Siegelman challenges Pelosi and Congress
In anticipation of Nancy Pelosi attending Netroots Nation and taking questions, I asked the Governor what he'd like to ask of the Speaker:
Seder – Not to put too fine a point on it, but tomorrow Nancy Pelosi will be here answering questions that have been submitted already. There may be some questions from the audience – if there was a question you'd like posed to Nancy Pelosi about this specific situation – a question or almost a question, what would it be?
Siegelman – Everybody here knows what it would be. If the House Judiciary does what we believe it will and should do, which is to support a motion for contempt citation. When that hits the Speaker's desk we want that pushed before Congress - the full House - we want a vote on it as quickly as possible. It's something that's important to our Democracy and it's important to this country. I think time is of the essence so we would want a quick response to a favorable motion to hold Karl Rove in contempt.
To help encourage the Speaker to hold Rove and the Bush administration accountable, Siegelman also announced the launching of a new website, ContemptforRove.com
Commenting on the implications of case, the Governor went on to say:
"if we want our rights to protect us, we've got to protect our rights."
An important sentiment, if the chief law enforcement agency of our government is using it's powers to punish those that stand in the way of their taking even more power are any of us really safe?
Watch the full interview here.
picture courtesy of Lindsay Beyrestein
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watched it, loved it
Fantastic Fantastic Fantastic interview
loved the "unplugged style" somewhat
reminiscent of the 1960's
stylings of David Frost or Dick Cavett
Seder you ROCK!
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By impeachw2July 18, 2008 - 7:49pmvideographer
obviously knows their stuff
focused on Siegelman at
appropriate times and then back
to a wide shot at again appropriate times
Kudos to camera person/videographer
for a job well done!
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By impeachw2July 18, 2008 - 7:54pmExcellent point Sam, sincerely. But, I'm gonna bitch for a sec
I've got a crush on Anderson Cooper ... 60min SCHMUCK!!!!!!!!
CNN mentioned the Keating 5 tonight (FRIDAY CYA ya think), that was hard segued into a battle between the Cindy and Mitchell. WTF!!!!!!
They've got 24 hours of airtime to burn, but choose to burry the defining story about McBush's campaign FELONY offense that he was given special treatment over because, what? He lost a million dollar aircraft, broke his arm while ejecting and sat out the Vietnam "POLICE ACTION" in the Hanoi Hilton by choice? WHAT?!!!!!! Oh, he's a HERO, RIGHT? WTF!!! (You know Bush 41 killed his whole crew when he ditched his plane in the war. Then comfortably sat the rest of it out too. FUCKEN BRILLIANT!!!)
CNN IS IN THE GOP's POCKET (via CFR mgmt), and to keep from being called out for being biased, can tout being FAIR and BALANCED as long as they show the balanced part when NOBODY'S WATCHING, ONCE!!!
What a country.
PS:
This is irrlevant too, right?
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By SingSingJuly 19, 2008 - 1:20amThe Keating Five
Question? Who where the other 4 members of The Keating Five?
Answer! All DEMONcrats.
Just being Fair and Balanced.
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By AuburnDonJuly 19, 2008 - 1:28amSiegelman was convicted by a jury
of his peers.
Take it like a man or whatever.
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By its_so_overJuly 19, 2008 - 10:59amYou think this is a joke.
You think this is a fucking game.
You think after 230 years of three co-equal branches of government, an imperial presidency... KING GEORGE, is a GOOD idea...
You think turning our justice department INTO A FUCKING GOON SQUAD IS A GOOD IDEA.
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Cool... I'm OK with that.
I can't wait to see what President Obama does with his imperial Powers.
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By A GJuly 19, 2008 - 4:28pmObama
will just sign all the tax increases that the democrat congress hands him. Dont you just love high taxes??
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By moneyosJuly 19, 2008 - 11:27pmBush is the one who
Bush is the one who increased taxes. He just put off us having to pay until he's out of office. You can't spend on credit and not pay.
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." Dwight Eisenhower
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By MichtouJuly 19, 2008 - 11:38pmI thought he gave me a tax cut.
Boy, you libs are backward. I suppose the gas tax holiday the dems wont be giving us is a tax cut too....Why is raising taxes always the answer from the left?
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By moneyosJuly 19, 2008 - 11:41pmI hopeyou don't run your
I hopeyou don't run your budget the way Republicans run theirs--borrow and spend, borrow and spend, borrow and spend. Then the grownups have to step in and pay off all that debt.
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." Dwight Eisenhower
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By MichtouJuly 19, 2008 - 11:54pmBy MichtouJuly 20, 2008 - 12:54am
Did you see that this quarter aloe there were 15,000 business bankruptcies?
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By f u bush2July 20, 2008 - 12:00amyeah but
how many didn't fail? The Dow is still over 11000. Compare this to the 1900 during the Carter presidency. The economy isn't as bad as you make it out to be.
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By moneyosJuly 20, 2008 - 12:04amBy moneyosJuly 20, 2008 - 1:04am
On the topic of 15,000 business bankruptcies in this last QUARTER alone the right winger wrote:
LMAO!!!
