Democrats get more ‘aggressive’ and ‘bullish’ on terrorism

[G_j]

Republicans still framing the picture I see.

http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0512/democrats-aggressive-bullish-terrorism/

Democrats get more ‘aggressive’ and ‘bullish’ on terrorism

By Raw Story
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 -- 11:33 am

Not every Democrat is up for reelection this year, but perhaps many are acting like they are to help "weaker" colleagues who could hurt their majority status, or, just maybe, the party is just sick and tired of being labeled by the GOP and the media as the 'softer on terror' party.

One things for sure, though, Democrats in the House and Senate are acting so tough lately, that Robert Conrad probably would think twice about daring them to knock a battery off his shoulder (Link to classic 1970s ad).

"Senate Democrats struck a bullish tone on terrorism Tuesday, working to stay in front of the issue in the wake of the attempted terrorist attack in New York City last week," Jessica Brady writes for Roll Call.

Brady notes that "Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairman of the Intelligence Committee, upped the pressure on the Transportation Security Administration to oversee an international no-fly list to prevent suspected terrorists from boarding American planes and said fliers will have to deal with additional security measures"; "Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), a former Intelligence chairman, also said Tuesday that the no-fly list “is the big problem right now"; and that "arlier in the day, Democratic Conference Vice Chairman Charles Schumer (N.Y.) called for the Pakistani Taliban to be deemed an official terrorist organization by the State Department."

In a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on the issue, Schumer and a handful of Democrats declared such a move “crucial

[ShortnFiery]

1. I don't recognize these right-wing "democrats" as part of our own. Goes against our VALUES. eom

[emulatorloo]

2. Guess I don't have a big problem with tightening up the "no-fly list"

Call me crazy, blowing up airplanes is against my values.

[notesdev]

3. Democrats morphing into neocons

What else is new? Give human beings a taste of power and they never want to relinquish it. Thus we continue to follow the neocon policy on war, banks, and a host of other issues, despite the fact that we clearly voted for a change.