OK....I can respect that...LOL
Regarding the hearing....from the dems it was just blah, blah, blah, more of the same...
I have been having a running "discussion" with Cboldt this evening over Specter's final statement.
I FEEL that Specter was really over the top in wanting Bush to have to get THEIR permission and acted SHOCKED, that the AUMF which DID give him permission to use all force, foreign AND DOMESTIC...
actually was used by Bush in that way...
If you get time...read about the last 150 or so posts...you will get a sort of idea of what I mean...
BUT, they will repeat this tonight...if you aren't to "worn out" to watch...(wink, wink).
Hey friend....I forgot to include your name in post #2485...sorry.
BTW...I was just watching Hairball..and Chrissy had on Ben Ginsburg and some dem dolt....and he doesn't even try anymore to act like he is concerned about the country more than getting rid of Bush...
He was discussing today's hearing...and he turned to the dem dolt and said "I thought one great TACTIC that the dems used was bringing up former Attorneys General like Ashcroft to testify"....
IOW...this IS a gotcha hearing..NOT a hearing to find out information and "help" like Durbin keeps asserting...otherwise they wouldn't need a TACTIC.
Republican Senators who have been around a long time are afraid of the prospect of what a Democrat President will do with the NSA unless they are able to find a way to regulate what the Executive does ahead of time. Specter is just afraid of a Hillary presidency, that's all. Otherwise, he would not care. He actually has a good point, as I would not want Democrats to have full authority over wiretaps either.
Congress will just write a bill that brings specificity to the NSA activities, and that will be that. Democraps are just trying to make points with their base because they are broke and need their support.
As for being 'worn out', a good pilot should be expected to fly multiple sorties on the target before climbing out of the jet.