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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dan B. who wrote (72325)	1/7/2006 12:05:37 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 81568

Frist Also Snared In Illegal Charity Fundraising. Plus, the DElay Foundation, and biggest slush fund of all, which indirectly paid for the smearvets campaign, hasn't even been investigated yet. Looks like Frist has major problems. huffingtonpost.com Remember, Frist is already being investigated for massive insider trading. Frist looks like just another white collar criminal.

To: Dan B. who wrote (72325)	1/11/2006 12:13:13 AM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Sure the law is debatable, but in this case the law is clear. Bush is illegally spying on Americans. When it comes out that they used this data against political opponents will you then say that it's not breaking the law? Orca

To: Dan B. who wrote (72325)	1/11/2006 11:22:41 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Bush broke the law. Clearly. No congressman or senator intended to give him any special rights to spy on US citizens without warrants with the rushed-through war powers act. Neither did the writers of the Constitution. especially with the FISA court set up to help with speedy surveillances. But Bush didn't want to leave any paper trails. And we know why. Bush is not just on thin ice legally, there's no ice there at all. Just very cold water. And time to drop him into it now. We already know the NSA, DOD and FBI under Bush have been spying on harmless peace groups, vegetarians and environmentalists. The question is, who else? Which senators and presidential candidates, for instance? And when they spy on Arlen SPecter for instance, and find out he has a mistress, do they call him up and say "vote for Alito or we'll tell the world about your mistress". That's how totalitarian states work. Then when Bush is impeached and Alito is the tie-breaking vote to keep GW in power, we see why it was arranged. Which is why it's so insidious and un-American. Bush's illegal spying has little to do with Al Qaida, maybe even nothing. It has to do with expanding his own power illegally and undermining our democracy. So why fight for freedom abroad when Bush is taking it away at home? The winds of freedom are not blowing with this White House.