Wow—what an idiot. This morning, Mr. Bush held a press conference regarding the shootings in Illinois. He spent perhaps 60 seconds commenting on the tragedy, as well as asking Americans to bless the families with strength and courage during this time. Then, he moved right on to his dismay about Congress not passing an extension on FISA, or the spy law that allows the government to listen in on ordinary folk who have nothing to do with acts of terrorism. "American citizens must understand, clearly understand that there's still a threat on the homeland. There's still an enemy which would like to do us harm," Bush said. "We've got to give our professionals the tools they need, to be able to figure out what the enemy is up to so we can stop it… By blocking this piece of legislation, our country is more in danger of an attack," the president said.
It’s interesting that Bush thinks reading the emails of private citizens and listening to calls will somehow flesh out the next plan of attack from our so-called enemy. I think it is more accurate to suggest that he is interested in legalizing big brother-style voyeurism.
Oh, but I’m rambling. What I really wanted to comment on was that Bush used a personal tragedy—yet another school shooting—to blast the Democrats as well as drum up fear, and thus support, for his agenda. How crummy—he would have been much more honorable, and perhaps even believable, if he had stuck to the original premise of the press release.
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It's funny that the 'lame-duck' President he now is would try harder than ever to get things his way and push his views. It almost seems to me people in general have turned off the sound on bush and on the sound of the possible future Presidents.
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