Your tax dollars at work, attacking Dems on whitehouse.gov site

[BR_Parkway]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/01/20060122.html

Setting the Record Straight: Democrats Continue to Attack Terrorist Surveillance Program

"The NSA's terrorist surveillance program is targeted at al Qaeda communications coming into or going out of the United States. It is a limited, hot pursuit effort by our intelligence community to detect and prevent attacks. Senate Democrats continue to engage in misleading and outlandish charges about this vital tool that helps us do exactly what the 9/11 Commission said we needed to do - connect the dots. It defies common sense for Democrats to now claim the administration is acting outside its authority while their own party leaders have been briefed more than a dozen times - only after there was a leak and subsequent media coverage did they start criticizing the program. Such irresponsible accusations will not keep us from acting to stay a step ahead of a deadly enemy that is determined to strike America again."

- Scott McClellan, White House Press Secretary

It goes on to try to rebut specific comments that Kerry, Durbin and others have made. Funny, it doesn't mention any rebuttal to comments McCain, Specter and other Rethugs have made.


I thought it was against the law to use things like the White House website so clearly for campaigning - somehow, I was under the delusion that the White House actually represented (or was supposed to represent) all Americans.


When did the offical oath of office get changed to read "I, George Walker Bush, do solemnly swear to defend the Republican Party...."


Ending wasteful government spending on attacking at least half of all Americans would be a tax break I'd happily support. I'd love to see their spin meisters try to come up with one of their Orwellian names for the Act.

[Ezlivin]

1. Typo: It should be Totalitarian Surveillance Program

That would be more in keeping with its aims.

[Village Idiot]

2. Perhaps "Taxpayer Surveillance Program" would be more apt?