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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 10:32 PM
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Random, bulleted points about Chimpy and the Lancelot Affair.
Edited on Wed Dec-21-05 10:38 PM by BuyingThyme
  • Because of the New York Times, we have the goods on Chimpy. As a highly-decorated terrorist reportedly once said, it's a slam dunk.

  • But because the New York Times delayed the story for a year, Chimpy had the luxury of knowing well in advance that we were going to have this slam dunk.

  • Therefore, we know Chimpy concocted a counter strategy well in advance of the publication of the New York Times story.

  • Had Chimpy denied guilt, he eventually would have been declared guilty by the public.

  • Had Chimpy admitted guilt, he similarly would have been declared guilty by the public.

  • But, because Chimpy declared himself above the law, the question of guilt has become moot in the eyes of the sheep. The first step is always to play to the base.

  • And just to make sure the base is with him, Chimpy threw them some red meat about Carter and Clinton. But this meat isn’t meat at all. It’s that tofu stuff.

  • By announcing that he’s going to continue to break the law, Chimpy hopes to shift the debate from what Democrats can do to punish him, to what Republicans can do to monitor the presidential power which Carter, Clinton, and Chimpy reportedly had to abuse to protect the people from the boogey man.

  • Phase one completed. A total departure from reality opens the doors to anything.

  • Enter Arlen Specter. Arlen’s job is to reach out, grab the issue, and steer a so-called investigation in the direction of finding out how to “fix” a non-existent shortcoming in the Constitution.

  • And, as we’ve already established, Arlen became a part of this plan well in advance.

  • After the Festivus break, Arlen will announce that his committee will not explore whether or not the President violated the law. He will make it perfectly clear that the Constitution provides that such a question may only be initiated by the House of Representatives, not by the Senate.

  • Arlen will then declare that the Constitution is working. He will announce, over and over again, that Congress is performing checks and balances exactly as the Founding Fathers envisioned.

  • All evidence will be presented in closed door sessions of the committee, thus preventing the people and the press from pointing out all of the inconsistencies, omissions, and cover-ups.

  • Under the familiar guise of national security, committee members will be forbidden from talking about what they know.

  • They will try to Warren Commission us.

  • But we still have our slam dunk. The evidence is still there. All we have to do is get our hands on the evidence, make it known, and let our representatives know that we’re running the show. More people will come out of the woodwork once they know we’re willing to put the truth on the table.

  • Outside of Democrats playing dead, the only thing that can stop us is another attack by a highly-decorated group of terrorists.


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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 10:38 PM
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1. Sounds like you've learned their play-book
by heart. That's how it will go down if past behavior is any indication. Now, how do we get in front of that?
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peacetalksforall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 10:42 PM
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2. Very feasible. Very plausible. Right on. Insightful. Yes, it's time to
get to work. Thanks you for posting.
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 11:01 PM
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3. How long have you been translating gop-speak?..
Sounds like you're fluent... having bull-dozed through this latest pile of verbage brilliantly. I had gotten to the same page as you,...but totally missed the Specter part. And he is obviously the perfect person to mop everything up....what with all his expertise in white-washing. I guess I need to study more....thanks for the cheat-sheet! hi:
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 11:08 PM
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4. Recommended because it sounds exactly the way that Rove drew it up.
:think:
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Al-CIAda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 11:33 PM
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5. K&R'd
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hvn_nbr_2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 02:02 AM
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6. Lancelot? Why that name? What don't I know? n/t
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 01:15 PM
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7. See here:
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hvn_nbr_2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 01:40 PM
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8. So the next question is...
Is the Cheney character Baron von Butcher or Dr. Strangemind? I guess he'd have to be Dr. Strangemind because Abu Gonzales is Baron von Butcher.
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 01:50 PM
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10. ..
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stop the bleeding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 01:44 PM
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9. Hasn't Conyer's Censure Resolution already usurped Arlen's future role?
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 01:55 PM
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11. No, I don't think so.
I don't know if Conyers can force any action at all.
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 03:17 PM
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-23-05 07:42 PM
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13. .reven yas reveN
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