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Skriven 2007-05-08 19:38:25 av Josh Hill (594.babylon5)
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On Tue, 08 May 2007 00:44:50 -0700, Anson Macdonald
<anson_macdonald@comcast.net> wrote:

>Carl wrote:
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>> You don't trust Bush and what he' has/will/might do.  Fair enough.  I =
don't=20
>> trust ANYONE that much...even if I think they have the best of intenti=
ons.=20
>> Once you have a government program, it's permanent.
>>=20
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>Nor do I trust anyone that much.  Liberals go on at some length at how=20
>conservatives, namely Bush, can't be trusted not to usher in a=20
>dictatorship at the first opportunity.  Personally, I figure the odds=20
>are exactly even that it will be Democrat who does the dirty deed.  I=20
>wonder how they will spin it if it turns out to be their candidate who=20
>finally signs the death warrant of the republic.  It's worth reminding=20
>folks, until one is blue in the face, that a great many Democrats voted=20
>for the Patriot Act, too.

The Dems voted for the Patriot Act because like all of us they were
scared of an incipient terrorist attack, because, they were under
enormous political pressure, and because they put their faith in the
Administration. They weren't even given time to read it. And no, that
doesn't reflect well on the Democrats -- but it reflects far worse on
the Republicans, who originated the thing and rammed it down
Congress's throat.

For many years now, the Democrats have been the party that has offered
the most support to the preservation of civil liberties. That was true
in the McCarthy era, that was true during the Nixon years, and it's
true now, the most recent example being the revelations about the
firing of the prosecutors, the Whitehouse stonewalling, and Bush's
refusal to fire Gonzales, despite the fact that even most Republican
senators no longer believe he's fit to serve.

That being said, I don't think anyone who isn't flying with one wing
seriously believes that George W. Bush or his probably Democratic
successor are going to make this country into a dictatorship. The real
danger here is that what with the gradual erosion of civil liberties
we'll one day find ourselves living in one and wonder what happened.
The system's feeble and sluggish response to the Administration's
abuses doesn't say much for our ability to extricate ourselves from
such a situation. On the positive side, the voters did act, and the
newly revitalized opposition and emboldened press have been bringing
some of the Administration's abuses before the public eye.

--=20
Josh

"Why should we hear about body bags and deaths,
and how many, what day it=92s going to happen, and=20
how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean,
it=92s, it=92s not relevant. So, why should I waste my=20
beautiful mind on something like that?" - Barbara Bush
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