Comments on: RNC Chair: Party Will Win On Security

Political Players: Mike Duncan Says Republicans Are Better Able to Protect America

[watcher269-2009]

The Bush administration can initiate new terrorist monitoring activities after the PAA expires. It just has to get a FISA warrant, the same way it did in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. Indeed, Bush himself praised the changes Congress made to FISA in the wake of the September 11 attacks, noting that they %u201Cwill allow surveillance of all communications used by terrorists, including e-mails, the Internet, and cell phones%u201D and makes the intelligences community %u201Cable to better meet the technological challenges posed by this proliferation of communications technology.%u201D If we were able to get by with those provisions for nearly six years, surely we%u2019ll be OK living under them again for a couple of week.

%u201CThe Protect America Act will expire only because the President and congressional Republicans refused to approve an extension of that law. Their true concern here is not national security. Rather, they want to protect the financial interests of telecommunications companies and avoid judicial scrutiny of their warrantless wiretapping program%u2026

[b-easy63]

from inside the Justice Department on down the line including contempt citations for Meirs and Bolton for defying congressional sopenas etc., Karl Rove''''s lost emails etc., this next election is very important for Republicans, if they lose all their secrets will be on full public display!

Posted by tbweb at 05:58 PM : Feb 16, 2008


You mean the ones that don''t get erased or shredded. That is one thing I do not like about Obama. He is likely to forgive and ignore pursuing the corruption of Bush because he wants to build consensus--but we cannot heal as a country by ignoring a putrid sore caused by Bush--if left untreated--it can turn to gangrene and ultimately, be the death of us all.

[b-easy63]

Remember how bad a campaign idea that was in 2006? Well it is an even worse idea now with Americans aware that up to 500 million a day is being wasted there. Bad idea, unless the GOP plans to manufacture another terrorist attack--if they trot that old horse out and try to tell us that **** is actually rain, other than the party faithful the only ones who will vote for McCAin are those who will defect if Hilary is the nominee.

[giantrobot2]

If Abraham Lincoln was running as a presidential candidate today, he would get the same cold shoulder that Mike Huckabee is getting from the Republican establishment and liberal media.

The Republican establishment and liberal media are worried they will lose power if Lincoln or Huckabee were President.

Both Lincoln and Huckabee want to give freedom to all people. Lincoln (to abolish slavery) and Huckabee (to abolish income tax).

The establishment and media should have learned their lesson back in the 1860''s from Abraham Lincoln, but instead they hoard on their money and their selfish desires once again.

With Monday being President''s day, they should reflect on lesson''s learned here, but instead the Republican establishment and Liberal media will again walk past a dying man on a road to Damascus, not offering to help like the age old bibical story goes. The Pharisee and Saducces did the same thing to the common ordinary citizens.

Both Lincoln and Huckabee could go the easy way, but instead the are sticking out their neck to help everyone, not just the few.

Both Lincoln and Huckabee are very humble men, caring about others more than themselves. Both men want to take America to higher ground and create a new American spirit.

Let''s rally around Lincoln and Huckabee, they are truly honest, humble, trustworthy, charismatic and caring people.

[whitepicks2]

Don''t kid yourself, War Party Chair. The American public may be slow to come around, but make no mistake they won''t scare so easily this time. After Bush/Cheney and with another old white man promising the same, we''ll run you. The War Party will be lucky to win again for 20 years.

[boatdocster]

j-whitman

Absolutely. It''s like our "virtual president", present but not really there (unless Cheney is in his office)...

[j-whitman]

realpatriot1,,, It''s Vertual Security, like a Vertual Fence

[realpatriot1]

If Republicans are so much better at protecting America what the hell happened on September 11?

[j-whitman]

Someone should take the RNC Chair''s chair & beat him over the head with it.

[j-whitman]

Bush & McCain are yelling how dems are allowing the growth of Evil Al Queda by not passing the spy bill

Republichans had that bill for months, then 2 days prior to the expiration sent it to the house -- Then stopped a democrat attempt to extend it.

RNC Chair --- Who''s not good for security ?????