Domestic Wiretaps

CENSURE


Senator Russ Feingold of campaign finance reform fame decided yesterday to call for 'Censure' of the President because of what he calls an illegal surveillance of American civilians. The Democrats and the mainstream media have really pushed the envelope on this subject and have coyly taken to calling it a "Domestic Wiretapping of American Civilians". They are hoping that they are your only media source. I think it is underhanded and snake in the grass politics. I am fed up with this kind of vitriolic hatred for our country and our success on the world stage. These people just do not realize that they are losing elections and they are never going to succeed again until they come off of this blame America first partisan tripe. The American people do not have to rely exclusively on Tom and Dan. they now have successful and honest bloggers and talk radio. Even printed conservative media is growing in popularity. All the while Fox dominates the cable news. Why? Because with Liberal media you know what you are going to get. You can expect to hear how no one in America can afford shoes, the Government (that they want to grow) is woefully inept, Bush is a liar and a criminal, and gray skies will dominate the weather in America until next November when Bush will have killed us all with global warming. You just get tired of hearing this tripe day in and day out. With conservative media you are informed, you are challenged to think critically and independently. There is a positive impression made on you and you can't help but be proud of being an American. If the Democrats do not wise up, and fast, they will end up a blurb in the history books of tomorrow, much like the know nothings and Whigs, But, I don't expect them to wise up anytime soon. Feingold is leading the party into a trap. Today Sen. Bill Frist sprang it on them. He called on the Senator to put his money where his mouth is. Sen. Feingold, instead of debating the issue, brought the matter to the Senate and disapeared. “If the Democrats continue to say no to voting on their own censure resolution, then they ought to drop it and focus on our foreign policy in a positive way: supporting our troops in a year of transition in Iraq, confronting Iran's runaway regime, and supporting positive change on the UN Human Rights Commission this week. Delay and distraction are a disservice to the American people." Said Frist. “With no cosponsors and fellow Democrats refusing to vote on Senator Feingold’s fringe issue, I urge the minority to either allow us to vote or move on to addressing the real threats facing our national security."

Just in case you missed it folks, the NSA needs to be able to, at the drop of a hat, surveil international and domestic calls from a terrorist suspect to potentially an American citizen. The Democrats are claiming that the wiretapping is a violation of the citizen's Constitutional right to privacy. (Oooh there's that ugly phrase again) It is a notion based on naiveté that suggests our nation's security should take a backseat to perceived right to privacy.

Right to Privacy

Some say,"But Ken what their doing is Un-Constitutional !" Ok, here's a little exercise for you. Go HERE and click on every link there. When you open the page click on the edit button in Windows Explorer, then click on 'Find on this page' enter the word 'Privacy' or 'Private'. See what you come up with.
When you find no expressed Constitutional right to privacy you have to ask your self two questions. 1) Why is it more important to Liberals that the NSA, belabored with the task of preventing another 911, not be allowed to listen in on conversations between terrorist suspects and American citizens, than it is to work together as Americans to quash this threat to our security. 2) If they push this Censure vote, they will bring to the table the question of a person's expressed constitutional right to privacy. when they do that, they face a Republican majority who could win handedly. When this happens, what happens to that other precious Liberal sacrament based on the 'Penumbra of an Emanation'? I just don't think I would push this Censure thing if I where the Dems. It is gonna blow up in their face and they may never recover from it. Besides, anyone who knows anything about Censure knows that it is a kin to me getting mad at you and publicly stating that I am mad at you. Ooooo, beware of the awesome Senate Censure, oooO. How funny!

Only one other President had Censure imposed on him and that was Andrew Jackson in 1834.He was censured because of the World Bank scandal. He didn't miss a wink of sleep over it. Jackson said that the Censure was a violation of the Constitution because it charged him with an impeachable offence. Only the House can charge the President with an impeachable offense so consequentially the Censure was esponged from Senate record three years later.

This is merely a stunt concocted to score political points among the democratic base in an election year. The Senate censure is not supported Constitutionally and imposes no penalty, you know, the kind of sentences they want to hand out to convicted murderers in place of the death penalty.

I hate talking about partisan politics! It is so nasty and really repugnant. I have avoided the wiretap issue because it wreaks of ' DC politics', but I had to chime in when I heard about Feingold's Censure movement. I just busted a gut laughing. Although, I must admit, I am sorely disappointed in the Liberal Democrat's sense of loyalty. They are not looking out for our best interest, they just want to win at all costs.