want proof of the bullying tactics used by repukes?

Legendary entertainer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte on Tuesday explained his absence from Coretta Scott King's funeral.

Belafonte told reporters before a speech at Case Western Reserve University that President Bush influenced the King family to disinvite him from the funeral in suburban Atlanta on Feb. 7.

Belafonte, known to be a friend of Martin Luther King Jr., said he was told about the decision the day before the funeral, at which he had been scheduled to speak.

The King children made the final decision, Belafonte said, but they were "fiercely intimidated by the president's representatives."...
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and then there's this:

SAN DIEGO Mar 1, 2006 (AP)— Former Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham bullied Defense Department officials as he worked to ensure deals for contractors who had bribed him with gifts and cash, federal prosecutors said in court papers Tuesday.

Cunningham, 64, a once-powerful member of the House Defense Appropriations Committee, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday for accepting $2.4 million in bribes in exchange for steering government work to defense contractors.

Prosecutor's said there was no way to distinguish between defense contracts funded through Cunningham's intervention or legitimate means, according to court documents.

They claim Cunningham berated Pentagon employees and tried to get them fired for withholding money from two contractors.
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ever since the election in 2000 where the bullying klan made their way south and intimidated officials there..... the coup has lasted 6 years. it's time for a REGIME CHANGE.