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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 10:29 AM
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Rove Had 3 Catholic Priests "Exorcise" Spirit Of Hillary From West Wing
NY Daily News article says Rove tried to get the part about his stepfather being gay tossed from the book. He also "called daily — one day, six times — to lobby against a chapter about his connection with indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. "



Among other savories in the book:

* When Rove moved into the West Wing office formerly occupied by Hillary Clinton, he called in three Catholic priests to exorcise the spirit of the First Lady. "It was an actual liturgical ceremony," says Deal Hudson, who took part.

* Texas' then-Gov. George W. Bush once asked a reporter, "You know what I'm gonna tell those Jews when I get to Israel, don't you, Herman?" When the journalist, Ken Herman, replied that he did not know, Bush reportedly quipped: "I'm telling 'em they're all going to hell."

* Bush has little regard for his father's record, according to the authors. "Don't underestimate what you can learn from a failed presidency," he once told campaign media consultant Don Sipple.

more at:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/449691p-378518c.html
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MountainLaurel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 10:30 AM
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1. O.M.F.G.
:wow:
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ramapo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 10:32 AM
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2. Quite a group
unbelievably believable
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Counciltucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 10:33 AM
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3. Even worse than I thought.
No wonder his mother committed suicide. If I spawned someone like Karl Rove, I'd be tempted to do the same.
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 10:35 AM
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4. Who paid for these "services"?
Mighta been pro bono from Opus Dei.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 10:37 AM
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5. WTF!?
Karl Rove is one messed up dude!
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Generic Other Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 10:39 AM
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6. And Clinton swiped the w's off the keyboards to make a voodoo charm
So whose powers were stronger?
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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 10:44 AM
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11. Silly rhetorical question...
Everyone knows the Clenis is all-powerful.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 10:39 AM
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7. Looks like it may have worked
Edited on Wed Sep-06-06 10:39 AM by mmonk
since she may not seek the nomination.;-) Looks as if the book would be quite entertaining. I'd love if it were made into a movie. Boy, what a freakshow.
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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 10:39 AM
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8. Good precaution
After all there's nothing worse than a ghost who appears before the person has actually died.

Bryant
Check it out -> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com
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RedStateShame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 10:40 AM
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9. Yeah, you wouldn't want any of that "no wars" spirit in the White House.
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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 10:42 AM
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10. More proof--as if any was needed-- that religious people
are full-on fucking insane!

And at what point did Mr & Mrs Hudson decide that Deal was a name? "Honey our boy's gonna grow up to be the bestest F&I manager on the whole goldurn car lot!"
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 10:47 AM
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15. Rove is not religious.
It seems this book also reveals that he is agnostic.

Ever see a pic of Rove coming out of church? I haven't.

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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 10:58 AM
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20. Oh, it was an Agnostic exorcism!! Pascal's wager and stuff...
Just in case there might have been a ghost or something, maybe. That's very different. Never mind.
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 11:19 AM
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30. he and BushCo claim to be religious, therefore they are religious
that's all you can ever go by.

His offical public persona is one of a religious, Christian man.
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 11:28 AM
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31. agnostic != athiest (nt)
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Benhurst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 10:44 AM
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12. Kind of presumptuous of Rove to take them away from their
altar boys.

There are a lot of good priests out there; but only nasty buggers would profane their faith by participating in such a ritual.



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izzie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 10:46 AM
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13. If true real madness is with us.
:crazy:
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savemefromdumbya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 10:46 AM
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14. er they didn't mention Gannon in the book did they?
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chat_noir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 10:49 AM
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16. Deal Hudson
Deal Hudson, publisher of the Catholic news magazine Crisis, came to the attention of Karl Rove after he published an article recommending that the Republican party could garner Democratic Catholics if only the GOP would reach out to regular churchgoers. From there it was just a short hop to an informal position on George W. Bush's 2000 Presidential campaign. In his capacity as informal adviser Hudson tutored Bush on the Catholic worldview and reportedly even vetted some of his more important speeches.

