tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28275022.post1335087969037991730..comments2023-10-07T09:01:59.742-04:00Comments on The Jaundiced Eye: Jim Webb: Now THAT'S Support for the TroopsCurmudgettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00909592581165744084noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28275022.post-19907483391146702182007-08-04T20:14:00.000-04:002007-08-04T20:14:00.000-04:00Is this the same Jim Webb who recently gave Presid...Is this the same Jim Webb who recently gave President Bush all he wanted--and more--by voting for FISA in the Senate? FISA not only legalizes all the things the federal courts have ruled Bush couldn't do, but actually EXPANDS Bush's powers.<BR/><BR/>Or does the State of Virginia have TWO Senator Jim Webbs, and the one you admire so much is the good twin? Or maybe Senator Webb has a dual personality, and you admire the Dr. Jekyll side, not the Mr. Hyde that keeps voting with the Republicans? Hm, it's like this Webb character used to be a Republican or something...oh wait...he WAS...he was Reagan's Secretary of the Navy. <BR/><BR/>Well, I'm sure we can trust Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to protect our civil liberties, so whichever Senator Jim Webb voted to put more power in Gonzales' hands knew what he was doing. The country is under threat from terrorists, after all, and the only way we can protect our freedoms from the terrorists is to destroy them ourselves. That's how I protected my home from arsonists: I burned it to the ground before they got a chance. That'll show those house-torching bastards.<BR/><BR/>Oh sure, the FISA is authorized for "only" six months. A temporary suspension of the Fourth Amendment for a lousy six months? Eh, small taters. I'm sure Senator Webb will completely reverse his position in six months and vote against re-authorization of a law that permits President Bush, Vice-President Cheney, and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to conduct warrantless searches and surveillance without court authorization or oversight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com