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Attorney General Gonzales resigns
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Free at last, free at last, good God almighty we're fre at last.
Well, maybe? We'll see, it is a step in the right direction. If we cannot believe that the highest law officer in the land believes in the rights enumerated in the constitution and the bill of rights then we no longer need his services.
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Originally posted by NudistMetalHead:
I have been on Cloud Nine ever since I heard about this.
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If you tremble indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine! We all warm our hands at fires others have built and drink from wells dug by those who came before us. We, each of us, have a moral obligation to keep those fires brightly burning and those wells flowing!
Originally posted by NudeTopher (christopher):
quote:Originally posted by NudistMetalHead:
I have been on Cloud Nine ever since I heard about this.
mostly on paper. I mean the dude's owned by Tel Aviv, and is more right wing than several Republican's We can't count on him for a damned thing as it is.
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Originally posted by NudeTopher (christopher):
quote:Originally posted by NudistMetalHead:
I have been on Cloud Nine ever since I heard about this.
When Jim Jeffords left the Republican party in 2001 to become an independent who caucused with the Democrats the Senate majority leadership switched from the Republicans to the Democrats. This was because at the beginning of the Congressional session the Senate was split exactly 50-50, and in organizing the Senate the Vice President does not have a vote (If he did, the leadership would have been decided by Al Gore, since the Congressional term and its organizing period begin BEFORE the inauguration of the new President and Vice President). In this case the two leaders - Daschel and Lott, agreed to split committee membership evenly but put Republicans in the Chairmanship - provided that the Chairmanships would change if intervening events put the other party in the majority - as it did. That agreement was dropped in the next two Senate classes when the Republicans took the majority, so they would remain in charge even if a dozen Rebublican Senators switched parties. And of course Reid and McConnell made no such agreement for the current session. So even if Lieberman is replaced with a Republican, Harry Reid remains the 'majority' leader, and the Democrats retain their committee chairmanships until January 2009.
So - Democrats remain in charge of the Senate, and the new Republican won't vote any worse than Lieberman already does. What's the worry? Hey, as far as I'm concerned the Republicans can have Ben Nelson too.
-Mark
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Diamond Member
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If you tremble indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine! We all warm our hands at fires others have built and drink from wells dug by those who came before us. We, each of us, have a moral obligation to keep those fires brightly burning and those wells flowing!
T'aint over yet, the last shoe is still to drop...
Josh Bolten & Harriet Miers: "Contempt of Congress" and Rove may not be far behind!
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