In January 2003 Bush appointed Hudson to serve on the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation, along with such luminaries as Bob Dole, John Glenn, Cal Ripken, Steve Young, Cokie Roberts, Dixie Carter, Sean Astin, and Richard Parsons, among others.

...

It was while teaching at Fordham that Cara Poppas, one of Hudson's 18-year-old philosophy students, filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the professor, claiming that he had fucked her after she got drunk in a bar. The suit was reportedly settled out of court for $30,000, Hudson subsequently surrendered his tenure and started his life over in New York.

The incident remained quiet for ten years, until the news broke in August 2004. Hudson promptly resigned from his informal post on Bush's 2004 campaign, declaring: "While I remain fervently committed to supporting President Bush's re-election, I think it best that I no longer play a role as an adviser in this year's campaign."


http://www.nndb.com/people/403/000058229/

Crisis Publisher
Aspen Institute Mortimer Adler Fellow (1992-94)
Capital Research Center
Christian Coalition Catholic Alliance, Board of Directors
Republican National Committee
Sexual Harassment Lawsuit filed 1995, reportedly settled for $30,000
Converted to Catholicism Feb-1982
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 10:49 AM
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17. The Exorcist, Part III?
:rofl:

I swear, this bunch is full-goose LOONEY!:crazy:
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Julius Civitatus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 10:49 AM
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18. Rove is initiated in the "dark arts"?
Does he believe in evil spirits and exorcisms?

He's even more fucked up that I thought.
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 10:57 AM
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19. What Catholic priest would actually do this?
They generally don't take offers to do exorcisms lightly or even publically.
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Az_lefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 11:03 AM
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21. The Church would never sanction something like this...
it was probably some "priest" from a right wing cult.
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 11:10 AM
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24. I'm thinking some Talibornagain snake handler with a Roman collar
Even Opus Dei wouldn't do something like this (not because it goes against any moral fiber, but moreover because it is completely unorthadox.)
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Tanuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 11:11 AM
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27. Probably Jeff Gannon
and some of his fellow call-boys wearing their priest costumes (you just know they have more outfits in their role-playing wardrobes than the Marine uniforms).
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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 11:09 AM
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23. Sure looks like they will do them for political gain.
Nothing is too crazy if it funnels more power and money to the church.
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 03:52 PM
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33. Not this kind of maneuver
Sorry, it just doesn't cut the mustard.
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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 11:41 AM
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32. Sounds like some SSPX or other such "near schism" group

If you have followers the Vatican won't declare you in schism because they want them back in the fold.
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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 11:04 AM
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22. and I look in disgust at the 3 priests - shame on them


can they be named? what does the Vatican have to say about them doing that?
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 11:16 AM
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28. Let's see their names & hear what they actually did....
The Church does not do Exorcisms lightly.
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 11:11 AM
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25. Well, we knew they were nuts. But this nuts? Gotta admit bit surprised. nt
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Miss Chybil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 11:11 AM
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26. This book seems a little over the top.
I hope they have corroborating evidence, or else it's just like the 9/11 movie.
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stepnw1f Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 11:17 AM
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29. Right Wing Fruit Cake (nt)
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AngryOldDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 04:06 PM
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34. God...Deal Hudson
I thought I'd heard the last of him.

Just one more Catholic who gives us all a bad rap.
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 04:40 PM
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35. Chimpy did learn from Poppy he is an even bigger failure
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undergroundpanther Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-07-06 12:18 AM
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36. No exorcist
Can get SEKHMET out of there.. Maybe Sekhmet puts on a Hillary mask just to gaslight the assholes?


"The Powerful, powerful in her existence, She that impurity fears.
The one who's face is beautiful, remarkable of image, who thrusts back sadness.
The solar feminine disc, radiant, rejuvenating, illuminating the country.
The Mistress of the sky, appearing in her sanctuary.
Sekhmet, powerful against the enemies, inspiring terror in the rebels.
The Mistress of Iunet, entering into her chapel, whirling and dancing in her temple."
(translated into English by Kerry Wisner, 1999-2000, from the French text "Dendera - I Traduction" by S. Cauville)

Sekhmet,
I know you know the secrets of hearts, It was you who was misused and betrayed by the arrogance of imperial power of Ra and the yes men the Neteru,You were hurt but, you awoke to the lies come back from the desert,as a raging one, become the power that is beyond the ruler, Sacred and Non serviam...Sekhmet.

