The Democrats' irresponsibility has reached its peak with Speaker Pelosi taking a vacation and Congress wasting time on steroids while America's ability to conduct surveillance on terrorists expires tonight. There was a time when Democrats said that the terrorism problem was not a military one, but a law enforcement and national security problem. So what did they do? They destroyed an effective and indisputably legal program to track terrorists' financial transactions and now they are going to destroy the government's ability to intercept terrorists' communications.
Barack Obama talks about post-partisan change, but when the Democrats carry water for their trial lawyer bagmen, who want the ability to sue telecom companies for assisting the government, it is nothing more than old-fashioned special interest politics. John McCain is pounding Obama for backsliding on campaign finance commitments. Who cares? If McCain wants to both help America by pressuring Democrats to let our intelligence agencies do their job AND show the voters how out-of-touch Democrats are on this issue, he would hammer Obama on this issue. This is the easiset play in the book: it helps to protect our country, it reveals Democrats as irresponsible and it unites conservatives. Why isn't team McCain doing it?
The gov't can still use the survillence technique. They don't even need a warrant since they can get a warrant afterwards.
What a farce to say otherwise.
Posted by: Matt at February 16, 2008 07:49 PM
Thank God that damn thing expired. All these 'anti-terrorism laws' are just eating away at our liberties. We are becoming a police state, and very few see it. You can't have a war on an emotion (terror). I am not afraid of terrorists. I am afraid of our government getting too damn big and controlling. In case anyone is wondering, I'm not a democrat. I believe in small government, low taxes, less spending, no empire building, humble foreign policy, pro-gun, guarding OUR borders against those who may attack us, no amnesty, and being responsible for oneself.
You know, what the Republican Party used to stand for.... And now they're shoving liberal McCain down my throat. Huckabee isn't much better, as he's fiscally liberal. Out of the remaining GOP candidates, only Paul is true old school conservative Republican. If the GOP thinks McCain is their guy, I'll be voting 3rd party this fall, along with many others.
Posted by: Allegiance at February 17, 2008 02:33 AM
I think we all know that McCain has no chance against the dem's in the general election. His stance on war is enough in itself to soundly defeat him, as public sentiment soars to over 3/4 against the occupations. Add to that his amnesty for illegals stance and record, his health care bill for Mexico, and his irresponsibility in supporting so called "free trade" agreements that outsource our jobs, and you quickly find that he is absolutely unelectable.
Huckabee continues to run, and although he has more charm than McCain, he has a record of increasing taxes for big government, and supports the occupations. He does seem more and more appealing as he continues to take points from the third candidate still in contention and add them to his platform. Unless he gets a clue about our foreign policy, though, he is as unelectable as McCain. I would suggest he read Michael Scheuer's(founder of the CIA's Bin Laden unit) books.
Which brings us to the one Republican candidate left in the field who could actually crush the dem's in November. The one who promises us the real "change" that we all know we so desperately need - a return to lawful, Constitutional government. The one the troops overwhelmingly support because he understands the damage our current foreign policy is wreaking on the world. The doctor who has a prescription for what ails this nation. That prescription is a direct Constitutional injection administered vigorously and repeatedly followed by years under close observation by the people.
There is "Hope for America", and there is hope for our party. We CAN defeat the democrats and win the White House this year. All we have to do is be wise enough to nominate Dr. Ron Paul in September.
Posted by: Robert Taft at February 19, 2008 01:47 PM
So sad. It's one of the many reasons I fear a Democrat as President.
Posted by: Steph at February 22, 2008 05:21 PM
