The Rove playbook-First pack the courts

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Sunday October 31, 2010 · 4:06 PM PDT

2010/10/31 · 16:06

Karl Rove and his band of financiers figured our years ago the key to control of government. First, you take over the courts.

We have seen this play our in Texas, Alabama, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Once you get the courts to side with bib business, "we the people" get taken to the cleaners.

John Roberts and his Federalist Society background has set democracy back decades. He really should be impeached for his false testimony in his confirmation hearings. He is far from calling "balls and strikes". Citizens United is both activist and a broad decision where it should not have been.

See the article in The Atlantic for the Rovian tactics used.
Karl Rove in a corner

Unfortunately elections for judges went unnoticed by too many and have brought us todays extremely corporate friendly courts.

Veterans health care limited by Bush in 2003

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Friday December 05, 2008 · 1:11 PM PST

2008/12/05 · 13:11

Bush started screwing over the veterans back in 2003 when the VA stopped allowing group 8 vets to sign up.

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Wednesday October 01, 2008 · 9:05 AM PDT

2008/10/01 · 09:05

Watch this video clip 30 seconds in. McCain is discussing the economic bailout plan. He says "If I were dictator, which I always aspire to be"

When I first heard him say that he wants to be dictator I thought of George W Bush who said almost the same thing.

From Buzzflash

"I told all four that there are going to be some times where we don't agree with each other, but that's OK. If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator," Bush joked.

-- CNN.com, December 18, 2000

Wow, Freudian slip?????????

I also watched some of his earlier interview with the Des Moines Register in 2007. McCain has changed a lot. In 2007 he came across as a serious intelligent person. Now my impression is that he is tired and defensive. I think he knows he has made some bad decisions and is trying feebly to defend them.

It's interesting to see McCain in a non campaign setting too. For me at least, he comes across as petulant and condescending.

I'm glad that the Des Moines Register put these videos on their website. It is a peak behind the curtains at the real John McCain and I do not like what I see.

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Tuesday November 13, 2007 · 1:36 PM PST

2007/11/13 · 13:36

I guess Newt's coffers must be running low since his followers didn't raise enough money for him to run for president. So, now he's reaching out to the sheeple to peddle a few books.

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