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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-27-08 06:11 PM
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Karl Rove is Above the Law…
Karl Rove is Above the Law…

The people who mismanage our foreign policy, our fiscal policy, our energy policy etc., etc. have better things to do than to worry about a democratic backlash. At the same time, outright dictatorships are known for their political instability and the unreliable, unmotivated nature of their armed forces.

And so we have a Pseudo Democracy. Free expression is allowed to some extent, but never enough to change the perceived “conventional wisdom.” Elections are run, faces change, but policies remain constant. Managing the mighty Wurlitzer of the press and conceiving plausible election scenarios to be implemented by captive voting machine companies is hard work and requires an experienced hand.

That hand is Karl Rove. And Karl is above the law. So far above the law, in fact, that he’s allowed to indulge his petty grudges. If someone writes an op-ed he doesn’t like, they and/or their wife’s career is toast. If a Governor gave him a bad time in the past, it’s off to the Gulag with him. Think of it as a perk for sociopaths.

So you say “Junkdrawer, put away that tinfoil. Karl is just as accountable as any one of us.” Oh, really. Imagine if anyone of us thumbed our noses at Congressional Subpoenas, the Hatch Act, perjury laws, etc., etc. How long would we stay out of prison?

But Karl? Hell, he’s given a cushy job at Fox News. No, no, Karl is above the law. He knows it and he flaunts it.

But, I’ll tell you what Karl: This whole “democracy” act grows mighty thin. And, remember: that’s the job they outsourced to you. And Karl: someday “someone” is going to need to restore some believability to this “democracy”. And when they do, they’ll need a sacrificial lamb to prove they’re sincere. Wonder who they’ll pick… :think:
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Hydra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-27-08 06:14 PM
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1. All of Bushco is above the law
Edited on Wed Feb-27-08 06:15 PM by Hydra
and don't expect them to be sacrificed- in time, they'll be canonized.

"The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."

Albert Einstein
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-27-08 06:22 PM
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2. Kicked and Recommended...
One can only hope: "Karl: someday someone is going to need to restore some believability to this democracy. And when they do, they’ll need a sacrificial lamb to prove they’re sincere. Wonder who they’ll pick."
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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-27-08 10:43 PM
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3. Voter Suppression, US Atty Scandal, Politicization of the DoJ, Hatch Act Violations, Plame
(Some call it treason), Gov Siegelman case, etc

Where there's a crime, you're bound to find kkkarl's fat, greedy, slimey prints in close vicinity!
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 09:20 AM
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4. Didn't he just get a job writing for Newsweek? Makes one wonder
who owed him a big one...doesn't it? :eyes:
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 10:12 AM
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5. Regarding Rove's rebirth as a "journalist"...
Fox News in particular has gone on record as saying that lying is a Constitutionally protected right of journalists.

Rove needs to lie to obscure all his crimes. So, now he becomes a Fox News (and Newsweek) "journalist"....
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lifesbeautifulmagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 10:51 AM
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6. I swear this is one of the reasons for the big push for the telecompanies
because I would bet my last dollar that if records come to light because of lawsuits, we will find that spying on political opponents was done on Karls order.
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