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By f u bush2July 20, 2008 - 12:07amSorry
I was being optimistic. I'll try to be more angry and negative.
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By moneyosJuly 20, 2008 - 12:09amIs that possible?
You ARE a RepubliCANT, after all.
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. ~~~John Kenneth Galbraith
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By nonexistent manJuly 20, 2008 - 12:11amLets see....
In order to reduce the cost of fuel at the pump we have to raise the tax on fuel or the companies that provide us with fuel. Does this work for food too?
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By moneyosJuly 19, 2008 - 11:52pmBy MichtouJuly 20, 2008 - 12:38am
The economy hasn't been this bad since the year before Bush Sr. left office.
The republicans are horrible with the economy.
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By f u bush2July 19, 2008 - 11:53pmYeah!
Get rid of those pesty tax cuts....
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By moneyosJuly 19, 2008 - 11:59pmHow about we get rid of that pesky occupation instead?
It'll save a LOT more money...not to mention lives.
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. ~~~John Kenneth Galbraith
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By nonexistent manJuly 20, 2008 - 12:10amWhat
What occupation??
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By moneyosJuly 20, 2008 - 12:20amIt's not an occupation
Think of it as a sleepover where we kill the enemy.
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By moneyosJuly 20, 2008 - 12:27amYou forgot to change sockpuppets again
Thanks for proving the equality...g0p = l0s3r!
Go back to bed.
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. ~~~John Kenneth Galbraith
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By nonexistent manJuly 20, 2008 - 4:50amIf you really want to save money
get rid of some of the bloated social programs, ie; Dept. of Education, Dept. of Labor, Dept. of Commerce. These things can all happen without the federal government running them. These three departments cost more than the war. Also, use social security for what is was designed for, helping the retirees. Stop giving it to illegal aliens and drug addicts. And let me invest my share. The govt. has it all screwed up....
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By moneyosJuly 20, 2008 - 12:35amBut if you get rid of the Department of Education...
...how will you RepubliCANTs ensure proper indoctrination of the masses?
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. ~~~John Kenneth Galbraith
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By nonexistent manJuly 20, 2008 - 4:51amThe Keating Five
{ 2) ALAN CRANSTON DEMONcat CALF>
Fair AND Balance
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By AuburnDonJuly 19, 2008 - 11:08amAlan Cranston died 8 years
Alan Cranston died 8 years ago.
He's a DemonCAT???
It's not fair and "balance." Golly, if you're going to regurgitate a propaganda phrase, at least get it right, will ya?
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." Dwight Eisenhower
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By MichtouJuly 19, 2008 - 5:25pmObama visits Afghanistan to tour war zone
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080719/ap_on_el_pr/obama_afghanistan
grab a gun - pussy
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By its_so_overJuly 19, 2008 - 12:00pmBy its_so_overJuly 19, 2008 - 1:00pm
Look the chicken hawk is talking to himself.
Poor troll. Loves war but he's too much of a coward to fight.
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By f u bush2July 19, 2008 - 1:48pmit's_so_over_for_McCain.
Do you suppose Obama will buy a $5 rug while HIDING behind crack-troops, helicopter gun-ships, and sharp-shooters... AND THEN LIE TO US??!!
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By A GJuly 19, 2008 - 3:59pmPUSSY??
You wanna talk about a gut-less PUSSY??
John McLAME has bent over and taken it up the ass from every CONTARDED RIGHT-WING PENIS in America....
HAVE YOU SEEN THE LIST OF McCAIN FLIP-FLOPS??!!
YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT A FUCKING PUSSY WHO FOLDS UP, LIKE LAWN FURNITURE, AT THE SLIGHTEST BREEZE FROM RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS????
FUCK YOU!
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By A GJuly 19, 2008 - 4:16pmI'm so glad Maliki and Obama agree
Troops out in 16 months.
Now Bush is trying to copy the plan while childishly pretending not to.
The Iraqis, Afghanis and Americans have one thing in common. We'll all be better off when Obama is president.
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By f u bush2July 19, 2008 - 1:50pmGreat job Sam!
Looking forward to more interviews in the future.
When you return to radio do you plan to have interviews like this play a larger role in your show's format?
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By f u bush2July 19, 2008 - 1:54pmThe Keating Five
( 3)Dennis DeConcini DeMONCat Arizona
Just being Fair and Balanced
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By AuburnDonJuly 19, 2008 - 3:10pmBy AuburnDonJuly 19, 2008 - 4:10pm
You going somewhere with this or are you just running laps?
The keating 5 - 4 democrats and John McCain.
Party affiliation doesn't hold much water here. We are not sycophants like you right wing losers.
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By f u bush2July 19, 2008 - 3:15pmThe Keating Five
(4
Donald Riegle DEMONcrat Michican
Fair and Balanced f u
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By AuburnDonJuly 19, 2008 - 5:05pmBy AuburnDonJuly 19, 2008 - 6:05pm
Thank you for listing the keating 5.
The first four anyway.
