“If we don’t wiretap, the Quakers will win”
I’m getting more perplexed by the Democrats every day. Although Senator Leahy made logical mince meat out of Alberto (Torquemada) Gonzales yesterday, of course, nothing will come of the inquisition into Bush’s warrantless wiretapping of Americans as long as the Republicans are in power.
Logically, it seems Congress would want to maintain its status as an equal branch of government by clearly declaring that they make the laws and the president has to follow them. The Foreign Intelligence Security Act is pretty clear (and damn lenient) about getting warrants to listen to American conversations. It clearly says that its process is the only legal process for doing so. One can only logically infer from Bush’s breaking this law that he has something to hide–such as exactly who is being listened to.
Yet, Bush and his apologists pretty much have said, “We’re above the law.” And, oh by the way, “Congress, you can go to hell.”
I heard Diane Feinstein (another spineless Democrat) on the radio this morning. She said the matter will probably end up in the Supreme Court. Well, here’s some news for you, Diane. As of last week Bush owns the court too, because you and your 44 colleagues were too damn chicken to stop Alito’s confirmation, even after he said in the hearings that the President was pretty much a dictator, and that was ok with him.
Diane, the correct way to have this out is to have the House impeach Bush for breaking the law. That leads to a trial in the Senate, as I’m sure you must remember from the critical Clinton oral sex auto de fe.
Congress better get its act together on this, or it will find itself even more irrelevant than it already is. And you know if that happens, lobbyists won’t even bother with you any more. They’ll just go straight to the top and you’ll have to pay for your own golf trips.
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