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Blackhatjack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 11:18 AM
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Why are Rove and Gonzo still in office? What strategy supports these Bush decisions?
People do illogical things every day, but there is a 'strategy' behind every action taken.

Let's consider for a moment the strategy behind keeping Rove and Gonzo in office in light of the wrongdoing we already know about.

What would be the 'downside' that keeps Bush from cutting both loose and separating them from the day to day operations of his Administration?

Give it your best shot.
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MNDemNY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 11:19 AM
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1. Me thinks they know too much.
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Buck Rabbit Donating Member (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 11:23 AM
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2. The stategy is called: "Lame Duck Fuckyouall Whatchagoingtodoaboutit"
Outlined by some Austrian or Bavarian philosopher I think.
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onenote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 12:06 PM
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9. We have a winner!
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 11:24 AM
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3. IMO these are key players in the Republicans efforts to retain power.
Since they can't count on votes they need to target the vote count itself. Rove and Gonzales are both the tactical leaders on that strategy: Rove to commit criminal acts and Gonzales to make sure those crimes aren't prosecuted.
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 11:27 AM
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4. Loyalty to the King has greater value than the good of the Nation. n/t
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 11:27 AM
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5. In Gonzo's case at least, stubborn stupidity
Rove, even though demoted to "former genius" status, still has value as a political adviser. Or at least that's what he keeps telling Bobo.
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gatorboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 11:35 AM
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6. Stubborn condescension.
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radfringe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 11:50 AM
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7. Congress can't do squat about Rove
but they can impeach Gonzo

so why is Gonzo still the AG?

- Gonzo is a good whipping boy for what's wrong with bush and by extension the republic party. He's more valuable to the dems by being in office than out of office

- If bush were to "fire" Gonzo or Gonzo resigns - this would mean the appointment of a new AG and Congress would have to vote on him/her. The confirmation hearings would be brutal and this is something the bushies want to avoid.

- The longer the "issues" around Gonzo are dragged out with no real action the more bored the "public" becomes, evenually the issue will die
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 12:01 PM
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8. Why is Dubya still in office?
Why is Darth Cheney?

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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 12:31 PM
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10. Blackmail and Death Threats
NSA monitoring has given them a rich source of blackmail to keep Congress in line.

Even if a Congressperson is totally honest, they have enough material to fabricate
something that would sound totally damning.

If that doesn't work, they've got this anthrax,
and the tendency of airplanes carrying key Democrats to fall out of the sky:
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MNDemNY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 12:48 PM
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11. If Paul was not killed,
what do you think would have happened in 2000, Would the Senate still have been "absent"???

I think not.
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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 10:44 PM
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12. Long tradition of Constitutional Respect combined with Constitutional Abuses
Edited on Fri Jun-01-07 10:46 PM by L. Coyote
Doing the math on who respects the Constitution and who has abused it....

I awoke from a rare quasi-nightmare/revelation a few days ago.

Lady Liberty was no longer holding the torch of freedom high.
She was pointing at me and every voter in 2000 and 2004.
And, a la Uncle Sam's poster, she asked, "Did YOUR vote count?

IN 2000, only 5 votes counted. In 2004, votes were switched.
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deacon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 11:11 PM
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13. How is it congress can't even get rid of the worst attorney general
ever? How is it that congress let's Condi roam free after bucking a subpoena? No excuses, they should both have been held accountable already. It a failure of our congress.
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 11:23 PM
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14. Oversight investigations totally sucked!!! why no Rove testifying?!!
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 11:25 PM
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15. ummm because they have the entire executive branch at their disposal
To do their bidding?

Following the US Attorneys scandal?
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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 01:43 AM
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16. and the AG is the Chief Exec's lawyer, not ours!!
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TheWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 04:53 AM
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17. Because we live in a country where those in power do not have to follow any Rule Of Law.
Pretty simple.

They don't give a shit what you think, because they don't have to.

Government by Mafioso.

You're soaking in it.
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