>Harriet Miers blew off Congress today
>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19725003/
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>The House is no considering contempt charges.
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I think she should testify. I think contempt charges are probably reasonable - except that almost all people I know already hold Congress in contempt and they would need to jail the entire country. If nothing else, she should show up and do the "executive privlege" equivalent of "pleading the fifth."



>If there's nothing to hide, then why not testify?
>Seems to me it only makes you look guilty to not testify.
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On the other hand

I've heard this statement before........oh yes, in the McCarthy era.

No, I'm not accusing you of being a McCarthyite and the situations are not equivalent........but as a generalized statement this is pretty scary.