Posted on 12/28/2005 5:51:37 AM PST by bnelson44
Well lets impeach him anyways...
FWIW, there probably about a 4% spread toward Bush if this poll was of likely voters. In other words the likely voters are probably going to split at least 72% for NSA/Bush.
No only 23% are fools. The rest are undecided.
Do you really think it matters to Joe Sixpack or Soccer Mom?
When will the MSM tell us that NSA spying on terrorists causes global warming? There's got to be a $250,000 taxpayer grant here for some untenured con-man using this angle.
rasmussen: 50% support the way the WOT is going so far, despite 48% Support for Iraq/Bush
Democrats will be soon saying stuff like "Of course we always supported the authority of the President to ensure our safety, why would you say we said otherwise?!?"
Americans want the government to listen in conversations between terrorists? Shocking! /sarcasm
I agree completely. The MSM will continue pushing, most likely harder, so that they can change these numbers. They have done it in the past and their ego is on the line.
What if the program calls for scanning 1000's of potential sources every hour? Is it practical? If you were a terrorist, wouldn't you send thousands of false calls to mask the real one?
What if the FISA court has said no in a given situation but the president wants to continue to follow a certain source and appeal the ruling. Even the 72 hour after the fact doesn't work there.
There are so many off the top of the head situations that require immediate reactions that this is nuts.
Lets try a different context. Lets say that our military had to run everything thing they did through a FISA court. Can't you see the problems that imposes?
I submit, what is the difference between requiring the military to file a brief for every action it takes and requiring the NSA to do so in connection with its tracking of terrorists?
Actually, you pose a very intriguing question. While a federal court may of course determine the constitutionality of duly enacted laws, can they actually go so far as to restrict the authority of either the legislative or executive branches? Would that not give the judiciary more power than the other two? The argument here is that the president is exercising authority explicitly outlined in the constitution, and congress (whether they like it or not) explicitly approved such authority when asked (even when such approval was not necessary).
So what is the judiciary's role in this? I don't pretend to be a lawyer or know the answers, but I'm not sure I like the idea of the judiciary deciding how the USA should prosecute a war.
That means 36% are fools.
That's the way it's always been, the 36% are liberals and they've always had a death wish.
Oh but it does if you think like an America and Bush hating Moonbat. They live in their own little "bubble" you understand. All they know and speak to are like-minded, self-reenforcing idiots. Thus they come to the conclusion that trying to stop terrorist attacks is actually a bad thing. They can't imagine anyone disagreeing with them.
Well, Congress cannot restrict the President's constitutional powers without amending the constitution, that's clear.
The question is whether the President has the powers in question. The reasoning I've seen tends to indicate he does.
It seems some terrorist defense lawyers are starting to gear up for a fight on this. Good. Settle the question once and for all.
If the Dems try to make hay out of this issue, I suspect that they are crawling out on a limb that will be cut off behind them.
Second, the damage is already done the islamopignazis now know a great deal more about our surveillance tactics and those scum already captured already have their lawyers looking into getting their cases thrown out due to "illegal wiretapping"
No, I would say their plan came together perfectly!
Correct.
Looks like the DNC/MSM have found another broken down nag to continue their ride into the sunset.
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