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December 23, 2005
Bush Continues With Same Strategy
President Bush responded to wiretap critics with an all out offensive attack, stating he was not sorry, did not think it was wrong, thought it essential for the war on terror and would continue the practice. It is perhaps the only option he had. He was not going to admit wrong-doing. Since he was caught he admitted the practice and reiterated his justification for most everything with his administration which is national security. I think that he must feel that the law is fuzzy enough on this issue that he will maintain support with Republicans in Congress. They might initially express indignation, but in the end, after the requisite hearings, decide that the President was doing the right thing to protect the country.
The Dems will obviously disagree. They will continue attacking the Imperial Presidency. With a degree of justification and recent history as a weapon, they will cite the administration untrustworthiness, their arrogant secrecy, their lack of candor, and continual deception, whether it be about the war, WMD, secret prisons, torture, etc. They will use these as plays on the field, scoring in the polls with millions who already doubt this administration's motives.
Does anyone really think that Bush was going to say, "Oh gee, sorry, even though we thought about it, now that you guys mention it, it must be wrong, so we won't do it anymore"?
Posted by Chip Spear at December 23, 2005 10:50 AM