Slow day.... Scotty only made 5 "September 11th" references @ Gaggle.

[sabra]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/01/20060103-1.html

A majority of the House and Senate support reauthorization of the Patriot Act. These are vital tools in the war on terrorism here at home. They help us to connect the dots and prevent attacks from happening. We know that the terrorists are sophisticated and determined. They want to strike us again and inflict even greater damage than they did on September 11th, and it's important that Congress get this Patriot Act reauthorized. The President will continue working with members to see that that happens.

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MR. McCLELLAN: They are. They are carefully reviewed on a regular basis by the highest officials within the Department of Justice, by the White House Counsel's Office, by the National Security Agency. And Congress has been briefed on the intelligence activities that we're engaged in under this authorization. This is a vital tool in our efforts to save lives and prevent attacks from happening. It is very limited in nature. We are a nation that is at war. The President is the Commander-in-Chief, and after the attacks of September 11th, he made a very firm commitment to the American people that he was going to do everything within his power to prevent attacks from happening and save lives. And that's exactly what we have been doing.

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MR. McCLELLAN: Let me just finish, and then I'll come to you -- support the actions that the President is taking to prevent attacks from happening in the first place. That's what this President is committed to doing. This is about saving lives. We face a dangerous and determined enemy, an enemy that wants to inflict even greater damage than they did on September 11th here at home. And we've got to use every lawful tool at our disposal to help save lives. Now, the President --

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MR. McCLELLAN: I think people are concerned about America being attacked again by a deadly and dangerous enemy. We saw what happened on September 11th, and this President is going to do everything within his power to help us connect the dots and disrupt plots and break up terrorist cells. The Patriot Act has helped us in a number of instances break up terrorist cells. Just to mention a few: the Portland Seven, the Lackawanna Six, the Virginia Jihad. Those are three specific examples where people have been brought to justice and prosecuted and sentenced to prison time. These were terrorists that were seeking to do harm to the American people.

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MR. McCLELLAN: -- I'll leave it to the legal experts to talk about that. But the President is committed to doing everything within our Constitution and our laws to prevent attacks from happening and save lives. That's what he has made very clear, and he will continue to do that. We are fortunate that we have not been attacked again since September 11th here at home. We know that the enemy wants to strike us again. And that's why we must continue to stay on the offensive abroad; that's why we must continue to seek to gather important intelligence so that we can connect the dots and disrupt their efforts. And that's what we have done, and that's what we will continue to do.

[sweetm2475]

1. was it me, or

did scotty quack quack seem even testier than usual today? i thought he was gonna start crying for his mommy when he started talking about the patriot act.:cry: they're all losing it and i'ts so much fun to watch. oh and did i mention, 911911911911911911911911911911911911911911911911911911911911911911911911911911911911911911911911911911911:boring:

[sabra]

2. the new year started with the same spiel

"we are saving lives"
"after September 11th"
"Dems are playing politics"

blah blah blah

[lpbk2713]

3. Give the boy a little credit ....

he did say "the Democrats this and the Democrats that" with an accusatory context several times.


Predictable as ever.

[Sadie5]

4. Fat a$$

just stands before the cameras and babbles the same old, same old.

[kath]

5. Did you also check for "9/11" or "9-11"?

So often people refer to it that way, which I really hate. We don't go around saying that today is "1/3", for example. "9/11" just sounds really stupid to me.
JMHO.

[sabra]

6. yes, two 9/11 references, but not by Scotty...