Are they STILL on this?
Bah.. I'm back from a week in 'purple' NE Pennsylvania.
Every single person I talked to in my family (some of who had to think hard, but DID vote for sKerry) don't give a lick.
The ones that did know about it even went so far as to say they don't care anyway becuase they are only talking to grandma about sunday dinner, or when to pick up sis at basketball practice. Several even, almost guiltily volunteered at the end of the conversation "I'm actually glad they are listening on people calling Pakistan or whatever"
My 1st prediction of 2006.... the MSM and democrats will find some new toy within the 1st week of this year and moveon (pun intended). Perhaps we can force this issue if we get the DoJ to start investigating the Prison and international wiretapping leaks.
We had a good rip roaring battle last night. Thanks to information from FR that I somehow managed to remember(I usually don't handle all out debate real well)several liberals at the party got shut down cold on their talking points.
The line that froze out the debate? "Name one US citizen that has had their rights trampled by the eavesdropping, name one group,"
"Uh? Well I don't know of anyone, I can't name anyone right now, but..." was the bumbled response.
I followed it up with, "Most of eavesdropping is between a phone from/to the US from a terrorist nation and most of these calls are not between a citizen and a terrorist...they are between two terrorists, which in my book are not citizens of the US."
I care. Deeply.
That's the bind, isn't it? I don't want the government listening in on calls I or my family might make overseas. Not one single second of them. I'm a free American living in what is supposed to be a free society.
But, we are at war with a dangerously cunning and ruthless enemy.
At some point national and personal security does trump personal privacy.
Yep, that's the bind, alright.
"My 1st prediction of 2006.... the MSM and democrats will find some new toy within the 1st week of this year and moveon (pun intended)"
You can bet that this issue is being polled and focus-group-tested by the DNC, as that is how Democrats determine their "principled" positions.