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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (139731)	10/1/2008 11:04:03 PM
From: Kevin Rose	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

Reading books is great, but to get a feel for the opinions and concerns of the people you are governing, you need to get information from other sources: newspapers, magazines, online articles, etc. By ignoring that source of information - or relying on others to gather it for you - you risk falling into the trap that George Bush did - being out of touch with the electorate. The issue with Palin and the qualifications of the office is not whether her opinions on constitutional law take the line of Scalia with his 'constructional' interpretation. It is that she apparently has NO position or opinion on SC rulings, because she can't name any except Roe v Wade. If she matched Scalia word for word and position for position, at least that would indicate that she knew something about the subject. Although I would disagree with her stances, it would not disqualify her from the office. Habeus corpus suspension was struck down by the SC when it rejected that portion of the Military Commissions Act: The Court struck down that section of the MCA because it purported to abolish the writ of habeas corpus -- the means by which a detainee challenges his detention in a court -- despite the fact that the Constitution permits suspension of that writ only "in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion." Spying was not limited to 'foreign enemies' - it included people that were citizens who had Middle Eastern ties and whom the government wanted to investigate. If all the people who's calls were monitored were indeed 'foreign enemies', then we have literally tens of thousands of terrorists in the US. No, spying on citizens is forbidden without just cause - until Bush incorrectly interpreted his job description. Did you see that John McCain admitted that the government tortured prisoners in the last debate? Between Gitmo, secret prisons in 'torture friendly' allies, and Abu Ghraib, there has been a lot more torture than 3 water boarded prisoners. US personnel have been tried and convicted of mistreatment - a euphamism for torture. And they are just the scapegoats. Joe Biden was cleared of any wrongdoing by the Delaware Court's Board of Professional Responsibility with regards to the so-called 'plagurism' in law school. Many Democrats had a lot of respect for McCain before he became McBush. I remember when McCain first came out with the campaign ad showing various Democrats lauding McCain. Right after that, the DNC came out with a counter ad that had the SAME people saying that they don't recognize the new John McCain, and that he is not the man they lauded. That's the point - John McCain sold his maverick soul for the support of the far wing of the Republican party.