Reply #112: she must have slept through Gore's constitutional crisis speech

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she was there ..

"To all of the distinguished guests who are here, Senator Dianne
Feinstein..."

speech snips

"A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of
our government. Our founding fathers were adamant that they had
established a government of laws and not men. They recognized that the
structure of government they had enshrined in our Constitution, our
system of checks and balances, was designed with a central purpose of
ensuring that it would govern through the rule of law." - Al Gore


GORE: For example, after appearing to support legislation sponsored by
Senator John McCain to stop the continuation of torture, the president
declared in the act of signing the bill that he reserved the right not
to comply with it.

Similarly, the executive branch claimed this it could unilaterally
imprison American citizens without giving them access to review by any
tribunal. And when the Supreme Court disagreed, the president then
engaged in legal maneuvers designed to prevent the court from
providing any meaningful content to the rights of the citizens affected.

~snip~
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/16/AR2006011600779_pf.html


How I wish she had been Liebermaned in the primary.

She and her husband have certainly profitted well off of the Bu$h regime.
It sickens me.

The moment she voted for the 2001 tax cut, the ribbon-cutting agenda-kick-off bill of the Bu$h agenda, she lost my vote ... she was for the estate tax repeal ... she said the Medicare Rx bill was better than no bill at all ... imo she shares blame for Alito getting on the court ... has she said nary a word about election fraud?

http://feinstein.senate.gov/releases01/tax_cut_reconciliation.html

she obviously wasn't bothered by the 2000 coup or its ramifications (probably thought about the promise of profiteering )

she has helped to enable this mess

her 2005 Personal Finance Statement is so large, it's in 5 parts at opensecrets.org

http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.asp?CID=N00007364

If the Democrats cannot persuade the American people by invoking our Founding principles, appealing to them on moral grounds, relating the damaging effect of such legislation on our troops and people and reputation, utilizing history, etc.; and, for once in 6 years stand up and fight like its 1776 ... it's damning of them, and this country is most certainly lost. Pseudo-leaders for corporate profits.

DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D-CA)
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