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June 22, 2012

CNN's Expert on Separation of Powers & Executive Privilege Engages In Furious Debate
— Ace

He now says no US Attorney should take the contempt charge to a grand jury.

Guess what he said when Harriet Miers was found in contempt of Congress?

e contempt statute refers such matters to Â“the appropriate U.S. attorney, whose duty it shall be to bring the matter before the grand jury for its action.Â”
It is Â“unambiguous,Â” said Peter Shane, an Ohio State law professor who is an expert in executive privilege.

One thing he's definitely an expert in is donating to Democratic candidates and Moveon.org.

(Actually there are pages of donations -- it definitely is not just those five -- but I can't seem to get Open Secrets to cough them up now. If that link doesn't work, try punching in SHANE, PETER of Ohio into OpenSecrets.org.) [Update - Andy: I updated the search link and think I got the bigger list Ace was looking for, image below the fold]

Which is something CNN failed to note when introducing him/bio'ing him. How about calling him what he is, a strong Democratic supporter?

There is no point in noting it for the millionth time, but Republicans and conservatives are identified as such, while MoveOn.org members are called merely "experts."

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Posted by: Ace at 04:57 PM | Comments (67)
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1 How about calling him what he is, a strong Democratic supporter?[-i]

Sounds like the dude is a jockstrap for Choomer and his buds....

Posted by: M at June 22, 2012 05:00 PM (Jls4P)

2 Leftest reporters and law professors will lie to advance a cause? The deuce you say!

Posted by: Thunderb at June 22, 2012 05:00 PM (Dnbau)

3 Off you damn sock!!!

Posted by: Mjölnir the banhammer at June 22, 2012 05:01 PM (Jls4P)

4 oh, the surprise!. the astonishment! The media are full of sh*t and biased !!

another dog bites man story

Posted by: the nose knows what's what at June 22, 2012 05:03 PM (Dll6b)

5 Nothing that happened before 4PM this afternoon matters.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2012 05:03 PM (WEHb4)

6 I'd have no problem with CNN's bias only if they'd be honest about it.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 22, 2012 05:04 PM (famk3)

7 That Harriet Myers thing is still an open case.

Posted by: Vic at June 22, 2012 05:05 PM (YdQQY)

Ohio State has a law professor with no credibility, unambiguously.

Posted by: MostlyRight at June 22, 2012 05:05 PM (ZG8Ti)

9 How about calling him what he is, a lying fuckweasel.

Posted by: Vic at June 22, 2012 05:06 PM (YdQQY)

10 Our people have to be more aggressive and subvert the intent of the MFM reporters by asking pointed questions about the provenance of the left's "experts", challenging their data, and refusing to take obvious bait by sticking to the issues, like Constitutionality, the economy, and voter fraud.

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 22, 2012 05:07 PM (i3+c5)

11 How about calling him what he is, a lying fuckweasel.

Vic...damn.

He is a lying, hypocritical fuckweasel.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2012 05:08 PM (uluoH)

12 I'd have no problem with CNN's bias only if they'd be honest about it.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 22, 2012 09:04 PM (famk3)

If they were honest about it, they wouldn't be biased, but rather forthright. As it is they are lying biased jackweasels!

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 22, 2012 05:08 PM (i3+c5)

13 There isn't a mikvah deep or dirty enough...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 22, 2012 05:08 PM (MCDCp)

14 Doublethink.

Posted by: huerfano at June 22, 2012 05:09 PM (bAGA/)

15 He can blow me where the pampers is.

Posted by: teh Wind at June 22, 2012 05:09 PM (4ntyl)

16 How about calling him what he is, a lying fuckweasel.

Posted by: Vic at June 22, 2012 09:06 PM (YdQQY)

Not one thing to add, it just needs repeating.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 22, 2012 05:10 PM (BAS5M)

17 Most "media experts" are buddies with the reporters or producers and that is how they get invited on these things. The reporter/producer doesn't give a shit about their politics because their friend is so super smart that they won't have any bias.

Posted by: MrCaniac at June 22, 2012 05:11 PM (1grxW)

18 Vic. Showing us youngsters how it is done.

Posted by: garrett at June 22, 2012 05:11 PM (2kvw5)

19 Also, the Harriet Myers contempt charge was another one of those things that the lying fuckweasel Arlen Sphincter gave us when he was supposed to be a Republican.

Posted by: Vic at June 22, 2012 05:12 PM (YdQQY)

20 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at June 22, 2012 05:12 PM (Ts9tU)

21 The good news is that if it was on CNN, nobody actually saw it.

Posted by: mama winger at June 22, 2012 05:13 PM (P6QsQ)

22 Peter Shane, Hypocritical Moron.org supporter and Commie Soros Sock Puppet.

That kinda sums it up nicely.

