[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >In a message dated 8/20/06 7:07:36 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >MD, you recount these extreme measures by past presidents >as if they were all justified. I'm not ready to assume they >were. For example, I've encountered many citations of >Lincoln suspending writs of habeas corpus, but not one >citation has ever said, "And history proves he was >correct to do so." Same with FDR's internment of >Japanese Americans. > >If history teaches me anything from the above >examples, it's that presidents take reprehensible >actions under stress. > > > >And you know what? What Bush is doing is far less invasive than anything any >of these other presidents did and having far greater success in >accomplishing the goals. If you read the poll from the Washington Post you >will notice >that even 65% thought it was necessary even if it violated privacy. Only >about >30% or less opposed it. These are the hard core Bush haters that don't trust >him on any account and are just looking for something to complain about. If >Bush had a judge reviewing every wire tap as they came in, on the spot those >same people would be complaining and demanding to know if it was a Bush >appointee or a good liberal judge that will play politics with the program >and be >a thorn in the side. > The problem is that the FISA issue is too complicated for the average American and most of those polled probably really didn't understand the issue. That 65% might have a different opinion if brought up to speed on FISA. The Bushists did the same thing playing up the Social Security issue knowing that it could be easily obfuscated because of its complexity and they might be able to snow the average American. They weren't successful.
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