Republicans Versus National Security

[madwriter]

President Bush, when he once denied that the Executive Branch was doing warrantless wiretapping

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[dancinghorse]

Bless you. I wish I'd had that on Sunday when my Republican Forever Or Die father tried that "argument" on me. He's getting a link to this right good and quick.

We know of course that if Preseident Gore were doing all this, the Pubbies would all go splooie with Justifiable Outrage.

[madwriter]

There's a lot more where that came from too. Apparently I have a reputation here on campus for being able to find just about any bit of information sooner or later, and sometimes I even put that skill to good use. :)

[alexfiles]

Excellent overview.

[dustybinx]

So what this amounts to is that there is no real difference between Republican and Democrat politicians. They're all crooks.

[madwriter]

As I implied above, I think the only difference between Bush and Clinton here was that Clinton asked permission while Bush asked forgiveness.

[tdaschel]

...with that said, Fein has come out strongly against Bush the Younger's attempts to buttrape the Constitution.

w.r.t. the wiretaps:

Bruce Fein, a lawyer who worked in the Justice Department under President Ronald Reagan, wrote in a commentary in the Washington Times last week that Bush should face "possible impeachment" if the practice is not stopped.

[madwriter]

I found that--very impressive, and just as impressive that the Times published it.