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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-12-06 09:37 PM
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Bill Clinton on .. (Nightline tonight)
Bill Clinton on AIDS, Iran, Secret Spying and His Wife's Career

... When asked if the president should have constitutional authority to order domestic surveillance without a warrant during wartime — a controversy President Bush currently faces —Clinton said it is "a decision the Supreme Court would have to resolve."

"My attitude was that once the Congress had spoken on it and given us the tools that we needed, we used it," he said. "We used the law. We either went there and asked for the approval or, if there was an emergency and we had to do it beforehand, then we filed within three days afterward and gave them a chance to second guess it, because I thought it was a good — I think in the country you always have to try to balance these things out, so that's what we did" ...

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/Politics/story?id=1500147
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fooj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-12-06 09:39 PM
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1. Wonder if he'll mention the fact that
Scalito believes an employer has the RIGHT TO FIRE AN EMPLOYEE if they have AIDS...whether their "fear" is reasonable OR unreasonable. OMG!!!

Peace.
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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-12-06 09:40 PM
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2. He followed the law and bush broke it. Why doesn't he say that?
aaaarrrrrggggghhhhh!!!!
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Gloria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-12-06 09:44 PM
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3. Hope he doesn't muddy the waters some more....BTW, does he
have Poppy in tow?
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savemefromdumbya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-12-06 09:56 PM
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4. Supreme Court - now that's funny
a snowball's chance in hell that the Supreme Court with its lovely fascists will stop the Pretzeldent.
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