Posted by: Mandingo at June 22, 2012 05:14 PM (pUOpM)

23 Offices/newsrooms sacked, editors/producers on a streetlight gallows.

Nah. We use the Douglas Adams model and put them on the first--and only--space ark.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2012 05:14 PM (k7N5n)

24 Hrothgar:
>> Our people have to be more aggressive and subvert the intent of the MFM reporters

Unfortunately, "our people" are mostly slow-witted morons who couldn't out-argue a stoned Occupier. I'm still confused to see that Romney is running a competent campaign. Are we sure he's a Republican?

Posted by: sandy burger at June 22, 2012 05:15 PM (4dy3y)

25 As a Columbus native, take anything coming from an OSU prof with a grain of salt. A very, very big grain.

Posted by: tdpwells at June 22, 2012 05:15 PM (7vA7k)

26 9 How about calling him what he is, a lying fuckweasel.

Posted by: Vic at June 22, 2012 09:06 PM (YdQQY)

That works for me!

Posted by: Mandingo at June 22, 2012 05:15 PM (pUOpM)

27 The good news is that if it was on CNN, nobody actually saw it.

Soledad O'Brien's retort is a good one, but she dropped her earpiece.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2012 05:15 PM (k7N5n)

28 "Here we go again."

Posted by: famous quote at June 22, 2012 05:15 PM (D7lJF)

29 Oh geez.

The Rubio love-fest over at Hannity is nauseating.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 22, 2012 05:17 PM (piMMO)

30 Isn't CNN the network that admitted it's knowledge of murder, torture, and planned assassinations were suppressed for the better part of a decade in order to maintain their Baghdad bureau in the 90's?

That CNN?

Posted by: mama winger at June 22, 2012 05:18 PM (P6QsQ)

31 I think that dog in the video in the other thread is a fitting role-model for all of us.

Prance around whining for a bit about where we've found ourselves, and then saying fuckit and just start climbing.

Posted by: filbert at June 22, 2012 05:18 PM (smvTK)

32 Gee, its almost like these people don't have a clue Al Gore's internets exist and people know how to use it.

Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at June 22, 2012 05:18 PM (ACkhT)

33 That CNN?

I thought they are the network that decided Anderson Cooper is a news anchor.

No, really.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2012 05:19 PM (ltdV/)

34 The good news is that if it was on CNN, nobody actually saw it. Posted by: mama winger at June 22, 2012 09:13 PM (P6QsQ) ---------------------------------------------------- Oh dear G-d I couldn't get away from them.

Posted by: Guy That Got Stuck at the Airport at June 22, 2012 05:19 PM (jucos)

35 ABC, NBC, CNN, MSNBS (not a typo) bringing on these so called "experts", why is that a surprise. It is a given. CBS finds a kernel of truth every once in a while. What really gets my panty in a knot is why stupid FOX brings on the likes of Alan "I whine through my nasa passages" Colmes, Blob (turning purple while slurring and spitting) Beckel, or Juan (I just scream to make sure you hear me) Williams. They bring nothing to the discussion, except what their DNC issued Blackberry tells them

Posted by: Ma Bell at June 22, 2012 05:22 PM (uVuwp)

36 what was that CNN reporters name, aussie type accent Peter Arnett? He is the one the didn't report the atrocities.

Posted by: Thunderb at June 22, 2012 05:22 PM (Dnbau)

37 Posted by: sandy burger at June 22, 2012 09:15 PM (4dy3y)

The Republicans earned the title of the stupid party, and it was a hard fought battle!

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 22, 2012 05:23 PM (i3+c5)

38 He's a donatin' sumbitch.
9/26/08 $1,500    Obama, Barack (D)
9/27/10    $300    Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte
10/20/10 $250    Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte
10/10/10 $250    Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte
8/22/07    $250    Kilroy, Mary Jo (D)
9/10/08    $250    Obama, Barack (D)
8/15/08    $250    Obama, Barack (D)
10/16/08 $200    Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte
9/22/10 $200    Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte
4/11/11    $1,000    Brown, Sherrod (D)
1/25/11    $1,000    Brown, Sherrod (D)
4/21/10    $500    Kilroy, Mary Jo (D)
1/18/10    $500    Brooks, Paula (D)
10/9/08    $250    Kilroy, Mary Jo (D)
5/31/08    $250    Kilroy, Mary Jo (D)
8/31/10    $250    Kilroy, Mary Jo (D)
10/18/10    $250    Kilroy, Mary Jo (D)
10/25/10    $250    Moveon.org
9/7/10    $250    Moveon.org
2/21/08    $250    Kilroy, Mary Jo (D)
7/8/10    $250    Brooks, Paula (D)
10/26/09    $250    Kilroy, Mary Jo (D)
2/3/12    $225    Moveon.org
3/26/08    $200    Kilroy, Mary Jo (D)
1/16/09    $250     DNC Services Corp (D)

Posted by: rdbrewer at June 22, 2012 05:23 PM (Iyg03)

39 Aaron Sorkin's on CNN right now talking about his shit new show, among other crap.

He just defended Obama's teleprompter crutch by claiming Obama always writes his own speeches. Wouldn't that make him more likely to remember the fucking things?

