ACLU Calls For Impeachment
Well, an official opinion from an organization like the ACLU can’t get much stronger than this one, yet the argument is as weak as they come.
While White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan was asserting Monday that the National Security Agency’s domestic surveillance program was a vital tool in the war against terrorism, a panel assembled by the American Civil Liberties Union was arguing that President Bush should be impeached over the spying program.
“If the political alignment in the country were otherwise, impeachment would be a no-brainer,” said Laurence H. Tribe, professor of constitutional law at Harvard University.
Indeed, this is true. If the political climate were otherwise, as in the no-brained ACLU’s version of what they wish the political climate was, then impeaching a President for a program designed to listen in on the phone calls of people suspected of killing us would considered a high crime by the people. However, if the political climate even resembled that of the ACLU’s dream world, it would look a lot like Communist China and wouldn’t even be up for discussion. The truth is that the political landscape is not “otherwise”, and the ACLU’s whining and twisting of truth is going in one collective ear of the majority and out the other. Why? Because we are tired of hearing the shrill cries of an organization preying on people’s fears, and providing absolutely no evidence to back up their claims. Even the majority of Democratic leaders are conceding that the program is not only a necessary tool, but a vital one in our efforts to disrupt and prevent future plots and attacks in America.
Tribe added that wiretapping is not an inherent power of the presidency. “That free flowing inherent power is the very thing we fought a revolution against.”
“It violates the basic rules of the road of how you operate,” said Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the ACLU. “No judge, at any level has signed a warrant for this.”
We fought a revolution to stop the President’s power to protect Americans? Listening to communications of our enemies violates the rules of the road?
John Dean, a former White House counsel during the Nixon administration, compared the Bush administration’s wiretapping to the Watergate scandal. “[Bush] has made such a radical reading of his powers, not unlike Nixon. And those who have operated under his behalf have pursued that policy, so it could well end up where we were at the Nixon White House.
“There is no question in my mind that this president has already committed one or more impeachable offenses. This is pretty serious stuff. It’s worse than Watergate.”
These calls for impeachment took place at a town hall meeting that took place yesterday at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. They have a video of the moonbat fest here if you want your eyes to burn, and ears to bleed.
The Political Pitbull breaks it down for us…
Suffice it to say, the discussion that took place was hardly illuminating for anyone that has been following this story; it basically covered all the arguments put forth by opponents of the program with the occasional mention of impeachment. You’re shocked, I know. But Tribe, at one point, couldn’t resist spreading the conspiracy theory that Bush believes that God “tells him” what to do:
And what is distinctive about this President, is that more than FDR or Lincoln, or any of the other war-time presidents, he is so imbued with the belief that he can not be wrong–a higher father has told him that he’s doing the right thing…and I’m quite serious. I think there is a sense of manifest divine mission here that means something as narrow and technical as checks and balances are really beside the point.
Many have alleged that Bush has said that God told him to invade Afghanistan and Iraq as well as create a Palestinian state. But this is the first time I have heard someone allege that God told Bush to wiretap international communications between suspected terrorists abroad and individuals within the United States. But seriously, Tribe should stick to the law rather than attempt to psychoanalyze the decisions of George W. Bush; I doubt it was divine intervention that convinced Bush it was a good idea to wiretap suspected terrorists through this program. My guess is that Bush came to the decision through basic common sense coupled with advice from administration lawyers arguing that this was legal.
The Political Pitbull has more, make sure to read it.
Thank you to the Political Pitbull for the analysis, and sparing us from having to view this hate filled moonbat commie fest for ourselves. I’m sure I would have fell asleep anyway.
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Posted by Jay on February 21, 2006 11:14 pm
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