We have some great writers on our side! (NSA story)

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Jane Hamsher at http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/

What a lame, sissified, cowering bunch of milquetoasts the GOP members of the Judiciary Committee are. They're so afraid of Dubya's playground bullies they sit with their thumbs up their asses, too simpering and quivering even to defend their own power as they completely abdicate the oversight responsibilities they were elected to carry out on behalf of their constituents:

I love it!

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1. see the posting above you

http://www.insightmag.com/Media/MediaManager/Rove2.htm

Rover is threatening the repukes to stay in line. God help us.

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2. Wow! That's the most pathetic thing ever!

Fucking unbelievable! If even a few defect Bush could be convicted of a crime he commited. Forget about whether he's innocent or guilty, just about whether they can hold back what amounts to the trial. So they sit their abdicating all their power to stay in line with a king. Pathetic.

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4. If anybody can be more convinced that the executive branch is

going to abuse those powers, it's the Republican Judiciary committee. Christ. What more proof do they need?

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3. Its about that time...

This is the eleventh hour, and the GOP machine is going into overload. I hope that the U.S. constituents of these senators get off their asses and write to members of congress asking for an investigation of wiretapping.

This is the internal break that the GOP fell into. They made choices that led to this outcome, and the fate of this nation hangs in the balance of a few senators who can start the long road home. The fact that Bush went OUTSIDE of the secret courts tells the entire story. This needs to stop, and this needs to come to a head. Now is the time for change.