******* OFFICIAL Senate Judiciary Comm. Hearing = Mukasey Attorney General Nomination ******

[L. Coyote]

LIVE now on C-Span 3 = starts soon

http://c-span.org/watch/cs_cspan3_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS3

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DU Discussion: WHO IS Michael B. Mukasey, Bush's nominee for United States Attorney General?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2044205

[malta blue]

1. eeew

I just turned it on and had to look at LIEberman....

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

3. Aack! Same here. Protester yelling something.

[Ian David]

14. C-SPAN should start a new channel just for the protesters. Because:

a) They're usually more interesting than the scheduled speakers
b) They're often more well-informed than the scheduled speakers
c) The reason they're protesting and "disrupting" stuff is because we no longer have a voice or a microphone-- so give us one!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

21. and they ask better questions than most of the senators.

what has HAPPENED to our congress?

[L. Coyote]

2. Leahy says torture will be a major issue.

[loudsue]

42. How 'bout criminal activity on the part of the US Atty's &

looking at what they're doing to Democrats....i.e., Siegelman?

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

4. K&R

[blogslut]

5. thank you

for the heads up. watching now. Notice the Mukasey is all chummy with Lieberman

[blogslut]

7. Leahy warning the demonstrators

I'm looking at you Code Pink. :)

[tridim]

29. In other words Leahy is telling his bosses to shut up.

I'm not bashing Leahy, just pointing out a fact.

GO CODE PINK!

[L. Coyote]

32. Leahy used the word "decorum" and properly so. I agree with his request.

Code Pink gets their point in quite well during the moment when decorum is not needed, before, after, and during the breaks.

[L. Coyote]

9. Lieberman and Mukasey are law school classmates

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

10. So that's why LIEberman sits next to him to hold his hand.

[L. Coyote]

27. And why he donated to Joe's campaign. He rarely has donated politically.

His buddy Rudy is the other recipient of his very minimal largess.

[in_cog_ni_to]

6. Leahy is lecturing the protesters right now.

[DemReadingDU]

8. Schedule indicates should also be on C-SPAN 2 tonight

oops, this is a replay for tonight at 10 pm!

http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/schedule.csp

[in_cog_ni_to]

11. The first panel is Schumer and Lieberman. UGH!

They are both recommending this guy to be confirmed. I'm anxious to hear what the guy has to say about what Gonzo has done to the DOJ and the behavior of DOJ employees in the U.S. attorney scandal, what he thinks about Habeas Corpus, TORTURE and the ILLEGAL NSA PROGRAM.

[blogslut]

12. kick

:)

[DemReadingDU]

13. kick up

need 1 more rec please

[WinkyDink]

15. Ahhhh. THIS explains Bush's pointless Presser at 10:45! Soooo predictable. Sad.

[MiniMe]

17. Its his nominee, unless he doesn't want people to know how Mukasey answers.

[WinkyDink]

18. You answered your question. Or, rather, Bush doesn't want people to hear the QUESTIONS.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

22. he was called "Schumer's" nominee by at least one bushbot.

I forget which one.

[WinkyDink]

16. "We don't torture." Right there, Mukasey brands himself as a liar, a torturer, and a toady.

[in_cog_ni_to]

20. He actually SAID THAT??? "We don't torture."

If he DID, he should never be confirmed because Abu Ghraib and Extraordinary Rendition admissions already proves that to be a freakin' LIE.

[L. Coyote]

26. I missed everything up till now. Unbelievable. We have the photos, Judge.

I guess what Bush says is more evidenciary than photographs!

[in_cog_ni_to]

19. delete..posted in wrong place

[blogslut]

23. Mukasey dodging Spector's question on Habeus Corpus

hmmm

[L. Coyote]

24. I lostmy internet connection. Had to move elsewhere. Most curious!

[LSK]

25. Im here with the popcorn for everyone

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[L. Coyote]

28. Hatch: Obscenity and porn atre the nation's highest priority? GEEEZ.

Might there be something more important to consider when considering a new AG in today's situation?

[blogslut]

31. Ahh yes, the obligatory porn question

I love Hatch's new catch phrase - mainstream obscenity.

Hello, Mr. Hatch. Remember Miller vs California? It's not obscenity until a jury of community members reaches that verdict. You sir, are not a community.

[L. Coyote]

34. Hatch had a copper mine size steam shovel searching deep for the lowest priorities

What a TOOL of Bushco! -- discussing anything except the things that are real concerns to rectification of Justice in America!