I guess it's like high barometric pressure causing hurricanes - Sorkin's not too good with pesky facts or logic.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 22, 2012 05:23 PM (fkon+)

40 He just defended Obama's teleprompter crutch by claiming Obama always writes his own speeches.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

OK, bullshit--but that would explain a great deal, right?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 22, 2012 05:24 PM (ltdV/)

41 don't forget Geraldo "I speak for all minorities" Rivera

Posted by: Thunderb at June 22, 2012 05:25 PM (Dnbau)

42 If the DA won't take the charge to the grand jury, where he can undersell it and lose, he is an idiot. The House can always try him on the floor.

Posted by: Jean at June 22, 2012 05:26 PM (a9Izx)

What can I say? Professor Shane is an "expert" --at being a partisan hack asshole.

There--fixed that.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at June 22, 2012 05:27 PM (6USwK)

44 Posted by: Ma Bell at June 22, 2012 09:22 PM (uVuwp)

Frankly, I would prefer that FOX was deliberately NOT fair and balanced because the libs they get on are mentally unbalanced as far as I can tell, and there is such an overwhelming drumbeat of BS from the MFM, that FOX doesn't really need to do anything but say "We are going to report fairly, but we are not going to waste your time and ours by supporting libs and their specious arguments."

Yes, I am a dreamer, but Rush has made a pretty good career by doing just that..

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 22, 2012 05:27 PM (i3+c5)

45 40- "Obama always writes his own speeches" Is Sorkin so stupid that he believes that? Or is he just so stupid that he thinks we will believe that?

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 22, 2012 05:29 PM (C8mVl)

46 I bet the back of his Prius is shingled in microscreeds. BTW kindle suggested "pious" instead od "prius".

Posted by: Secret Service Agent Lumberg at June 22, 2012 05:29 PM (QjSgY)

47 He became an expert on separation of power by writing a book on it.

Posted by: Vic at June 22, 2012 05:29 PM (YdQQY)

48 I'm gonna need to take that sock off, mmmkay?

Posted by: 66chevelle at June 22, 2012 05:32 PM (QjSgY)

49 Frankly, I would prefer that FOX was deliberately NOT fair and balanced because the libs they get on are mentally unbalanced as far as I can tell, and there is such an overwhelming drumbeat of BS from the MFM, that FOX doesn't really need to do anything but say "We are going to report fairly, but we are not going to waste your time and ours by supporting libs and their specious arguments."

Yes, I am a dreamer, but Rush has made a pretty good career by doing just that..

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 22, 2012 09:27 PM (i3+c5)

I'm a bit conflicted about this. I like it that Fox News is the conservative TV news channel, even though I think that US news channels should be out of the closet like UK newspapers are and drop the whole objectivity charade. But I also like the ball-busting aspect of "Fair and Balanced".

I like it when Kirsten Powers, Remi Spencer, and (to a much lesser extent) Tamara Holder or Juan Williams occasionally call out the liberal position on something as baseless bullcrap (as rare as that happens). Then again, it's probably the same sensation that liberals get when they watch MSNBC and Joe Scarborough or Michael Steele are on.

Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at June 22, 2012 05:32 PM (rO1vw)

50 There's no way Sandusky escapes on all 40+ charges.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 22, 2012 05:40 PM (piMMO)

51 Text of privileged resolution- http://bit.ly/KSzaFP /http://www.majorityleader.gov/Floor/weekly.html

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at June 22, 2012 05:43 PM (d6QMz)

52 There's no way Sandusky escapes on all 40+ charges.

If the rapist, pedofile, Penn State University, coverup corrupt, football program don't fit ...

Posted by: Zombie Johnny Cochran at June 22, 2012 05:52 PM (HtUdo)

53 It is sooooo easy to pick off dummicrats. They are sooo f'in dumb. They must hate the intertubes documenting all their triangulating lies.

