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Civil Liberties

dixiegrrrrl

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3. I have had doubts about Leahy since AttorneyGate and Gonzales.

Reply to Common Sense Party (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 20, 2012, 01:25 PM

Nov 2012

He talked tough, but did NO follow up on his threats to cite Rove for contempt of Congress ( failing to honor a Senate Comm. subpoena) and nothing really happened after all Leahy's smoke and mirrors investigating of Bush's Justice Dept
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The man is getting old and ready to retire. I would assume he is building his nest egg.

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1984 has finally arrived, folks [View all] WhoIsNumberNone Nov 2012 OP

Why in the world is a Democratic senator pushing for this? Common Sense Party Nov 2012 #1

I have had doubts about Leahy since AttorneyGate and Gonzales. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #3

don't worry, your transparency and freedom loving POTUS will veto this nt msongs Nov 2012 #4

Wonder if they will be able to access backups services like carbonite. Certainly would never use Purveyor Nov 2012 #2

Creepy timesamillion Dec 2012 #5

The only solution... Snagglepuss2 Jan 2013 #6

I dunno. I think step one is make sure we elect people that will not stand for this shit TheKentuckian Feb 2013 #7