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Wed Jul-13-05 08:51 PM
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Call it Treason, not Rovergate, Please! |
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It needs to be called by its proper name, treason, not another cutesy easy to ignore name like "Rovergate". We need to use the proper name everytime we mention it. Please, call it Treason.
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Wed Jul-13-05 08:54 PM
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Thu Jul-14-05 06:57 PM
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20. Nope. This administration PRIVATELY OWNS the lot of treason. |
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Ownership,...of endangering the security of this country.
THEY OWN THEIR EXPLOITATION OF OUR NATION FOR THEIR SELF-SERVING INTERESTS!!!! THEY FUCKING OWN THAT!!!!!
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Wed Jul-13-05 08:55 PM
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Wed Jul-13-05 08:56 PM
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Coulter says that we commit Treason because we breathe. Let's remind them of the words meanning.
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Thu Jul-14-05 12:14 AM
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14. We commit treason because we breathe?"we" must be libs or dems? |
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she is so bad. This is treason.
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Wed Jul-13-05 08:57 PM
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or is that treason's gate?
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Wed Jul-13-05 10:24 PM
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10. no "gate", just treason |
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too many usages of the word "gate", it has lost it's punch. Call it simply treason.
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Wed Jul-13-05 10:46 PM
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The "-gate" suffix is one of my pet peeves.
We didn't need it for Iran-Contra or the S&L scandal and we don't now.
I dare call it...treason!
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Wed Jul-13-05 08:57 PM
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"Gate" has lost its meaning after 12,933 "---gates" in the media. Call it treason.
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Wed Jul-13-05 08:57 PM
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6. I know how you feel...for the first time, really ever, the MSM appears |
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to be fully on board a story which could be devastating to the Bush White House....lets not trivialize it by tagging on a "gate"...
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Fri Jul-15-05 09:43 PM
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26. "Gate" has come to mean "scandal" in the popular |
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lexicon. Attaching it allows the uniformed to understand that there is a SCANDAL that involves TREASON-which is pretty powerful and not "trivial" imho.
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Wed Jul-13-05 09:00 PM
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7. The Treason Commited by Rove |
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How's that? I'm not very good at framing, especially since I have been on the computer since 1:00 pm
Time for another bowl of fruit salad
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Wed Jul-13-05 09:00 PM
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8. I agree. "Treason in the White House." That's the issue. |
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Wed Jul-13-05 09:02 PM
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treason's the reason. And any title should definitely have White House in it.
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Wed Jul-13-05 10:29 PM
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Wed Jul-13-05 10:55 PM
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13. I Called It Treason In My LTTE |
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Edited on Wed Jul-13-05 10:55 PM by Dragonfli
I've never written a letter to the editor before, let me know if you have any advice. I want to put my best foot forward and could use input before I submit it http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=106&topic_id=18347Thanks in advance.
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Thu Jul-14-05 12:24 AM
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The founders were concerned that the charge of treason not be used for political purposes, hence they set a high bar. Here is what they said:
Article 3, Constitution of the United States:
Section 3 - Treason defined. Proof of. Punishment of.
1. Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
2. The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted.
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Thu Jul-14-05 12:51 AM
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17. Welcome to DU col_klink |
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Keep reading about this case. The founders may have put this in the constitution, but it is also illegal for Rove to have revealed a covert CIA agent to the press and the charge is treason.
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Thu Jul-14-05 06:46 PM
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19. If broadcasting the name of a covert operative is not giving aid |
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to the enemy, I do not know what is.
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Thu Jul-14-05 12:27 AM
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16. Another reason why we shouldn't use "Rovegate" |
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it's kindalike getting a bad tattoo when you're 14 and then you turn 20 and you're like "oh, shit".
Rove is only the beginning.
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Thu Jul-14-05 07:07 PM
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22. Hehe, my brother's stepkid tattooed his gf's name on his chest. |
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Now they've broken up. Of course. When he showed it to me, I couldn't help myself. I said, "Geez, that was stupid." The kid also has a tattoo of a cross on his upper arm. I asked him what he would do, if like me, he became an agnostic or an atheist in a few years. :)
This is the same kid who pre-enlisted in the army with his mother's permission. *shakes head* I'm sorry, but my perception of this kid is that he makes a lot of serious mistakes.
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Thu Jul-14-05 06:39 PM
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18. One more kick to boost it back up so people might notice. |
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Please, Treason, no "gate". Thanks.
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Thu Jul-14-05 06:59 PM
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Let's get these bastards!:mad:
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Fri Jul-15-05 09:38 PM
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25. I'm calling it "betrayal",...a betrayal that was treasonous. |
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They BETRAYED us. They did it to EXPLOIT us for their personal gain. Political abuse of power.
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