Posted by: dogfish at June 22, 2012 05:53 PM (N2yhW)

54 Cue the people going "OMG where are the comments!"

Posted by: buzzion at June 22, 2012 05:55 PM (GULKT)

55 Yahtzee!

Posted by: Eric Holder at June 22, 2012 05:55 PM (HtUdo)

56 Mark Levin - a real expert with experience talked about it the day it happened, and I consider his to be the final word. Rather than parrot what he said (very poorly I might add) I suggest bring up the audio.

Posted by: Someone who looks like me at June 22, 2012 05:57 PM (iYvMQ)

57 What we need vis a vis CNN is for Zombie Sherman to come back and burn the town down again so as to remove the problem for us.

Posted by: Horatius at June 22, 2012 06:01 PM (Gjews)

58 The fake temperature hockey stick graph is nothing compared to a graph that would track MSM's bias and shilling for Obama. Some years ago you would write a book outlining individual acts of bias and not need to write another one for a year or two. Now you get a dozen examples per day. That's some uptick. Unlike the climate change this one really could result in a catastrophe for the Obama-approved media.

Posted by: Decaf at June 22, 2012 06:05 PM (1mxP9)

>>39He's a donatin' sumbitch.

9/26/08 $1,500 Obama, Barack (D)
9/27/10 $300 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte
10/20/10 $250 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte
10/10/10 $250 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte

8/22/07 $250 Kilroy, Mary Jo (D)
9/10/08 $250 Obama, Barack (D)
8/15/08 $250 Obama, Barack (D)
10/16/08 $200 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte
9/22/10 $200 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte

4/11/11 $1,000 Brown, Sherrod (D)
1/25/11 $1,000 Brown, Sherrod (D)
4/21/10 $500 Kilroy, Mary Jo (D)
1/18/10 $500 Brooks, Paula (D)
10/9/08 $250 Kilroy, Mary Jo (D)
5/31/08 $250 Kilroy, Mary Jo (D)

8/31/10 $250 Kilroy, Mary Jo (D)
10/18/10 $250 Kilroy, Mary Jo (D)
10/25/10 $250 Moveon.org
9/7/10 $250 Moveon.org
2/21/08 $250 Kilroy, Mary Jo (D)
7/8/10 $250 Brooks, Paula (D)

10/26/09 $250 Kilroy, Mary Jo (D)
2/3/12 $225 Moveon.org
3/26/08 $200 Kilroy, Mary Jo (D)
1/16/09 $250 DNC Services Corp (D)<<

?? $10,000 Communist Party

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 22, 2012 06:07 PM (K/nKd)

60 Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at June 22, 2012 09:32 PM (rO1vw)

The liberal moments (or seconds) of clarity occur so infrequently that it isn't worth the wait. I understand your viewpoint, because when Kirsten or Juan finally catch on to what's really happening, it is enjoyable. They are the only two that I have ever seen make sense.

It is good to conclude that a fellow human is not a complete irredeemable idiot.

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 22, 2012 06:13 PM (i3+c5)

61 Al Gore's Internet has created a sort of interesting situation. The liberalism of the MSM was always there in the past but was muted--in other words, they did a good job of hiding it. Think of Cronkite. Now, because of Fox and Rush and Ace et al, they are spooked and hardening to the left and thereby making their true allegiance obvious. Call it the free market effect. When competition appears, you naturally gravitate to your base to protect your position. That's bad news for the MSM, because their base is far to the left of mainstream America.

Posted by: Cricket at June 22, 2012 06:15 PM (2ArJQ)

62 Barky sucks, what is so hard about that!

Wait a minute I forgot about just whom Barky may suck.

But nonetheless Barky still sucks!

Posted by: Killerdog at June 22, 2012 06:18 PM (CZrbJ)

But We're gonna need to do Zimmerman first!

Lord o lord I really despize these peolpe.

Posted by: famous quote at June 22, 2012 06:24 PM (D7lJF)

I'm cdn it's french,

That's how they spell it, really!

Posted by: famous quote at June 22, 2012 06:26 PM (D7lJF)

65 Posted by: Soap MacTavish at June 22, 2012 10:29 PM (vbh31)

The blatant intentional misrepresentation of Romney's "amazing" speech by Andrea ("Idiot" Mitchell floored me, and I am unbelievably cynical. If you hear/watch the before and after editing job, that NBC did for Andrea, it will make you want to punch out the nearest MFM journalista.

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 22, 2012 06:35 PM (i3+c5)

66 "Hey, people die"

Posted by: Juan Williams at June 22, 2012 06:36 PM (mHC3R)

If you want a job with CNN, you have to get an in with the founder, nut Ted Turner. You remember him? He is the one who married Hanoi Jane. That about sums up his political views of the world and those who work at the Communist News Network.

Posted by: burt at June 25, 2012 08:51 AM (OzqQM)

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