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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:06 AM Original message |
Is Karl Rove in violation of the Hatch Act? |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. I have written my Senators about it. Please do the same EOM |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. KKKarl is in violation of all the laws of Nature. |
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oldtime dfl_er (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. Isn't his title |
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Penndems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Karl Rove is the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Bush is doing the same thing Karl is doing... |
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Cass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. That is a great question. How come Rove isn't paid by the RNC? |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
5. Tony Snow sure is |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. It's so disgusting |
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uberblonde (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
7. I believe Rove is an appointee, not a federal employee. |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. A recent quote from him said he'd use 'federal resources' in |
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Penndems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:42 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. It was in the Los Angeles Times: |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Thanks! |
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Penndems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. A pleasure, as always! |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Then I think he would be stretching the law there |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Not to mention using an entire Aircraft Carrier for a photo-op... |
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Penndems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Thanks - I had completely forgotten about The Pendleton Act |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. On their time, not their dime. |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
29. Rove is a member of the WH staff |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:31 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. There's an interesting subthread developing just below your post... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
16. always has |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
17. There's a special exemption for employees of the... |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. OK, but |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:08 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. OK, lemme go find... |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. No, it doesn't |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:16 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I think people are confusing... |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:23 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I never asserted that members of Congress were covered by the law |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. And under the Hatch Act... |
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Penndems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Not if he's running a political campaign out of The West Wing on taxpayer resources |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. He can run it out of the West wing during work hours... |
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Penndems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 11:05 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Thank you, but after twenty years as a Fed, I know the Hatch Act |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 11:13 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Well, between you and the text of the Hatch Act sitting on my desk... |
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Penndems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 11:16 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. That's your perogative, my friend |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 11:19 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Also logical...n/t |
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Penndems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 11:25 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. There's no need to be confrontational or snide here |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 11:27 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Well, yeah...that's while I'll trust the text... :) |
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Penndems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:04 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. The money IS coming from the USG |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:14 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. ok... |
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Penndems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:22 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. If he's using anything purchased by taxpayers while in the employ of the USG, |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:30 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. What about this scenario? |
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Penndems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. In answer to your question yibbehobba, please see this Q&A from yesterday's |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. One problem with that... |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
25. You mean starting a War in Iraq for political gain? |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
39. Him, Bush and all the government officials he pulls for 24/7 campaign work |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
41. What about Snow doing fundraisers? Is that legal? |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 06:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Depends on where he's doing them. n/t |
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