Over the years the FBI infiltrated various political parties & other types of groups to cause confusion in them, gather intelligence, and stop rampant socialistic sentiment.  Have they done the same to the Democratic party?
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One thing, this is not the KKK or the Communist Party.  I am skeptical, but given the paranoia and stupidity in the Bush Administration, who knows ?  Maybe so.\nFat lot of good it will be, unless we are dealing with Richard the IIIrd.  But Bush is not smart enough, though his handlers are.
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911 was plotted on Clinton's watch. Time will tell. Angry are we? You guys better get used to it. When you grow up and become a conservative you will understand how stupid you were.
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Nope both parties are equally corrupt and it matters not who is charge.The truth about this will never be fully known although many intelligent people have theorized what happened.
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Seems to me that you pretty much hit the nail on the head.  Both parties have their scandals, their morons, and their self-righteous flag-toting extremists.  It is easy to complain when you aren't held accountable for the decision, so Bush-bashing is becoming more popular than ever.  The Democrats, being liberals in most regards, also have more division within their party.  Having said that, if it was up to some of the Republicans today, we'd still have blacks as slaves and women working only for the family.  What I'm saying is, both sides have their great minds and their fools, but historically the Democratic party has been more influencial and active in promoting equality.
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the fbi and the cia have been doing it as long as they'be been organisations\nthe justice department includes the police, so that's a no-brainer\nthe Navy and the Air Force have their own police forces and the right to act independently of the nations judiciary, so that's an open invitation to corruption\nwhat it comes down to is they are human organisations peopled by human beings who are as varied and flawed as the general population and who have gone through as many changes culturally\nof course Americans have tortured Americans\nas to trusting bush or cheney, i still can't believe they were elected to minor public positions, let alone positions of absolute power; absolute power corrupts absolutely, but these two were already absolutely corrupted long before they got there\nChrist weeps and the devil smiles when these two come to mind
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The FBI have a specail unit set up for this type of fraud ,they are getting to them I have heard.
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In the later 1700's, there were two separate ideologies and the 2 separate groups formed political parties. As Parties, it was easier to identify where candidates stood on issues. And of course, as a group, they coud band together for strength.Those parties have changed lots over the years-the Federalists don't exist anymore the idea that the executive branch's power shopuld be checked by the legislative branch continues in the Democratic party. Lots to learn about here-try doing some internet searches and read more about it. The search terms "political party" and "history" work nicely. \n\nBartering I believe is coming back. You see that category on Craigs List and I know people that trade services. And if you search online, you'll see a number of sites come up...
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Sure the democrats are smarter than the republicans, but I would like to suggest anyone be an independent thinker instead of a party member. Each party has its pros and cons.
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The neoconservative criminals can run but they can't hide, investigations will begin early in 2007, should be interesting watching it on C-SPAN, I'll bring the popcorn, LMAO!
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Don't you read the news?  This was a partisan dirty trick to keep democrats from voting in key states -- the calls went something like, you are registered in some other state and if you try to vote you will be arrested.  Virginia has called in the FBI to investigate; if you have evidence, you should contact your election authorities.
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I have noticed this too.  I don't understand why things have grown so polarized.  I have a strong political persuasion as well (which I will not disclose) and I hate to see my favorite party insulting the other party.  It makes them look stupid.  I think that there needs to be a 3rd, more moderate party thrown into the mix to get these two sides to get along.
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Actually, Nixon didn't "send his henchmen" in, someone lower in the chain of command of the Committee to Reelect the President (Nixon) in 1972 did.  \n\nThe Democratic National Committee headquarters were in the Watergate Hotel where the breakin occurred in an attempt to spy on the DNC.  Nixon found out about it well after the fact and, not having "sent" anyone to do it, wasn't pleased that it happened.\n\nNixon's problems stemmed from the attempt to cover up the fact that his people did it after he found out about it, not that he had anything to do with the actual break in.\n\n"Watergate" was an umbrella name for a series of events in addition to the break in that were discovered in the investigation. . the "Dirty Tricks Squad" the Committee to Reelect had, the slush fund the committee maintained from off the books cash contributions, and other things.
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No, they just denied monitors to make sure there were enough translators.  Some felt the existence of monitors in itself might suppress the vote.\n\nI understand also that each party has more than 400 attorneys on call and a 'war chest' to count, verify voters, and contest elections after the fact.\n\n"In Pennsylvania, the Republican Party has opened a “recount account” and set aside $500,000 to pay lawyers who will answer telephones on Election Day and monitor polls to see whether officials demand proper voters’ identification. In Maryland, lawyers representing candidates for senator and governor from both parties met recently and swapped cellphone numbers and e-mail addresses to smooth out the logistics of potential litigation."\n\nhttp://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/04/us/politics/04lawyers.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin
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Absolutely.  There MUST be a debate between the "ins" and the "outs" (those IN power versus those OUT of power.)  It is the job of the INS to get away with as much monkey business as possible and it is the job of the OUTS to act as the watchdogs of the INS.  EVERY political party tries to get away with monkey business.  EVERYONE.  Of course there can be lesser parties but their impact is often to act as a spoiler for the two major parties (eg. 1912, 1948, 1968, 2000 elections)
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Good call!\n\nI noticed and thought the same thing before the election. \n\nEverybody was saying how it was going to help the Republican party but I kept thinking... 'does this not show that they controlled it all the while....'
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Ha! Don't look now but after counting your gains during the election, you overlooked the trend of the Democrats to turn to Conservatism! Lieberman, Casey, Webb, and several other Dem gains came from a new movement to move toward the center! While the Dems obviously won, so did Conservatism!\n\nLieberman earned MY respect!
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I don't think you will ever see the Republican Party take any ownership of their mistakes, it's always somebody Else's. Talk about a sickness and in denial. It's going to take a new Democratic congress to get to the bottom of it all. From their dirty tricks squads, it also looks as if there is a lot to cover up, maybe too much.