The Blacklist: An Offer They Can’t Refuse
So this is hardcore. Via Carpetbagger, we read a suspicious report from the far-out Insight magazine that Karl Rove is “blacklisting” Republicans on the Judiciary committee, lest they grow a conscience and conclude that the President broke the law by not getting FISA warrants for his domestic spying program.
We’ll let serious blogs deal with the constitutional implications of the President’s actions. Instead we’ll focus on the mafia movie angle!
Again, this one’s fish in a barrel. It’s hard to find a mafia movie where the mobster didn’t intimidate someone into falling in line. So we’ll go with a classic, the granddaddy (God-daddy?) of the genre:
“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”
According to this (admittedly specious) source, Rove’s worried that the Judiciary Committee ruling could pave the way for the dreaded impeachment hearings. Unfortunately for Consigliere Rove, the Senators on this particular committee are a prickly bunch. Several of them were serving in D.C. when Rove’s boss, el Presidente was still waking up in his own vomit, and many still be there in three years when he’s back clearing brush in Crawford. So they’re not likely to roll over for the Rove-man. Specter, Hatch, Graham, Grassley: Not exactly Bush sycophants. It’s not like Rove can actually break their kneecaaps… can he?