5 thoughts on “Go vote”

  1. Doesn’t bother me that much, especially since it’s not like he’s the only President to do it. It’s just convenient for most people who don’t like this president to find another reason not to like him. I swear if the man catches a cold you guys will sayr he’s trying to restart germ warfare.

    According to this Drudge link, both Carter and Clinton did the same thing.

    http://www.drudgereport.com/flash8.htm

  2. Eclark? Did you even read that report? It said that Clinton and Carter approved foreign intelligence, not domestic. That said, this is Matt Drudge, who isn’t exactly known for fact checking and accuracy. As for Bush not being the only president to do this kind of thing, you’re right; Nixon also approved of domestic spying. Quite a role model for others to follow eh?

    I’m glad it doesn’t bother you that Bush is trampling all over the constitution; I’d hate to think of what would happen if he got a blowjob from an intern; you’d probably be worried that the country was falling apart. Nice to see that you’ve got your priorities straight.

  3. “…especially since it’s not like he’s the only President to do it.”

    So if I follow that rationale, it’s okay for me to commit any crime I want because, y’know, I’m not the only person to do it.

    Give me a break.

    As far as I have been able to determine there hasn’t been a single reason given for not following THE LAW and getting a warrant. The excuses offered by Bush and his officials simply don’t hold up.

    It has to be secret? That’s why the secret court was set up in 1978. We couldn’t afford a delay? That’s why the law allows you to apply for a warrant retroactively.

    Either they new they would not be allowed to get away with this so decided to rationalize their avoiding warrants as part of executive priveledge, or they really just have a pathological refusal to acknowledge anyone can place any limts on their actions.

  4. To support the fact that Bush is now retroactively rationalizing his authority to wiretap without a warrant, I refer anyone interested to an article written by Tom Daschle:

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/22/AR2005122201101.html

    “… The Bush administration now argues those powers were inherently contained in the resolution adopted by Congress [following 9/11] — but at the time, the administration clearly felt they weren’t or it wouldn’t have tried to insert the additional language.”

  5. I suppose I should be thankful for the wrong reason:

    Listening to Bush, he’s obviously in Nixon-paranoid-barking-mad-power-hungry-rationalizing-burnout-tailspin.

    The presidency should be above such things b now, and it’ll hurt the country to rmove him, but it will hurt it far more to keep him.

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