Threats

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Congressional sources said Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove has threatened to blacklist any Republican who votes against the president. The sources said the blacklist would mean a halt in any White House political or financial support of senators running for re-election in November.
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Hmmm, well, they must be stupid if they want an endorsement from Bush, the most loathed president in history, so it must be the money or the media plants or propaganda machine Rove is using to threaten them.

Rove's shakedown must have worked. They are an obedient swarm of gnats. It is astounding that Arlen Spector acted to prevent Chief Midget with a complex, GUNZales from being sworn in, just astounding. Now the little guy is immune to prosecution for lying to congress, even though we know he did it and has done it before and will do it again.

The fact that Karl Rove is not behind bars goes far to illustrate just how deeply the united states has descended into lawlessness while being run by these international corporate chieftains who empower piggies like Rove and Arlen Spector and President Cheney Bush.

The fact that the senate is being threatened also indicates the white house and minions from the justice department are fully aware of the illegality of their warrantless spying.