>I can't help wondering if given the history of this adminstration and Congress's failure to begin impeachment proceedings, that there must be something else going on behind the scenes that the public is not aware of. Congress just keeps going after small fry...

You said it yourself. Cheney is next in line.

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>>>Thing is, there's nothing stopping her from showing up with amnesia. It wouldn't
>>>be the first time someone did that.
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>>Agreed
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>>>This failure to show up is just plain sticking your nose up at Congress
>>>and she should be punished.
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>>Agreed - especially considering her postion as a public "servant"
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>>>It's time to draw the line and say enough is enough with Bush and Cheney.
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>>Agreed
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>>It's the "If you've got nothing to hide, why won't you talk" statement that frightens me, especially considering its historical context.
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>>>>>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."
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>>>>>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
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>>>>I've heard this statement before........oh yes, in the McCarthy era.
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>>>>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.