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Not So Sharpton

4.12.07 @ 12:01AM

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Nothing happened.

I would also recommend that any of President Bush's staff to exercise their fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination when called before any of the Congressional hearing/investigation. The questions that would be asked would be ambiguous and tricky, with the intent of getting a charge of perjury.

The gutlessness of the Republican response to all this is demoralizing .
-- Fred Edwards

This is where the Republicans are losing ground and credibility. It is also at least a part of the last election losses. When the leadership and the elected representatives are gutless, spineless wimps, the base repudiates them. Nobody likes a patsy. That is what we are sick of. Grabbing your ankles for the liberals and waffling when a firm defense is required only encourages more demands. I guess the GOP leadership has learned nothing since 2000 and wants its minority status sustained. As long as they are spineless wimps, that is what they will have
-- Glenn Strong

And this surprises you, why?? I am very afraid that most Republicans we put in office just do not have a backbone.
-- Elaine Kyle

An apropos label for the spineless, squishy bunch of doormats Republicans have become. Unfortunately, once Democrats smelled blood in the water their appetite for political carrion became insatiable. With a relentless passion, eerily similar to that of Islamic extremists, they continue to hammer away at any perceived vulnerability of the GOP. They will continue to do so until Republicans put a stop to it by exposing their prevarications and distortions for what they are. Republicans resist confronting San Fran Nan, Harry Reid and the rest of their band of miscreants who are busily sowing seeds of discord by inventing scandals where none exist. Why?

I've never seen anything so pathetic in my life. Political discourse in this day and age has degenerated into spats between a party of whiners with no agenda except a list of grievances and a party without enough backbone to defend itself against even the most scurrilous attacks. This battle pits the craven against the complainers with the latter winning almost by default. It is time to call the mess in Washington what it is -- a cesspool -- and prepare ourselves to do what we do at home when we need to dispose of crap. Flush it all down the toilet!
-- Rick Arand
Lee's Summit, Missouri

I can't believe the Prowler is just now noticing the "wimp factor" in Republican Congress members.

Like Rush Limbaugh said the other day when relating the story of a man who had a testicle removed because it was diagnosed as cancerous. As it turned out the surgeon removed the wrong one, and the operation had to be repeated, which, as Rush stated "qualified the guy to run as a Republican for Congress."
-- Jim Karr
Blue Springs, Missouri

I hate to say this, Mr. Prowler, sir, but this surely in not news. There is nothing "new" about it. I am burdened with a good memory, and a long lasting one. I remember when the GOP staffer was able to access the Dems' files on the Senate computer for the Judiciary Committee. The Republican chairman, Orrin Hatch, had a hissy fit. He notified Senator Leahy, he ordered the accessing of the files by GOP staffers to cease, he turned all the documents over to the Dems, and he fired the staffer that made this strategic breakthrough, even though the documents proved that the Dems were playing partisan politics with judicial confirmations.

The GOP never did get serious with the scandal involving the intercepting and publishing transcripts of the telephone conversation between Newt Gingrich and John Boehner (sic). Look at the way that Dennis Hastert and other GOP "Leaders" chastised the FBI for the seizure of the "cold cash" and documents in a Dem member's office.

How about how Bush forbid the prosecution of Clinton staffers that vandalized the White House. How about the way that Bush refused to order Gonzales to prosecute "Socks" Berger to the full extent of the law. Or the way that no news media, nor federal bureaucrats suffered from the publication of National Defense secrets.

The Dems have always taken politics seriously. The GOP refuses to do so. That is why the GOP is called the "Stupid Party."
-- Ken Shreve
New Hampshire

Now you see why the Republicans are in the minority and the crazies are in charge. NO BACKBONES.
-- Pete Chagnon

Ho-hum........What else is new?
-- Judy Beumler
Louisville, Kentucky

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