December 17, 2008
Thanks for Nothing, Senator McCain
My latest at PJM:
I was reluctant to support John “Mr. Bipartisan” McCain, but by the time the dust was settled, he was the last man standing. It wasn’t until he named Sarah Palin as his running mate that I, along with countless others, became enthusiastic about McCain the candidate. So for him to give her such an obvious brush-off when she was the only thing his campaign did right — even though they completely misused her talents until the end, when it was too late to save the sinking SS McCain — is absolutely contemptible.
Click the link above to read the whole thing.
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You would think that with all the great people out there we could find one, just one Republican that made us wan to stand up and fight for the leadership of our country. Sarah was only half of the answer and I'm not sure what the other half was. I think that people ar only now really waking up to how sleezy the Chicago politics really is. We are going to hear about Obama's part of that until we are sick. I think the Media doesn't really want to tell us how bad the economy really is once he is sworn in. Batten down the hatches boys and girls. MUD
posted by
Dennis Pettty at December 18, 2008 09:52 AM
As I see it, the Republicans did not pick Sen. McCain, the media did. I have watched the shift in the political wind for some time now and I remember thinking that the media would NEVER allow another Reagan. His abilty to circumvent their control on information was something they learned well from and vowed in the back rooms never to let a strong communicator gain traction. We see and hear from all the RINOs on a regular basis, but true conservatives are nowhere to be found on the airwaves. Boys and Girls - this will only get worse with the new push for the Fairness Doctrine - whether by law or intimidation!
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NewtownMark at December 18, 2008 04:48 PM
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February 06, 2006
Arlen Specter Not Sure of Bush Administration Motives
RINO Arlen Specter has a hard time understanding why the Bush Administration authorized wiretaps and other electronic monitoring of communications between known or suspected al Qaeda operatives and people here in the United States.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has not adequately justified why the Bush administration failed to seek court approval for domestic surveillance, said the senator in charge of a hearing Monday on the program.
Sen. Arlen Specter said Sunday he believes that President Bush violated a 1978 law specifically calling for a secret court to consider and approve such monitoring. The Pennsylvania Republican branded Gonzales' explanations to date as "strained and unrealistic."
The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, predicted that the committee would have to subpoena the administration to obtain internal documents that lay out the legal basis for the program. Justice Department officials have declined, citing in part the confidential nature of legal communications.
Specter said he would have his committee consider such a step if the attorney general does not go beyond his prior statements and prepared testimony that the spying is legal, necessary and narrowly defined to fight terrorists.
Hey Arlen...here's a hint:
Now take that $160,000 plus that we pay you and buy yourself a clue.
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FBI agents have been openly quoted in newspapers as saying the wiretaps have given them mounds and mounds of dead-ends. many times, the numbers they finally retrieve will end up at a pizza hut or a small family in the middle of nowhere. they've said that the taps are making their jobs more difficult and haven't yet yielded any leads.
that's in addition to them being illegal.
posted by
steve at February 6, 2006 12:11 PM
"(2) The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 allows wiretapping of aliens and citizens in the US based on a finding of probable cause to believe that the target is a member of a foreign terrorist group or an agent of a foreign power. For US citizens and permanent resident aliens, there must also be probable cause to believe that the person is engaged in activities that "may" involve a criminal violation. Suspicion of illegal activity is not required in the case of aliens who are not permanent residents ? for them, membership in a terrorist group is enough, even if their activities on behalf of the group are legal.
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Both Title III and FISA allow the government to carry out wiretaps without a court order in emergency situations involving risk of death or serious bodily injury and in national security cases."
http://www.cdt.org/wiretap/wiretap_overview.html
posted by
Pam at February 6, 2006 02:29 PM
the government must then seek a warrant in a time period of up to 72 hours after the wiretap has taken place.
W. doesn't seem to like that.
posted by
steve at February 6, 2006 02:52 PM
i'll wait for your response to remind you that congress never declared war so the president's "wartime" powers haven't been authorized.
posted by
steve at February 6, 2006 04:45 PM
Read this. The whole thing.
http://www.henrymarkholzer.com/articles_truman_loss_bush_gain.shtml
posted by
Pam at February 6, 2006 10:02 PM
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