Sunday, January 29, 2006

You gotta F, you gotta I, you gotta GHT

This why I read Avedon every day. I would have missed these posts. The Faithful Progressive speculates on Bush's defense of his domestic surveillance programs.
[W]hat if Nixon had done this during Watergate? What if, instead of slinking off to California, Nixon had gone on the offensive about his illegal activities? "Yes, I broke into the Democratic party headquarters, and the Constitution gives me the right to do so, because we are at war." Wow, we would not have had just a Constitutional crisis--our very republic would have been in jeopardy. Fortunately, back then, there were some patriotic Republicans and conservative members of the Supreme Court that would not let Nixon try it. The vote requiring release of the tapes was unanimous-- 8 to 0 (Justice Rhenquist recused himself.) The system worked, and Nixon was forced to resign. Would this still be true today?
Certainly not if Alito gets on this court. Even without him it's doubtful but if we can block this nomination we have a fighting chance. And speaking of putting up a fight, David Michael Green has some sound advice for the Democratic party. Nationalize, prioritize, for God's sake don't apologize and come out swinging. He even helps them out with the issues.
As the old saying goes, if you can’t run against fiscal hemorrhage, Terri Schiavo, an unpopular war with no end in sight, torture, Hurricane Katrina, the prescription drug program debacle, Jack Abramoff, Tom DeLay, and the federal government spying on Americans, maybe you should think about a different career than politics.
And if that's not enough, he's got a script ready for production, for an ad that should really be airing every day in every market across America. He's giving it to them for free, but if the DNC was smart, they would give this guy a job. He's giving a hell of lot better advice than their pet lobbyist Elmendorf who thinks they can exploit the progressive activists without actually taking progressive positions. It doesn't get much lamer than that.
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