Send your redness of shame and go into the darkened places in the people in this administration,take their desire to stop the cruel deeds and Machiavellian doings of all those who would destroy the good things this country has, and lay out the corpse of corruption of our government in the glaring merciless sunlight so that no part or paper will be able to hide itself from public exposure.Take all
the chattering well groomed,coiffed,rehearsed and sold out rotted sepulchers seeking a spotlight expose all the ugliness they hide and the cowardice they have. Sekhmet put a fire in the belly of the media who has a heart and hears that still hear,Make them your agents of change and clean house. Sekhmet chase the truth out of chains of command until it reaches the top , connecting the lines telling the truth kindled by a million hearts and minds finding their own power,freedom,self respect,courage conviction moral outrage,compassion,and spirit to do what needs to be done, kindle in them an undying respect for human dignity,freedom,equality,fairness,justice,sovereignty, and human rights. Sekhmet make all the corruption they do in secret be visible and clearly understood for what it is in the public's perceptions,so that no one can deceive themselves or be deceived anymore by flattery or deceptions,bribes,threats or false promises..

Sekhmet let this administration and all the other unseen and seen people that fund it,help it in other ways , and follow it's empire designs be seen for the danger to peace fairness and justice that they are. Sekhmet Go forth and take the bullies voices and make them confess.

Sekhmet expose all government exploiters that abuse,lie,cheat,steal and hate to scrutiny and indignation.

Sekhmet compel all the well funded hypocrites and con men to confess their crimes .Force them to change their ways,to be mistrusted,disbelieved, suffering for their abuses effectively stopped by your leonine flames..

Sekhmet make all those hypocrite,greedy,lying,sociopath narcissists who seek power to misuse the public power structure,and corrupt it,and profit from it ,fail and be shamed.

May all those who would desire or who make themselves oblivious to the harm they do to others for profit and oppress others to steal from them cease and be forced to understand the damage they do to other's lives Let them live as they would have others live....Let those who mislead people and betray their trust with delight be ashamed of themselves and do the time for their crimes..Sekhmet make this administration fall victim to it's own grandiose designs.

Make them _all_ be accountable even to the least of us, for their words,hypocrisies and actions, every one of them.Make them appear to the public as bullying, sickening,greedy,cruel inhuman and pathetic as they really are in private.Give them no place to hide from themselves Sekhmet .Give the people your fury and wisdom,Mother Sekhmet.

Let the Bush admin be shamed and arrested for their reckless pursuit of self aggrandizing power, and abuse, the betrayal of the people who are not part of the top 1 percent of the uberrich mercenary merchant class.Let the darkness residing in their hearts and all their secret games, secret motives, secret schemes,and secret plans of domination and manipulation be exposed fully and may it be disclosed in entirety.May the Bush admin be subjected to the harsh scrutiny of mass realizations that we the people have been lied to and conned by criminals.

Sekhmet fill the public with your righteous anger,wisdom and indignation at those in power who would seek to dominate,abuse,spy, deceive a free people.Sekhmet stop those who craft corrupt laws and ignore social contracts to fatten their wallets and play king..

Sekhmet come upon this administration like a plague of leaks ..coming from a billion sources as to be unstoppable. Make this house of lies meltdown as the Bush admin succumbs to deluge of it's own filth as the the searing,surround of purifying flame burns this empire down.So many hostile awake,honest,clear,strong, and wiser eyes everywhere that can see through any mind game made of marketing ,threats,flattery,and fraudulent elitist criminal intentions dressed up as'conservatism'.
Sekhmet amputate the supports for the right wing... For it is diseased infected and it stinks of corruption and has rotted anti-spiritual fruits. Stop this diseased administration's machinations before it kills our liberty and sickens society with a moral cancer beyond hope.

Bwhahaha..Hail Sekhmet TaMaatSekhmet!
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