In Senate hearings on a resolution to censure Bush, Republicans lash
out with “how dare you criticize the President at a time of war” while
only 3 Democrats support the resolution. John Dean, former Nixon
White House counsel and author of Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush,
testified at the hearings, and has made clear that Bush’s NSA
warrantless wiretap program far exceeded what the Nixon administration
did, and that censure is rather mild considering the crimes of this
regime.
But the official political discourse in this country would have it
otherwise. Orrin Hatch said, “Wartime is not a time to weaken the
commander in chief.” This quote in general reflects a logic of
“criticism is treason and will not be allowed”, and goes right along
with the fact that the NY Times is being investigated for breaking the
news about the NSA spying (rather than the administration doing
it). Meanwhile, Feingold’s censure resolution has only found
support from 2 other Senators, and in general Democrats have completely
distanced themselves from it. Instead, there has been a
bi-partisan effort to make the NSA spying legal with some oversight by
Congress.
Will you allow this regime to spy on whoever it wants with the approval of Congress? Or will you resist?
The World Can’t Wait! Drive Out the Bush Regime!
(Source: “John Dean appears at censure hearing on Bush”, CNN News, 3/31/06)