Leverage
This past Wednesday, I posted:
Let it begin....
If Bush remains intransigent....then investigative power becomes more important; it gives the Dems leverage to force changes in Iraq policy, and it will allow them to neutralize Republican charges of "defeatism" and "not supporting the troops" by exposing the underbelly to an angry public and keeping the outrage factor on their side.From today's Boston Globe:
And while some Democratic leaders such as Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware warned this week that the party should not go overboard in pursuing investigations, interviews with House aides suggest that party leaders see the investigations as a key -- and in some ways the most important -- tool for exerting pressure on the administration regarding Iraq.Archimedes (adapted for 2006): "Give me a subpoena long enough and a hearing room to use, and I will move the administration."
"You can expect Democratic-led committees, in many cases in cooperation with the Republican leadership at the committee level, to have some vigorous oversight until there is some consensus on what to do on Iraq," said David Dumke , former legislative director for Representative John D. Dingell, a Michigan Democrat who is expected to head the Energy and Commerce Committee.
Let it begin....
posted by The Cunning Realist at Saturday, November 11, 2006
15 Comments:
if the right thing is not done by reps or dems, must have faith that the american people will do something about it...the elite would do well to remember the history of the american people...a people who know freedom without having that word made a slogan...they are not thieves and bullies and will only take so much thievery and bullying done in their names ...if the elite dont serve the people...have faith the american people will teach them too...even those of them in white houses throwing stones
JJ,
Then let it begin. If the wounded animal or beast does as you, or I, or many others I know think they might, they will show themselves for the failures and creeps they are. The more the American people know about this administration, the faster they'll turn on Bush and Co. with a vengenance.
The beast has been stung; muzzle slapped and snarling in frustrated rage. But it is not quelled and yet straddles the critical executive stream of power. Does anyone think the beast would hesitate to assign a few incompetent cronies to some essential intelligence-gathering listening posts and checkpoints? It would not do that before, as it has with so many other agencies, since defense from attack was its essential camouflage but what will the litany be when terrorists then infiltrate and attack a US target? That the Democrats "tied my hands? Trust me, I alone can protect you."
Do not underestimate the beast, it is a beast that thinks; forget that at your peril.
We need to remember that Dems assurances against impeachment doesn't in any way suggest that they won't investigate. Their most prudent move is to leave the impeachment to the public - demonstrate the depth that the administration has gone in Iraq and let the public vote a Dem into the White House in 2008.
Reason #2308 why that piece of wet toilet paper Joe Biden should never, and will never, be the Democratic presidential candidate.
As our host, CR, puts so eloquently: "Vigilance"
Now as much as ever.
dear cr was right about this coming too...its not written out out of 68th and park though...
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3602
found it in Peace's warrior's latest...
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=10007
almost feel a bit bad for the neocons...they will take nearly all the blame for iraq...they should have seen it coming though...
Along those sames lines..... hopefully this will get through.
Democrats Aim to Save Inquiry on Work in Iraq
JAMES GLANZ, DAVID JOHNSTON and THOM SHANKER
NYTimes November 12, 2006
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 — Congressional Democrats say they will press new legislation next week to restore the power of a federal agency in charge of ferreting out waste and corruption in Iraq and greatly increase its investigative reach.
The bills, the first of what are likely to be dozens of Democratic efforts to resurrect investigations of war profiteering and financial fraud in government contracting, could be introduced as early as Monday morning.
The move would nullify a Republican-backed provision, slipped into a huge military authorization bill, that set a termination date for the agency, the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. The agency’s findings have consistently undermined Bush administration claims of widespread success in the reconstruction of Iraq.
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http://www.conspiracypenpal.com/rants/listenup.htm
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