Monday, February 13, 2006
Simple Script for Democrats Filibustering the Patriot Act Renewal
Because Democrats will certainly find a way to sound soft on defense. Because the Democrats will find a way to not have a coherent message. Because the cheese must flow...
“The President would have you believe that this is a simple decision. The President would have you believe this is a choice between Defending America and not defending america. The President may even believe that this is the choice. But this is wrong.
“This is a moment to decide not whether we will defend our nation against those who seek to damage or destroy us, but how to best defend America.
“Certainly, the best way to prevent attacks against innocent American lives may involve measures such as stopping all immigration, maintaining an army presence in our cities, set up checkpoints and roadblocks into and out of cities and near tall or important buildings, and then silence, by imprisonment or otherwise, all who would suggest a different course of action. But this is not the best way to defend America.
“We have seen the lengths our Government will go to defend this country. And, to be honest, they may very well have prevented attacks; we don’t know. But such strikes may have been preventable by other means as well. If one plan prevents an attack, it does not follow that this is the only plan available, nor does it follow that this is the best plan.
“More importantly, defending this country involves more than just stopping terrorist activities. Some measures that help prevent attack are themselves attacks on America. There are other methods to thwart violence, methods that defend and promote, rather than intrude on, our freedom.
“Today we have an opportunity, an opportunity not to avoid defending our nation, but to devise a way to better defend this country. Together we can find new ways to defend America by preventing attacks on our country and attacks on our rights as individuals and members of society. Our history, or traditions, our values demand that we approach this issue with responsibility and with care not just for averting violence, but for maintaining our national dignity.”
“The President would have you believe that this is a simple decision. The President would have you believe this is a choice between Defending America and not defending america. The President may even believe that this is the choice. But this is wrong.
“This is a moment to decide not whether we will defend our nation against those who seek to damage or destroy us, but how to best defend America.
“Certainly, the best way to prevent attacks against innocent American lives may involve measures such as stopping all immigration, maintaining an army presence in our cities, set up checkpoints and roadblocks into and out of cities and near tall or important buildings, and then silence, by imprisonment or otherwise, all who would suggest a different course of action. But this is not the best way to defend America.
“We have seen the lengths our Government will go to defend this country. And, to be honest, they may very well have prevented attacks; we don’t know. But such strikes may have been preventable by other means as well. If one plan prevents an attack, it does not follow that this is the only plan available, nor does it follow that this is the best plan.
“More importantly, defending this country involves more than just stopping terrorist activities. Some measures that help prevent attack are themselves attacks on America. There are other methods to thwart violence, methods that defend and promote, rather than intrude on, our freedom.
“Today we have an opportunity, an opportunity not to avoid defending our nation, but to devise a way to better defend this country. Together we can find new ways to defend America by preventing attacks on our country and attacks on our rights as individuals and members of society. Our history, or traditions, our values demand that we approach this issue with responsibility and with care not just for averting violence, but for maintaining our national dignity.”
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They'll say all of this, won't they? And won't it all be dismissed as liberal idealist claptrap? (yes, i said claptrap)
Besides, nobody actually hears what the congresspeople say. All they hear is that a few dems voted against the USA PATRIOT Act, and then they hear O'Reilly telling them to get out there and demand those representatives' heads.
Besides, nobody actually hears what the congresspeople say. All they hear is that a few dems voted against the USA PATRIOT Act, and then they hear O'Reilly telling them to get out there and demand those representatives' heads.
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: 8:55 AM
Re: Anonymous
That's why we elect people to work in the deliberative body of our government, the one that makes the laws. We choose, hopefully, smart people who can discuss and debate various ideas. Some gain expertise in various fields working on different committees. I am no national security expert, and I wouldn't know how to fully answer your question. But Congress should have informed debates over different methods rather than green-lighting whatever the President asks for, especially when what the President ultimately wants is the authority to ignore Congress and ignore the Constitution.
Re: Stuart
Yeah, that usually happens. But the Demo's are usually incoherent and bumbling, or at least become so as soon as O'Rielly calls for their head.
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That's why we elect people to work in the deliberative body of our government, the one that makes the laws. We choose, hopefully, smart people who can discuss and debate various ideas. Some gain expertise in various fields working on different committees. I am no national security expert, and I wouldn't know how to fully answer your question. But Congress should have informed debates over different methods rather than green-lighting whatever the President asks for, especially when what the President ultimately wants is the authority to ignore Congress and ignore the Constitution.
Re: Stuart
Yeah, that usually happens. But the Demo's are usually incoherent and bumbling, or at least become so as soon as O'Rielly calls for their head.
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