Remember when Dems were so mad at *'s wiretapping... that they legalized it!
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Tue Aug-14-07 08:55 PM
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Remember when Dems were so mad at *'s wiretapping... that they legalized it!
Bill Maher on Larry King said a mouthful. What the hell happened, and why? He's right. :wtf:
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Tue Aug-14-07 08:57 PM
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1. A friend of mine suggested that they made a deal...
if they approved the wiretapping if there was an agreement that Rove left... Sounds plausable...but I don't think that's it.
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Tue Aug-14-07 09:05 PM
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4. That would be a dumb deal.
Rove is less dangerous in the White House than he is advising Fred Thompson's campaign and ducking subpoenas.
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Tue Aug-14-07 09:08 PM
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Rove is always plotting his next move....he is also a coward....
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Tue Aug-14-07 09:03 PM
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2. He was great. That line was spot on!
I'm so glad he says EXACTLY what he thinks, even when I don't agree with him. :thumbsup:
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Tue Aug-14-07 09:04 PM
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3. The American people have almost zero representation...
on the national level. This is really very sad. Thank dog for people like Bill Maher. I sometimes get irritated with him, but more than not, he lays it out there flat.
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Tue Aug-14-07 09:09 PM
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6. There were 60 votes in favor of it
16 were Democrats - that means there were 44 Republicans. The reason was that the administration made the case to the 16 that without legislation, they would not get anywhere near as much intelligence as they have in the past. They bought the idea of allowing it for 6 months - during which time they can "fix" the legislation.
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Tue Aug-14-07 09:10 PM
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7. There were 57 Democrats that voted for it!
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Tue Aug-14-07 09:13 PM
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8. OOPS - I posted just the Senate number
The point is that in both Houses it was mostly the Republicans - 100% of them all in lock step (at least n the Senate)
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Tue Aug-14-07 09:18 PM
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9. The rethugs all need to get the boot, next time they're up for election
Edited on Tue Aug-14-07 09:20 PM by Breeze54
and so do those Dem traitors! I just like to keep the numbers straight! I got your point! ;)
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Tue Aug-14-07 09:21 PM
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10. Pelosi let it come to a vote..
She had to have known it was going to pass.. A deliberate kick in the teeth to those concerned about civil liberties.
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Tue Aug-14-07 09:42 PM
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12. I think thats traitor pelosi
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Tue Aug-14-07 10:00 PM
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Tue Aug-14-07 09:33 PM
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11. Dems would have been blamed for the next Terrorist Attack
just before the elections.
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Tue Aug-14-07 09:55 PM
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think they won't get blamed anyway. Hell they are still blaming everything happening now on Clinton regardless of the fact he has been out of office almost 7 years.
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Tue Aug-14-07 10:00 PM
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16. Guess what? They WILL be blamed in the next
attack, that play is already written in And they are fools
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Tue Aug-14-07 10:04 PM
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17. And how do you see it playing out?
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Tue Aug-14-07 09:52 PM
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13. "Senator Harry Reid traded wiretapping for 'no recess appointments during recess'" ...
... Thom Hartmann on his Tuesday show. I think Thom nailed it. Wondering if anything else was included.
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