In this pathetic attempt by
Jonathan Alter of Newsweek you can literally smell the funk of desperation in
the writing, to try and cover for the lies, half-truths and lack of truth in
that poorly ill conceived article from The New York/DNC Times.
Finally we have a Washington scandal that goes beyond sex, corruption and political
intrigue to big issues like security versus liberty and the reasonable bounds of presidential
power. President Bush came out swinging on Snoopgate—he made it seem as if those who
didn’t agree with him wanted to leave us vulnerable to Al Qaeda—but it will not work.
We’re seeing clearly now that Bush thought 9/11 gave him license to act like a dictator,
or in his own mind, no doubt, like Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
Obviously blinded by “Bush Derangement Syndrome”. This cuts it, there is absolutely
nothing these loons will not believe or say.
No wonder Bush was so desperate that The New York Times not publish its story
on the National Security Agency eavesdropping on American citizens without a warrant,
in what lawyers outside the administration say is a clear violation of the 1978 Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act. I learned this week that on December 6, Bush summoned
Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger and executive editor Bill Keller to the Oval Office
in a futile attempt to talk them out of running the story. The Times will not comment
on the meeting, but one can only imagine the president’s desperation.
This has nothing to do with a book publishing deal of course. I think it is clear
that if any of this is true it would be because of National Security. But, what do
these guys care about security. If it is bad for America they are all for it.
I wonder how it feels to be so completely absent of mind?
This time, the president knew publication would cause him great embarrassment
and trouble for the rest of his presidency. It was for that reason—and less out of
genuine concern about national security—that George W. Bush tried so hard to kill
the New York Times story.
Well, these guys thought they had Bush with PlameGate and we all know how that
is turning out. Something tells me that this one is going to come around and bite
them in the saddle cushions as well.
It is really getting difficult to watch the democrats and their media mouth pieces
continue down this path. I know there are some really brilliant people on the left,
but you would really have a difficult time making a case for it. But, I guess
we will have to take the same approach that you would with a drunk or a drug-head
and let them hit bottom. Then and only then will they be willing to get help. Until
that point, the rest of us will just have to watch from a safe distance to make sure
they don’t hurt themselves too badly.
Michelle Malkin seems to have just finished a nice post: NSA
AND THE LAW: WHAT THE TIMES DIDN’T PRINT
Maybe the problem with all of the derangement on the left and in the media is
that they are only giving themselves half the story. It gives them plausible deniability
of the facts. But, I would only think crap like that would work for me, not professional
out-fits like Newsweek and the NYDNCT.
I am obviously correct in this assumption as long as I deny myself facts to the contrary.
If there are any.