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Fifth Column
DKos: White House is blackmailing Dems in Congress!!!!!!!
2007-10-24
More fun from the "loyal" opposition.

by rainmanjr
Tue Oct 23, 2007 at 08:39:25 PM PDT

Is it spinelessness, political caution (to get Ind. voters in 2008), financial profiteering from Mil/Ind Complex investments, lack of conviction, or simply not being good at stopping Rethug's from blocking legislation that makes our Congress ineffectual? Or is there another, more nefarious, reason for their inability to stand up to White House?

I made a comment, earlier, about how Pelosi talked tough to W.H. but, then, backed down on everything. Senate can't put up any real fights, either. Couldn't even nab Gonzo. Now we get the FISA-Telecomm deal. I got to wondering if lots of Dem. Congress People are being blackmailed. That would explain a lot of folding and playing dead. Wireless surveillance could have been done on our House/Senate people, learning things that Rove could use, and now they're afraid. Maybe they were even quietly threatened with plantings of drugs, kid porn, gay porn, National Review...that kind of sorted thing. You get tagged with any of this stuff and your career is over.

Does anybody believe our current W.H. wouldn't get this low? It worked for Hoover, and Nixon (for a time), so why not?
Course, it could be that I'd just rather believe this than that Feinstein, Pelosi, Reid, Rockefeller, Durbin, Hoyer and so many others are gutless. I can forgive blackmail problems.
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Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-10-24 18:44  

#13  "that kind of sorted thing"

At first I thought he meant 'kinda-sorta' - a Chicago idiom. But upon reflection, I'm pretty sure he meant 'sordid'. Bwahahaha! Moron!
Posted by: Bobby   2007-10-24 15:27  

#12  The dems majority is thin. All it takes is a few of them to have some sense to derail the fantasies of the hard left. But this is the difference of those who actually wield the power and those who wish they did. The ones wielding it actually have to deal with the consequences of their actions. While a large majority of the dems still would be happy to turn this country into a socialist swamp, at least a few, enough for now, are unwilling to do so. And that drives the Koskids banannas.
Posted by: remoteman   2007-10-24 14:56  

#11  They just can't understand why the Dems in Congress cannot garner the votes to lose the war. The answer must be blackmail, which is their default position on what motivates American elected officials. But here, some members of Congress believe the Dems efforts to lose the war is treasonous. Question, would blackmailing a Congressman to not commit treason be a crime?
Posted by: High Brow   2007-10-24 14:06  

#10  They're onto us.
Posted by: Lord Piltdown   2007-10-24 13:50  

#9  Rethugs? LOL!
Posted by: Abu Uluque6305   2007-10-24 12:35  

#8  To paraphrase A Few Good Men, to the Left[tm] - You can't handle democracy!
Posted by: Procopius2k   2007-10-24 12:12  

#7  Can we blackmail them out of office?
Posted by: DarthVader   2007-10-24 12:00  

#6  Feinstein, Pelosi, Reid, Rockefeller, Durbin, Hoyer

lol! In your Whose Who The Most Corrupt Politicians Diverting Billions of Your Tax Money to Personal Relatives, you forgot Teddy Boy and The Klu Klux Klan Master. But they are willing to "talk" tough against Bush, so I guess you still have that.
Posted by: Unutle McGurque8861   2007-10-24 11:52  

#5  What? You didn't think the dems would deliver on their promises after they won the elections did you?

How quaint... taking a politician at their word.
Posted by: Anon4021   2007-10-24 11:43  

#4  "Course, it could be that I'd just rather believe this than that Feinstein, Pelosi, Reid, Rockefeller, Durbin, Hoyer and so many others are gutless."

Yes, rainmanjr, that's quite possible; you "progressives" are capable of believing anything (which is why you're "progressives" in the first place).

But there's a simpler explanation: it's not that Feinstein, Pelosi, Reid, Rockefeller, Durbin, Hoyer et al are "gutless", but rather they're simply not as stupid and insane as you are.
Posted by: Dave D.   2007-10-24 11:32  

#3  Wireless surveillance could have been done on our House/Senate people, learning things that Rove could use, and now they're afraid. Maybe they were even quietly threatened with plantings of drugs, kid pr0n, gay pr0n, National Review...

Yeah, you might wiggle your way out of it on the pr0n and the drugs, but National Review? That's Kiss of Death stuff.
Must sign off now before black helicopter squadron gets a fix on me.
Out.
Posted by: tu3031   2007-10-24 11:12  

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Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-10-24 11:09  

#1  You can't be blackmailed if you are above the law and have no sense of shame.
Posted by: Grunter   2007-10-24 10:59  

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