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"Jay Rockefeller - Village Idiot
Posted by bulldogpundit on Tuesday, 20 December 2005 (09:50:53) EST
Contributed by bulldogpundit

Looks like the Democrat response/defense to President Bush's claim that Senate Democrats were consulted about domestic surveillance is as follows: "We're Too Stupid To Understand What You Were Consulting Us About".

Click READ MORE to see our analysis of the Democrats latest strategy, and why it's a disaster politically.

We found out today that the ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee,Senator Jay Rockefeller wrote a letter to VP Cheney saying:
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" As you know, I am neither a technician nor an attorney. Given the security restrictions with this program, and my inability to consult staff or counsel of my own, I feel unable to fully evaluate, much less endorse, these activities."

And apparently you are not a person with a double digit IQ either, Senator. In case you didn't know, your job is "oversight", and if you had questions about the tactics or the legality of it, why didn't you simply ask the NSA, the Justice Dept., or the Administration officials about the specifics.

What he's really concerned with, in my opinion, is the inability to talk to staff and his own lawyers he felt confident would promptly leak the information. What other explanation is there? Although it's possible that Rockefeller is such a dolt that he needs people to explain phone taps (and ABC's) to him.

We also learned that Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Bob Graham and Tom Daschle were also briefed. Apparently they're upset because they didn't get the names and numbers of all the people under surveillance.

Keep in mind folks, this is a party whose biggest weakness is that voters don't trust them on issues of national security. Now, their ranking member on the Intelligence Committee is claiming he can't give support to a program that keeps us safe from terrorists until he consults staff and lawyers? Add that to the complaints of Democratic leaders about the program itself and one wonders if they really thought through their political strategy in dealing with this issue.

Is this really the image they want to project to voters in wartime? Well, I guess it is, if you have to cater to the Moveon.org's and Daily Kos's of the world.

If I were giving advice to the Democrats, I would suggest that they refrain from making any further comments on this issue. As the saying goes - "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."

Thanks though, Jay Rockefeller and company, for speaking and removing all doubt."

source for above:
http://www.anklebitingpundits.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2837