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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 08:43 AM
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The Undertones of Rove's Meddling.
I've been reading the articles about Karl Rove and get a distinct feeling that they read like eulogies. Because each article seems to make it clear that Karl Rove's claim to infamy, was that he politicized government. Read the pieces. They sound like evidentiary pieces needed for a trial. Karl Rove created his own reality; it was his job to make the poll numbers work for George Bush; he POLITICIZED GOVERNMENT...

All of those things are bad things, especially when they're attached to an illegal war, stolen elections, abuse of power in the DoJ, etc.

So, I'm asking, how can these opinion pieces be cropping up all over this nation, and one not get the distinct feeling that Karl Rove's little secrets are about to be revealed, and we will find out that he is the greatest schister that ever misled this country, to the tune of going beyond treason?
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BlackHawk706867 Donating Member (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 08:48 AM
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1. The bigger question that I have is, are the Powers that be going to let...
these murderous shit rats just walk away from the sinking ship? I want to see these murders, thieves, lier's in prison before all is said and done.

ww
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 08:58 AM
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3. Unfortunately, on that sinking ship, the captain has one lifeboat and
he gets to decide who gets a seat.

Can a president pardon someone who is convicted of treason?
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 08:48 AM
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2. One has to ask, if so much was known why was he tollerated?
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 09:02 AM
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5. "Word got out on the streets."
I've seen remarkable changes in lawyers when word of their misdeeds got on the street. Behind closed doors, they are very informal and do very little to put up legal barriers to the good ole boy process. But out in the open when, word gets on the street of what was going on, they suddenly get all professional and upright.

So, in answer to your question, the Bush Administration did what they did because they could, until they couldn't any more.
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peacetalksforall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 08:59 AM
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4. I want there to be so much paper, Congressional or not, that it will
Edited on Tue Aug-14-07 09:56 AM by higher class
make his book irrelevant.

The more paper documentation and stories this country can publishe the better - it will all offset the absence of appropriate coverage by corporation networks.

(Who will now be designated to direct the networks - calling in what should be hidden from us, what should be twisted, which key words to repeat, and who is going to write the talking points?)
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 09:06 AM
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6. Isn't it funny how everyone has a terrible opinion of Karl Rove DESPITE
the mainstream media's attempt to insulate his worst transgressions?

It's like everyone has a better source than the MSM.
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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 09:08 AM
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7. Battered Media Syndrome
The corporate media was Rove's playtoy...he knew how to play them and the individuals. He could either be extremely intimidating or open the door to all sorts of special access. His resignation still hasn't sunk in with these people...just like how an abuse victim wouldn't believe that their tormentor is gone until they really see him gone.

The Rove legacy has yet to be written...it will be in the next year and we'll see if the corporate media stays in denial and continues to be whipped or will they wake up and see how Rove played them and vengence can be a bitch.

The old sports saying is "nobody likes a loser"...when Rove was "winning", he was golden, but will there be scores to settle on his way down? Stay tuned.

The fact is we still don't know what caused Turdblossom to close shop, and not everyone...especially the corporate media, thinks he's really gone.
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 09:12 AM
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9. Nice wrap-up. Thank you!
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BlackHawk706867 Donating Member (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 09:12 AM
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8. What I want to know is what all of a sudden has triggered this decision
to resign? And will GWB really be right behind him? And will the complete Bush Administration actually resign? And will there be consequences for these people once the dust settles, or will Congress just let them walk away unscathed?

ww
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 09:16 AM
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10. I think the last straw came last week, and the only thing that we don't
know about is that trial that occurred behind closed doors in San Diego or LA. Involved the Cunningham or Abramoff trial.
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BlackHawk706867 Donating Member (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 09:20 AM
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11. I guess putting vengeance aside, just getting rid of these thugs...
will be a huge beginning. It will take years and years to correct some of the damage that has been caused by these people in the US, but it will get done.

ww
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