Rove and Miers WILL NOT be sworn in...last 8 years are swept under the rug...

[cynatnite]

I admit I'm a little behind the times and I didn't read the details of the deal in getting Rover and Miers to testify. I knew it would be behind closed doors. No surprise there. I did hear on the news they would be under oath...uh, not so fast...

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According to a deal they agreed to, Rove and Miers will not have to be sworn in, but because they are providing information to a congressional committee, they could be subject to perjury charges if they lie. The interviews will be conducted in private sessions and transcripts will be made public only after all witnesses have been questioned, in order to avoid inappropriate coordination of testimony. And the committee has agreed not to ask Rove and Miers about direct communications with President Bush.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2009/03/rove_and_miers_under_oath_fina.html

This basically means nobody will be under oath...again...and that anything they talked about with bush won't be a part of the discussion. So if bush told Rover and Miers to fire those "unpatriotic" lawyers or to go waterboard somebody...it won't be a part of the record. bush doesn't get held responsible for jack shit.

Rover and Miers will go back to their nice comfortable lives. All the criminal activities over the last 8 years are forgotten.

[Vickers]

1. "Rove and Miers will not have to be sworn in"

WHAT THE FUCK???

[librechik]

4. look--they don't ever have to do that, because it's assumed that one tells the truth to Congress.

and they still get prosecuted for perjury, even though they didn't mouth the oath. If the prosecutor can prove perjury.

It's the other thing, the one remaining area of privilege which is going to screw us. But getting that lifted was never in the cards anyway. So there is nothing new or amazing in this set of facts.

We've been screwed all along, just because we are powerless plebes, and the aristos run everything for their own benefit. When is that going to change?

NEVER

[annabanana]

5. (not required.. it's against the law to lie to Congress). . n/t

[indepat]

12. And they sure as hell ain't gonna start breaking the law at this stage of their lives:

yeah, right! :P

[omega minimo]

2. Strategery sucks

[SammyWinstonJack]

16. It didn't suck for the bu$h MalAdministration.

They were actually pretty good at strategery. x(

[omega minimo]

19. it sucks that too many strategerists refused to impeach them at the time

:evilfrown:

[SammyWinstonJack]

20. !

:thumbsup:

[GoesTo11]

3. in private

so there won't be any tv coverage.

very nice.

[annabanana]

6. Their testimony WILL be transcribed... I suspect that the

"secret" part will not last forever.. .or even very long.

[GoesTo11]

9. transcribed, but no video, so it will just make page 19.

it won't be secret, but it will be dumped. compare that to 5 seconds of Jeremiah Wright captured on video.

[annabanana]

11. Oh the highlights will get around. . . . n/t

[BlueJac]

7. Deal cutting is wrong!!!

The American people have been fucked, over and over again!!


I am so tried of these gutless Dems. Send us our bailout checks you asses, get the money back from the criminals!!

[SammyWinstonJack]

17. !

:thumbsup:

[G_j]

8. why should any special deal be made??

If they don't cooperate, arrest them.
That is what happens to other American citizens.

[midnight]

10. True. So why are people who work for the law not living by it.

[msongs]

13. Ask Mr. obama, he is not interested in the past nt

[GeorgeGist]

14. The Audacity of Hope ...

Audacity
noun, plural -ties.
1. boldness or daring, esp. with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.
2. effrontery or insolence; shameless boldness: His questioner's audacity shocked the lecturer.
3. Usually, audacities. audacious acts or statements.

Hope
noun
1. the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best: to give up hope.
2. a particular instance of this feeling: the hope of winning.
3. grounds for this feeling in a particular instance: There is little or no hope of his recovery.
4. a person or thing in which expectations are centered: The medicine was her last hope.
5. something that is hoped for: Her forgiveness is my constant hope.

[Stinky The Clown]

15. You have to think three chess moves ahead ......

..... or whatever the excuse du jour is.

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. .

:evilgrin: