mm it's more like saying that maybe Papa Doc had the right idea. But though I don't like your analogy -- or Cornyn's remarks -- I agree that this does not constitute a threat and saying so just makes the Democrats look whiny imho.
Dana On Apr 7, 2005 11:26 AM, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let's get the facts straight. > Tom Delay threats of retribution were due to that fact that the Judge > broke the law and disobeyed a direct congressional order. > The Judge actually broke many laws but that's what needs to be > investigated. Now if someone commits a crime and a DA threatens to > prosecute would you have a problem with it? > > As Cornyn's threat, he was asking if there was a connection, not > telling people to attack judges. That's like if someone says, "al > Qaeda doesn't like the way we live so they attacked us" then they > support al Qaeda. > > I get this strange feeling I'm going to be called names again :) > > > On Apr 7, 2005 7:54 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > Its not just the Shiavo issue. It seems that the neo-convervative is > > undertaking a very serious assault on the judiciary. Aside from Tom > > Delay's threats of retribution on the Federal judges who disagreed > > with him, there was also Sen. John Cornyn of Texas's threats to the > > judiciary as well > > (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26236-2005Apr4.html). > > > > I had always thought that the purpose of the 3 branches of the > > government was to serve as checks and balances to each other. It would > > seem that the Republican leadership has decided become unbalanced. > > They are beginning to sound like a bad imitation of the Sopranos. > > > > larry > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:153067 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
