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Audacity of Truth
Whiner-in-Chief:
"[W]hether the grumbling is about Republicans on Fox or bloggers in pajamas, there's a word for what the president and his aides are doing. That word is "whining." And nothing [...] does more damage to Obama's credibility or authority than the sense that a popular president is becoming the whiner-in-chief."
- John Nichols, Nation Magazine - 10/12/09
Rep. Jim McDermott calls wiretap ruling against him a “victory for the First Amendment”
File this under “he said what?” Via The Hill:
A federal judge has ruled that Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) can collect more than $1 million in legal fees in a lawsuit against Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) over a taped phone call, the Associated Press reports.
Boehner had sued McDermott for leaking a tape of a 1996 call featuring Republican congressmen discussing an ethics case against then-Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.).
McDermott told The Hill that he is raising money to pay the penalty through a legal defense fund.
“I’ve been raising money the last few years” McDermott said. “We’re a little bit short but we’ll get there.”
“Despite the adverse ruling, McDermott proclaimed victory.
“We won because we protected the First Amendment” he said. “We told the American people what was going on in Congress.”
Uh, yeah right. He thinks it’s ok to wiretap his political enemies, but as far as wiretapping suspected terrorists and their allies? Well, Bush should be censured for that.
Too bad your buddy Saddam isn’t around any more to help you pay the tab, eh, Rep. McDermott?
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Cripes, I’ve not seen a worse case of doublethink and Newspeak in weeks. Orwellian ain’t they, the Dems. Weakness is Strength! Victory is Defeat! INGSOC Forever!
Questions are a burden for others, answers a prison for oneself.
What a complete and utter tool.
Illegal wiretap = Good if you are a Dem. Legal wiretap = Bad if you are a Rep. This felon should be sent to jail for his illegal activities. Let him play the martyr behind bars. Also, these legal defense funds should be banned. This million bucks should come out of his pocket. Makes a person think twice about breaking the law when they actually have something to lose. How many of us little people would miss out on jail time or be able to have someone else pay our judgements? – Lorica