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Thursday, January 24, 2008 12:00 AM

Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments

AT&T's personal senator boasts of feelings of "cockiness" as he battles on behalf of Dick Cheney, telecoms and GOP senators.

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Friday, January 25, 2008 03:02 PM

Senator Dodd Expresses His Appreciation to Us All

You all might enjoy reading this section of Senator Dodd's words from the floor of the Senate today:

We saw how President Bush responded when he was exposed. Not by apologizing. Not even by making his best case before our courts. But by asking for a Congressional cover-up: retroactive immunity.

He asked us to do it on trust. There are classified documents, he says, that prove his case beyond a shadow of a doubt. But we’re not allowed to see them! I’ve served in this body for 27 years, and I’m not allowed to see them! Neither are a majority of my colleagues.

And when we resist his urge to be a law unto himself, how does he respond? With fear. When we question him, he says, we are failing “to keep the American people safe.”

Shame on him. Shame on his scare tactics.

I’ve promised to fight those scare tactics with all the power any one senator can muster. And I’m here today to keep that promise.

For several months now, I’ve listened to the building frustration over this immunity and this administration’s campaign of lawlessness. I’ve seen it in person, in mail, online—the passion and eloquence of citizens who are just fed up. They’ve inspired me more than they know.--Senator Dodd

http://dodd.senate.gov/index.php?q=node/4226

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