Posted on 05/04/2011 12:48:12 PM PDT by Starman417
All that stuff you hear from democrats, and Obama himself, about Bush failing to get Bin Laden and taking his eye off the ball is total crap. Obama and democrats fought tooth and nail to rip Bush's eyes off of Bin Laden. They did their damnedest to prevent Bush from getting Bin Laden.
George Bush was dealing with 3000 dead innocent Americans in the worst attack on US soil since Pearl Harbor. He needed intel to work from. He needed information. He needed help.
Democrats stood behind Bush. They kneed him. They tripped him up. They opposed every single thing he did to keep the nation safe and find Osama Bin Laden.
Warrantless Wiretapping
Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 - Months after the Sept. 11 attacks, President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans and others inside the United States to search for evidence of terrorist activity without the court-approved warrants ordinarily required for domestic spying, according to government officials.Under a presidential order signed in 2002, the intelligence agency has monitored the international telephone calls and international e-mail messages of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people inside the United States without warrants over the past three years in an effort to track possible "dirty numbers" linked to Al Qaeda, the officials said. The agency, they said, still seeks warrants to monitor entirely domestic communications.
Democrats call for investigation of NSA wiretaps
Democratic House leaders called Sunday for an independent panel to investigate the legality of a program President Bush authorized that allows warrantless wiretaps on U.S. citizens, according to a letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert."We believe that the President must have the best possible intelligence to protect the American people, but that intelligence must be produced in a manner consistent with our Constitution and our laws, and in a manner that reflects our values as a nation," the letter says.
Pelosi Statement on President Bush’s Authorization of National Security Agency’s Activities
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Rendition
The Responsible Plan draws heavily from the Baker-Hamilton Commission’s report and from 17 bills that have been introduced in Congress; it would set a date to begin withdrawal, though it would rely on military advice for the pace of that redeployment. The plan’s broad reach promotes clean energy, a restoration of habeas corpus, a ban on torture and rendition, opposition to media consolidation, State Department reorganization, veterans care and a new GI Bill.
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“Until we get a true opposition which is counter-revolutionary”
hell of a spirit hellbender.
For starters - I want my candidate to promise that he will not appoint a Secretary of Education, a Secretary of Energy, a Secretary of the Interior, a Secretary of Labor, a Secretary of Agriculture, a Secretary of Commerce,a Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and a Secretary of Homeland Security. Secretary of State is looking kind of useless too.
Not to mention canning the EPA and OSHA heads and ambassador to the UN.
Let those departments and agencies wither on the vine. Defund them and drain their blood.
Let that cute little girl with the lemonade stand in the Verizon commercials take them all over. Where to put the Jungle Gym ?
The only way they'll get out is if they're term limited out.
Amen. I’ve been preaching term limits for years, but we can’t wait any longer for that. These jerks have to be retired by primary challenges. The following should disqualify anyone from support by conservatives: 1) inherited millions, 2) career politician, 3) son of career politician 4) law degree, 5) Ivy League education. Those criteria would quickly rule out Myth Romney, and would have prevented the Bush dynasty from undoing the Reagan Revolution.
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