tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10933380.post113924697107161724..comments2023-12-22T11:29:52.149-05:00Comments on Multi Medium: OathinessElihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044541756968514349noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10933380.post-1139413055328538962006-02-08T10:37:00.000-05:002006-02-08T10:37:00.000-05:00I love this photo from the hearings (taken by a Ch...I love this photo from the hearings (taken by a Christian Science Monitor reporter) Leahy looks physically ill!<BR/><BR/>http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0208/csmimg/p1b.jpgFran / Blue Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293627981248346055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10933380.post-1139334215820223012006-02-07T12:43:00.000-05:002006-02-07T12:43:00.000-05:00Doesn't matter if it looks bad... if no-one's look...<I>Doesn't matter if it looks bad... if no-one's looking.</I><BR/><BR/>And if our stalwart defenders of free speech don't bother telling anybody about it.floryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667793826240155587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10933380.post-1139294524247758802006-02-07T01:42:00.000-05:002006-02-07T01:42:00.000-05:00Doesn't matter if it looks bad... if no-one's look...Doesn't matter if it looks bad... if no-one's looking.Elihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16044541756968514349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10933380.post-1139294221236345552006-02-07T01:37:00.000-05:002006-02-07T01:37:00.000-05:00I'm baffled by the tactic.I understand that they w...I'm baffled by the tactic.<BR/><BR/>I understand that they wouldn't want him under oath, but jeez, it fucking looks terrible.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I don't get it.<BR/><BR/>And the idea that a sitting attorney general would appear before congress and not be sworn in is just flabbergasting.four legs goodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10293964507849370102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10933380.post-1139289169882555992006-02-07T00:12:00.000-05:002006-02-07T00:12:00.000-05:00We absolutely should be following their precedents...We absolutely should be following their precedents. After all, it was lying under oath that finally got the Clenis. So no Dem ever takes an oath again.floryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667793826240155587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10933380.post-1139287917264905722006-02-06T23:51:00.000-05:002006-02-06T23:51:00.000-05:00That could work. What's disturbing is that it loo...That could work. What's disturbing is that it looks like they assume lying is a given, and they want to make sure it doesn't have major criminal implications.<BR/><BR/>Dems should be calling them on it every time they do this: "What do the Republicans have to hide?"Elihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16044541756968514349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10933380.post-1139287101102222722006-02-06T23:38:00.000-05:002006-02-06T23:38:00.000-05:00Hey Eli--I posted this in the other barroom, but, ...Hey Eli--I posted this in the other barroom, but, I think the reason is that lying to congress is just fine with these folks, but if you lie to god, well, that wouldn't sit well with the constituency...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10933380.post-1139272386786370822006-02-06T19:33:00.000-05:002006-02-06T19:33:00.000-05:00Do we really *want* them to follow those kinds of ...Do we really *want* them to follow those kinds of precedents? Or presidents?Elihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16044541756968514349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10933380.post-1139259197011220472006-02-06T15:53:00.000-05:002006-02-06T15:53:00.000-05:00Jeebus. The precedents these guys are setting.But ...Jeebus. The precedents these guys are setting.<BR/><BR/>But will the Dems have the stones to follow the precedents when they're back in charge? That is the question.floryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667793826240155587noreply@blogger.com