[druidity33]

30. did he say it's Congress' role to

help the President? And that everything is better when gov't moves in the "same direction"?



he agrees with Hatch too much...

[druidity33]

33. everyone

is already thanking him for accepting the position?

[LSK]

35. the problem with these nominations is that these guys lie

And get the nomination and break their promises and nothing happens.

It keeps on happening, no matter who is sent up there.

[cali]

45. The alternative is far grimmer. n/t

[druidity33]

65. huh?

what alternative?

:shrug:

[cali]

66. Leaving Peter Keisler as Acting AG

If you don't know much about Keisler, he's really, really bad news. Leahy and others are worried that he's got the shredders going 24/7.

[robinlynne]

36. Feinstein's attitude: you have already been approved. Would you please "take a look at"

the politicization of the DOJ? oh, how kind of you.

[L. Coyote]

38. Realism and intelligence. Admirable. And, pin him down as much as possible.

Given who is the Acting AG, we all know this is fast-tracked and the best that can be achieved, in a Bushco nominee, so get him on record. That is her tactic.

[robinlynne]

39. she got nothing on record. what did she get?

[L. Coyote]

40. He just did a 180 on his own Padilla ruling. I was surprised.

[cali]

43. So you'd rather leave Keisler in there

to destroy evidence and do god knows what else? Do you know anything about him?

[L. Coyote]

64. This is the Bush water torture applied to the Dems. Look at the alternative!

The NEW Acting Attorney General = Peter Keisler = Who is he? Just a Gonzales CLONE?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1839232

[L. Coyote]

37. Finally a real issue, habeas corpus and Presidential authority

Habeas corpus is a very important issue and this is a real question of Presidential authority.

[LSK]

41. did Schumer come up yet?

[LSK]

44. Grassly, Feingold, break for lunch

[LSK]

46. nevermind

Misunderstood the issue.

[robinlynne]

49. actually it's pretty important. government/outsourcing corruption. That's

all the war profiteers, for example.

[LSK]

51. n/m

[L. Coyote]

52. Indeed. It seems like they have a free pass under Bushco, if not co-conspiracy

to enrich good friends with no-bid billions!

This questions goes to the underlying corruption of the USG, the $$$$$$$$$$m issues!

[L. Coyote]

47. Grassly is GREAT on government fraud issues.

This is the only R I worry about as a possible candidate for Pres!

Excepting Colbert, of course :rofl:

[LSK]

48. the biggest FRAUD in history is the Iraq war

What does Grassly want to do to stop that?

[robinlynne]

50. Did anyone ask about enforcing congressional subpoenas?

[L. Coyote]

53. REPLAY 10 pm tonight on C-SPAN 2

[LSK]

55. Comcast took away my CSPAN2

:(

[L. Coyote]

57. friggin minions and co-conspirators

[LSK]

54. Russ Feingold is up now

You are more responsive than previous candidates.

[L. Coyote]

56. Sen. Feingold up. Let's get to a Bush crime right off. Illegal spying.

Can Bush authorize breaking the law? Right on question.

And, Mukasey is dodging the question.

[robinlynne]

58. and our new AG is just like our old AG. There is an area in between the FISA law and

the constitution where the president still has authority, unless it has been denied by the constitution.....
Feingold: There is no grey area.
changing subject now.

[in_cog_ni_to]

59. I don't think I trust this guy. He seems to be waffling on the NSA illegal wiretap

crap. He won't come right out and say the psycho has overreached on his authority. He doesn't know enough about the program? He was nominated in SEPTEMBER. He didn't brush-up on the NSA wiretapping program? Surely he knew he would be questioned about it. I think he read it, agrees with it and doesn't want to admit that he agrees with it OR he agrees with it, didn't read it, on purpose, so he could say, without lying, that he didn't read it and doesn't know enough about it to answer questions on it.

He's going to be confirmed and then we're going to find out how RW this guy really is. I don't trust him.

[robinlynne]

62. He is terrible. He is not to be trusted!

[L. Coyote]

60. Patriot Act. Are there legitimate concerns? NSLs abuses ignored by Mukasey.

"recreational hysteria" equated to Ashcroft's attitude.

Troubling disregard for the seriousness of the issue, per the Senator.

[robinlynne]

61. Go Russ Go!

[L. Coyote]

63. Committee in recess until 2:30. Someone else start the next thread then.

The sky is clearing here on the Pacific coast after a good rain--time to go salmon fishing and wild mushroom hunting.