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Jara sang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 01:58 PM
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They are already down to these people?
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000416.php

New WH Policy Chief Was "Brooks Brothers" Rioter
By Justin Rood - April 19, 2006, 1:31 PM
To the Burberry ramparts!

The man Bush tapped to fill Karl Rove's spot as his policy wizard is none other than Joel Kaplan, who took part in the infamous "Brooks Brothers riot" of 2000. That's when a bunch of Washington GOP operatives, posing as outraged Floridians, waved fists, chanted "Stop the fraud!" and pounded windows in an effort to intimidate officials engaged in the Florida recount effort.

In George Bush's Washington, there's no shame in staging a fake protest to undermine a democratic election, apparently: last year, the Washington Post's Al Kamen noted that "the "rioters" proudly note their participation on resumes and in interviews." Kaplan was even the one to cheekily dub the fracas the "Brooks Brothers Riot."


They are really scraping the bottom of the barrel. I guess this is the portion of the Bush Presidency where "everybody gets a turn". Look for this Kaplan asshat to be a thorn in our sides for the next twenty years, that's what they are priming him for.

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400Years Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 02:00 PM
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1. post the riot picture to make this thread complete
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efhmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 02:04 PM
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2. Looks like a perfect fit for the insane group running our country.
Edited on Wed Apr-19-06 02:07 PM by efhmc
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Ecumenist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 02:05 PM
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3. Well, it really isn't any great surprise...
it's not like they had a high level of quality folks to choose from to begin with. As my Aunt says, these folk don't just scrape the bottom of the barrel, oh no. They pick the barrel up and scrape what's underneath.
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