Rising Hegemon
They (the administration) have come out quite strong, Cheney gave a speech, Karl Rove gave a speech today, Michael Cherthoff has been giving interviews, politically I think they are doing great. If they can be the party of anti-terror and the democrats can be the party of the ACLU, that's a winner for them, you know, I expect them to come out with little satellite dish lapel pins just to remind everybody they're watching.
What I don't understand is we think the program is legal but a lot of people think it is not legal, we'll try to work with Democrats and find a way so we can all think it is legal. Politically it is a good idea because they can split some Democrats who think that spying on domestic people with contact with Al Quaeda is a good idea. Substantively it is a decent program and most people seem to support the concept of the program as long as we can get it within some legal framework.
Substantively it is a decent program? I'll bet the humor of the program is lost on most of us, that's why it's great Bobo is reminding us how funny it is. Sattelite dish lapel pins. I can't stop laughing. And the brilliance of the analysis is so well hidden just behind the humor. Who would have thought about reducing it to its lowest common denominator: politics. Split the Democrats. Play on people's fears of terror. Seize more power.
There was already a legal framework, asshole, it was called The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The other "legal framework" is that quaint document called the Constitution.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Read it Bobo. Dumbass.
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