocket 3]

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So according to you, politically motivated firings are ok, but politically motivated firings are not ok, right?

It depends. Wholesale cleaning house between administrations is not really bad. THe problem with firing a few for politically motivated reasons - at a time down the road - is that it causes people to question everyone who comes in and everyone who is left. What did those people who didn't get canned do to keep their jobs? What about those people who came in?

Perception is just as important as fact in political matters. THe Administration shoud have known that.

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[billvon 3,120]

I think you're all missing the point here.

The administration can fire anyone in the adminstration they choose. That's not what's at issue here.

The administration cannot refuse to obey subpoenas issued by our legislature, and the claim that "executive privledge" makes the executive immune from any legal proceedings IS what's at issue here. Historically our legislature (made up of representatives elected from every state) have had the supreme power in our government in most arenas. That primacy is now being contested by an executive that thinks it should be immune to investigation.

Is that OK? If so, then it's OK for all administrations, forever. The next time a president orchestrates a break-in to the other party's campaign headquarters? Sorry, you can't ask us about that. Executive privledge. The next time a president does an intern in the oval office? Sorry, executive priviledge. No one will testify to anything about that, ever. And if you try to come after us? We'll refuse to even let you prosecute.

Is that really the precedent we want to set?

[akarunway 1]

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I think you're all missing the point here.

The administration can fire anyone in the adminstration they choose. That's not what's at issue here.

The administration cannot refuse to obey subpoenas issued by our legislature, and the claim that "executive privledge" makes the executive immune from any legal proceedings IS what's at issue here. Historically our legislature (made up of representatives elected from every state) have had the supreme power in our government in most arenas. That primacy is now being contested by an executive that thinks it should be immune to investigation.

Is that OK? If so, then it's OK for all administrations, forever. The next time a president orchestrates a break-in to the other party's campaign headquarters? Sorry, you can't ask us about that. Executive privledge. The next time a president does an intern in the oval office? Sorry, executive priviledge. No one will testify to anything about that, ever. And if you try to come after us? We'll refuse to even let you prosecute.

Is that really the precedent we want to set?

Yeah right. What say yeah about THIS>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/19/AR2007071902625_pf.html Motherfucker definitly thinks HE IS ABOVE THE LAW. We'll see how it plays out. Hope somebody has the balls to cut his off.

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.