Democrats love to complain that Republicans question their patriotism, when it is simply Democrats' judgement on national security issues that is in doubt. But now, with their vile, grossly negligent and reprehensible behavior on terrorist surveillance, it is finally time to question their patriotism.
Even though the Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation to allow the government to eavesdrop on terrorists, Democratic Senator and intelligence committee chairman Jay Rockefeller voted in favor, and enough Democrats in the House demanded a vote to pass the bill, Nancy Pelosi refused to bring it to a vote. The issue, of course, is that the trial lawyers (aka, the DNC piggy bank) have dozens of lawsuits pending against the telecom companies that cooperated with the government to protect America. Rather than protect these patriotic companies from costly and frivolous litigation, Pelosi and the House Democrats refused to vote.
So now we are in our 5th day of being unable to surveil our mortal enemies. Many people complained that we failed to "connect the dots" prior to September 11, but now the Democrats are preventing us from even collecting the dots. The President (who should have postponed his Africa trip to pressure Congress) and every GOP member of Congress needs to hammer the Democrats every day non-stop on this issue. It is not only that important, but it is a 100% political winner - especially when the House Democrat leadership are bordering on treason.
Your post is so incredibly false, it hardly warrants a response. Is it really that hard to tell the truth?? Or are you just that uneducated??? Do you ever do your homework or are you just a messenger of propaganda??? Tell me, I really want answers.
"we are in our 5th day of being unable to surveil our mortal enemies" - This is what is called USDA Grade A bullshit. FISA is on the books and we have not lost a step on terrorist surveillance...NOT ONE STEP!!! What did expire 2 weeks ago was a provision that lets the President spy on American citizens. He may say they are terrorists, but for all we know they may just be Democrats. Reading conservative blogs, it certainly feels as though there is no distinction. However, without FISA court oversight, nobody will ever know.
At any rate, if the author had done his homework, he would know that the House passed a version of the Protect America Act already. It differs from the Senate version so it is currently in conference committee. If the author knew anything about the legislative branch at all, he would know that most bills get worked this way in Congress.
One other thing the author leaves out is the fact that House leadership offered the President a temporary extension to the Protect America Act as passed in 2007. The President rejected this offer. Therefore, if we are losing anything in our surveillance, which we are not, is the fault of ONE PERSON AND ONLY ONE PERSON....GEORGE W. BUSH.
Next time you really need to get your facts straight....
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at March 1, 2008 06:23 PM
