A Rumor Mill News Source said that the Bush Administration is scrambling like mad TO KEEP JEFFORDS FROM BEING KILLED!!
If Jeffords is such a TRAITOR to the Republican Party, why is the White House doing everything they can to keep him alive??
Possible answers:
1. They are afraid they will be blamed!
2. They know they have a deal with Senator Toricelli to resign instead of going to jail, hence the number of Republicans and Democrats in the Senate will be the same in a month or two, and Vice President Dick Cheney will will cast the deciding vote and the balance of power and the Chairmen of the Committees will revert to the Republicans
3. The White House knows that the Republicans can keep the Democrats from really assuming power until the Torricelli deal is finalized.
4. If all three plans go awry... at least G.W. will have the Democrats to blame for EVERYTHING!
So, who is trying to kill Jeffords and why?
According to the RMNews Source, it is NOT a government sanction. It is really the "LONENUT" syndrome!
There are some people who are SO mad at the Democrats because of what Bill Clinton did to the country that Jeffords switch to their side is akin to what Benedict Arnold did in the Revolutionary War!
In their minds, Jeffords is a Traitor, and as such HE DESERVES TO BE KILLED!
Our Source says that the White House is mainly afraid that REPUBLICANS and G.W. will be blamed and will take the heat for it in the 2002 election.
If RMNews knows this, you can bet that Democratic Operatives know this also. If I were Jeffords, I would be MORE AFRAID of my new Democratic buddies than I would be of a "LONENUT" or the Republican White House!!
Rayelan
Here's what the LA Times has to say about this... It is always good to get the RMNews version first!! and then compare it to what the Established Media has to say!
Threats on Jeffords' Life Reported
By GREG MILLER, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON -- Vermont Sen. James M. Jeffords of Vermont has received
multiple death threats since announcing last week that he is leaving the
Republican Party, a move that gives Democrats control of the Senate, an aide
said Thursday.
Erik Smulson, Jeffords' press secretary, said the threats had been
received at the senator's offices in Washington and in Montpelier, Vt.
Smulson declined to provide additional information about the threats except
to say that the matter has been referred to the U.S. Capitol Police.
A security detail from the police force accompanied Jeffords on Capitol
Hill late last week before he left to attend a conference in Italy on
environmental issues.
Lt. Dan Nichols of the Capitol Police said the protection "will remain
in place until the threat diminishes." He also said that, in general, when a
member of Congress has been threatened, the FBI conducts a criminal
investigation while the Capitol Police assess the threat and "determine
whether to implement a protective operation."
Jeffords, 67, stunned Washington by declaring that he would become an
independent, tipping what has been an evenly split Senate in favor of
Democrats when lawmakers return Tuesday from a weeklong recess.
Dismayed GOP leaders initially were low key in their comments about
Jeffords and his decision, but some have become more pointed in their remarks
as the shift in Senate control nears. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott
(R-Miss.), who will soon become minority leader, complained in a radio
interview earlier this week that Jeffords had mounted a "coup of one."
Smulson said that most of the public reaction to Jeffords' announcement
has been supportive.
"We've been overwhelmed with dozens of bouquets of flowers, and boxes
and crates of mail," Smulson said. "We had a woman call in from Vermont, 8
1/2 months' pregnant, saying she was going to name her son Charles but now
plans to name him Jim."
There is even evidence of Jeffords' newfound celebrity on the Internet.
The online auction site Ebay lists a half-dozen items of Jeffords'
memorabilia, including a "Jeffords for President" pin selling for $4.75. For
those aggrieved by the senator's switch, a James "Benedict" Jeffords button
is available for $3.
Copyright © 2001 Los Angeles Times
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