How low does the president have to go before they would fight back? Does he have to get into the teens in popularity before these Democrats realize it doesn’t help them politically to vote with him? Does he have to be at a 9% approval rating before they start voting against him?
What if he took away all of the rights of a US citizen? Would they fight then? If you answered, well, surely in that case they would fight back, you were wrong.
The administration already took away all of the rights of two US citizens, Jose Padilla and Yaser Hamdi - and the Democrats did nothing, zip, zilcho, nada. The courts ruled to protect American citizens’ rights in those cases, but don’t worry, there’s still time for Congress to reverse them. Just wait till right before the next summer recess or next election and the Democrats will give this administration anything they want on a silver platter.
It’s time to start wholesale primary fights against all of the capitulating Democrats. It’s obvious all they care about is protecting their own power. They think the only challenge to that power will come from the right side of the spectrum. It’s time to make them reconsider their assumptions.
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UPDATE — I just remembered that John Ashcroft fought this illegal FISA program from his hospital bed in 2004. In fact, the entire top echelon of the Justice Department and the head of the FBI all threatened to resign because of how illegal this progam was. The law they just passed appears to be broader than the one Ashcroft’s Justice Department fought against.
So, these Blue Dog Democrats (the fake centrists I talk about above) won’t fight nearly as hard as John Ashcroft and some of the most conservative lawyers in the country against George W. Bush. How centrists could they possibly be when they are to the right of John Ashcroft? This is really sickening. It is a callous disregard of their voters and their constitutional responsibility.
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