Democrats get a whiff of power and erode civil liberties
Having opposed Bush’s plans for wire tapping and claimed they would repeal such powers, the Democrats are now seeking to extend that power (NYTimes, use bugmenot.com to get a username and password).
This seems to be a case of getting a whiff of power and wanting to use it. They probably assume that soon there’ll be a Democrat in the Whitehouse who will obviously only do good.
Admittedly they’ve made a few superficial moves towards improving the situation, but the fact remains that secret wiretaps without a warrent will be available to the NSA for even longer. It represents an extension of federal power and an erosion of civil liberties.
The Democrats are just as bad as the Republicans. They want just as much bigger government and government intervention, they waste as much money when it comes to pork-barreling. The difference is they wrap their mendacity up in fluffier terms than the Republicans.
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