--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > In a message dated 8/18/06 6:07:33 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > > > jstein@ writes: > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > No , not at all. Most people want the current NSA program > > > > > in place and it is still going on while it is appealed. > > > > > > > > > Wrong. A majority do NOT want warrantless wiretapping. > > > > > > _Poll: Most Americans Support NSA's Efforts_ > > > > > > (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- > > dyn/content/article/2006/05/12/AR2006051200375_pf.html) > > > > I gave MDixon a chance to present these facts > > himself or be exposed as a liar. > > This isn't a star chamber or inquisition, Judy, other than in your > own head.
The reason this is so important, by the way, is it's an example of the kind of Republican dishonesty that got Bush elected and will result in the Republicans retaining control of Congress after the 2006 election, if Democrats and independents don't start speaking up and exposing the lies. It certainly wouldn't hurt if a few honest Republicans refused to play the game and spoke up too. I'm hoping MDixon might turn out to be one of them, if I'm right that he's been deceived himself on this particular issue. But I'm not holding my breath. > > Astonishingly, > > he preferred to be exposed as a liar. So be it: > > > > The court decision that is being appealed forbids > > the part of the NSA program that involves > > WARRANTLESS wiretapping. > > > > The poll MDixon cites does not mention WARRANTLESS > > wiretapping in its questions. It simply asks about > > approval of NSA's wiretapping. > > > > A majority approve of wiretapping. > > > > A majority, as measured by at least a half-dozen > > other polls that *do* ask about WARRENTLESS > > wiretapping, DISAPPROVE OF WARRANTLESS WIRETAPPING. > > > > This is a crucial distinction, and MDixon knows it. > > There would be no court case if it weren't for > > WARRANTLESS wiretapping; that's what the court was > > asked to decide, whether WARRANTLESS wiretapping > > should be permitted. > > > > The court decided it should *not* be permitted, just > > as a majority of Americans think it should *not* be > > permitted. > > > > The Republicans--aided here, sadly, by MDixon--are > > deliberately obscuring this distinction. The > > "liberal" Washington Post failed to make this > > distinction in its poll questions, reporting the > > results of the poll as if WARRANTLESS wiretapping > > weren't even an issue, as if a majority approved of > > everything in the NSA program. > > > > So much for the Post being, in MDixon's words, > > "not friendly to the Bush administration." > > > > The attempted deceit--by the Republicans, the Post, > > and MDixon--is disgraceful and inexcusable. The > > Republicans are painting Democrats as opposing the > > NSA program *as a whole* and therefore weak on > > national security. But there is *no* Democrat > > running for office who opposes NSA wiretaps *as long > > as there is judicial oversight*, i.e., as long as > > the government is required to obtain a warrant. > > > > A majority of the American people, as I said and > > as MDixon falsely denied, are opposed to WARRANTLESS > > wiretapping. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
