Buzzflash: Dems in Congress Once Again Enable Bush and Cheney to Spy on Us

[demobabe]

A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL

It’s a roller-coaster ride that we all can’t seem to get off of.
Just when the Dems at least are talking tough (even if they aren’t acting tough), they let Bush and Cheney intimidate them into giving them more spying powers. This appears incomprehensible for a number of reasons, including the repeated illegal use of spying powers by the Bush Administration, perjury concerning that activity, and the generally accepted knowledge that the enhanced spying powers are meant for partisan purposes, not for fighting terrorism.

Can’t the Democrats just say "no," as in "Sorry, you have proven that you can’t be trusted with increased spying powers, in fact you are still failing to fully inform Congress and the American people about the illegal spying you have conducted in the past and are still, apparently, conducting"?

Now, wouldn’t that articulate a little bit of basic truth about the Bush-Cheney betrayal of America by using terrorism as a faux cudgel? Haven’t we seen the Democrats chased around the block by this political scare tactic countless times before?

Can we get off the roller coaster of Democratic leaders teasing us with the expectation of enforcing accountability followed by craven submission to the demagogic threats of the White House?

Full article here: http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/editorials/152

[demobabe]

1. kick

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[judaspriestess]

2. I wonder if any dems or rather

which dems are being blackmailed.

[demobabe]

3. I've been wondering that for a long time

Unless the Dems are just paralyzed from trying to do the things to keep themselves elected.

[demobabe]

4. kick

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