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The motivation for blocking investigations into Bush lawbreaking

Key congressional Democrats were aware and tacitly supportive of Bush's illegal interrogation and surveillance programs, a key motive in why they helped prevent accountability.
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  • Tuesday, July 15, 2008 07:37 AM

    Ohhhh

    I never thought of that one. I had pegged the corporate hush money and possible electronic blackmail. The notion that certain Dems would be not just enablers but truly and legally complicit didn't cross my mind.

    It's time to break up the Dems. It's time for a New Party. Why is no one creating a competing party on the left? The Democrats simply have no constituency anymore.

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