Now tell us #5.
Be fair and balanced.
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By f u bush2July 19, 2008 - 8:43pma great idea for Seder
As I said in previous post this interview reminded me of a David Frost Dick Cavett type
of interview, I would love to see a show like this on say once a week on like MSNBC or
any other TV network that is highly visible.
There is nothing out there quite like it and it would appeal to a wide range of viewers.
I supppose Charlie Rose might be in the league but not quite, CR is kind of ADHD; interrupting constantly, finishing peoples thoughts and sentences, very annoying actually. I can barely watch his show. No, this Sam Seder interview technique is much different, I guess I'm so used to the hyped up extra shot latte drinking hosts that when you see someone who is down to earth highly intelligent, relaxed, courteous to his guest, obviously well read and researched its so refreshing. Makes me say give this guy a show not just on radio on TV
And to Sam I say you oughtta hire a camera person and start doing interviews like this on your
own and then make the networks come to you. I think even BBC might be interested depending on the guests.
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By impeachw2July 19, 2008 - 9:02pmBy impeachw2July 19, 2008 - 10:02pm
Sam needs to be on 5 days a week if it's radio.
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By f u bush2July 19, 2008 - 11:56pmAuburnDon (hatey) isn't being fair and balanced
He started listing the keating 5 but he stopped at 4.
I wonder why he won't list number 5?
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By f u bush2July 19, 2008 - 9:07pmI'm still waiting for AuburnDon to finish his list
He said he was listing the Keating 5.
He was doing it one post at a time.
He only got to #4. When will he finish his list? I thought he was being fair and balanced.
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By f u bush2July 19, 2008 - 11:52pmRepublicans always run up debt
Bush outdid Reagan on running up debt.
We cannot afford trillions more in debt. That is exactly what McCain would give us.
The people get it. Obama is polling way ahead of McCain on the economy. We can't afford another republican. We would end up in another depression.
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By f u bush2July 20, 2008 - 12:03amBill Clinton proved it.
A strong dollar is good for the economy.
Why do republicans hate the economy?
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By f u bush2July 20, 2008 - 12:04am"MONEY-OS"... The breakfast cereal of total economic collapse.
Hey, Shithead!
I think you're better off peddling your bullshit to dim-witted Contards on some right-wing kook site... Nobody's buying into it here.
Anybody with two brain-cells to rub together can see that your only agenda is to protect the vast wealth YOU HAVE STOLEN from the very middle-class, blue collar, red-state workers you have exploited AND NOW EXPECT TO PERPETUATE YOUR POWER...
Good luck with that, asshole.
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1) McCain is a mega-wealthy child of privilege... JUST LIKE BUSH.
2) McCain is a dim-witted moron (BOTTOM 1/2 OF 1 PERCENT OF HIS CLASS! - HE'S A FUCKING IDIOT!) ...JUST LIKE BUSH... (no shit - in a room of 200 hundred people... he's the dunce.)
3) McCain's top economic advisor (Phil Gramm) IS THE PRIMARY ARCHITECT OF THE MORTGAGE MELTDOWN NOW BANKRUPTING OUR NATION!... WHO SAYS WE ARE A NATION OF WHINERS!!...
That ain't the half of it.
kEEP WASTING YOUR TIME MONEY-OS... No amount of lies, divisiveness, or fear-mongering will make that FLIP-FLOPPING, PANDERING, LYING SACK OF SHIT McCAIN PRESIDENT.
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btw... why hasn't McLame addressed THESE two IMPORTANT ISSUES??:
1) WHO CAUSED THE USS FORESTAL CONFLAGRATION THAT KILLED 156 BRAVE SAILORS??
2) HOW STUPID DO YOU HAVE TO BE TO GRADUATE 894 OUT OF A CLASS OF 895 ??
3) WHY IS IT THAT ALMOST EVERY OTHER NAVAL AVIATOR IN VIETNAM WAS ABLE TO EASILY EVADE THE TOTALLY LAME-ASS SOVIET "SAM MISSLES"... EVERYBODY BUT McLAME.
... AND YOU ASSHOLES WANT TO MAKE THIS CLOWN PRESIDENT??... AFTER THE MOST DISASTEROUS EIGHT YEARS IN AMERICAN HISTORY UNDER BUSH??!!
YOU ARE INSANE!
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...did i mention McCain's 180 degree flip-flops on DOZENS of issues, SELLING HIS SOUL TO HIS CORPORATE SLAVEMASTERS AND CHRISTIAN-KOOK, AMERICAN-TALIBANI?
...did i mention McCain's horrendous treatment of THE FIRST OF HIS MULTIPLE WIVES? (Barack Obama has had only ONE wife)... as Christian doctorine demands... unlike Muslims that allow multiple wives like McCain has chosen to have.
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By A GJuly 21, 2008 - 1:52pmWhile you're asking him questions he doesn't want to answer
...ask him why Gramm just resigned from his spot as campaign co-chair.
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. ~~~John Kenneth Galbraith
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By nonexistent manJuly 21, 2008 - 3:20pm