Secretary of State in Contempt of Congress

[Ecofarm]

"Go Cheney yourself". It is appropriate that profane little statements are loved by the lefties.


I'm gonna go take a Hillary.

 

[Phlegmak]

You're calling me a lefty? Priceless.

 

[mrt144]

The article says that past presidential administrations have refused these sorts of things, citing executive privilege. Does anyone know any examples of this? Does that, in fact, fall under executive privilege?

theres refusing on occasion, and then doing it as your first option, all the time.

 

[Erik Mesoy]

"Go Cheney yourself". It is appropriate that profane little statements are loved by the lefties.

I'm gonna go take a Hillary.

I believe the sarcastic rejoinder to this, assuming the truth of your statement arguendo without actually agreeing with it, is that it is appropriate that the conservatives want to dictate behavior patterns of people they disagree with.

 

[Ecofarm]

I believe the sarcastic rejoinder to this, assuming the truth of your statement arguendo without actually agreeing with it, is that it is appropriate that the conservatives want to dictate behavior patterns of people they disagree with.

I do not speak for "conservatives", but, in general I would say that they do not dictate the behaviour of those they disagree with, we mock them. Rush was very good at this when he was on the OCs, but (like Howard) has deteriorated in recent years.

 

[mrt144]

I do not speak for "conservatives", but, in general I would say that they do not dictate the behaviour of those they disagree with, we mock them. Rush was very good at this when he was on the OCs, but (like Howard) has deteriorated in recent years.

Conservatives are more realistic, and optimistic, but are less inclined to evaluate the consequences of their actions if it achieved what they wanted.

Liberals are more idealistic, less optimistic, but are more inclined to evaluate the consequences of their actions if it achieved what they wanted.

Liberals simply havent had the opportunity to execute much of what they want to do because it isnt founded in realism.

 

[BasketCase]

I believe the sarcastic rejoinder to this, assuming the truth of your statement arguendo without actually agreeing with it, is that it is appropriate that the conservatives want to dictate behavior patterns of people they disagree with.

More accurately: everybody does. When some conservative wing nut like myself voices a pro-invasion-of-Iraq position, for example, the results are the same every time: people say stuff like "that doesn't make any sense" and "BasketCase, you're an idiot" and "why can't you see it MY way??" and the like.

Whenever somebody voices an opinion that doesn't square with our own, we all tend to react the same way: we think they have a loose bolt. I mean, hell, if they don't think the same way you do, they MUST have something wrong with them......

Well, no. Intelligent people will not necessarily think the same way.

 

[jameson]

"Go Cheney yourself". It is appropriate that profane little statements are loved by the lefties.

I'm gonna go take a Hillary.

Actually, the origin of that phrase is the Vice-President himself saying it on the Senate Floor to Senator Leahy. So if the VP can use it from the loftiness of his position, why not any old off-topic poster ? If you still mind though, be sure to condemn Vice-President Cheney for debasing the tone of the conversation while you're at it.