Greetings, Rhyme With Righters! Robert fromJoshuaPundit here.

Thanks to Greg's courtesy and his impending vacation, I'll be attempting to fill his shoes somewhat over the next two weeks...a tall order, but I'll do my best.

Now to biz:

President Bush suffered what could end up being a major defeat in the courts yesterday, as a federal judge, John D. Bates of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that ex-White House Aides Harriet Mires and Joshua Bolton are not covered by executive privilege,are required to comply with the subpoena issued to them by the House Judiciary Committee and must testify under oath in front of Congress and cooperate in the overblown saga of the fired US attorneys, one that has already claimed the scalp of Alberto Gonzales

John Conyers, Democrat head of committee almost literally went berserk with joy.

The Democrats have been in a take-no-prisoners attitude towards George W. Bush since they regained the House and Senate majorities in 2006,and the current Congress has a unique smell to it....a stench or pursuing private perks and vendettas rather than the people's business.

The White House will likely appeal this decision,which means this matter will spill over into the next administration. We will likely be treated to a spectacle unique in our history, the hounding and perhaps even the prosecution of a president after he's left office.

As I write this, the House is holding a "special hearing on 'the Constitutional limits of executive power'..or as one congressman put it 'impeachment lite'.

The politics of the possible...and you better not get between a dog and his meat, suckah!

If President Bush had plans of riding off into the sunset and enjoying a quiet retirement, he'd better think again.

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