Republican Senator Wayne Allard of Colorado announced on Fox News Radio that Senator Russ Feingold (D - WI) had “time and time again [sided] with the terrorists” by introducing a resolution to censure George Bush.
Senator Feingold’s censure resolution would hold the Bush regime accountable for its domestic spying program–which violates federal law–and for misleading the country about its existence and legality.
All of us in this body took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States and bear true allegiance to the same. Fulfilling that oath requires us to speak clearly and forcefully when the President violates the law. This resolution allows us to send a clear message that the President’s conduct was wrong.
And we must do that. The President’s actions demand a formal judgment from Congress.
(via Senator Feingold’s site)
But this resolution–not to mention the 1st Amendment–runs afoul of Senator Allard, who feels strongly that holding President Bush accountable for violating federal law would be falling into the terrorists’ trap.
What does it say of Allard when he questions the patriotism of a Senator who would asks the Congress to live up to its responsibility? Does Allard even know what an American is?
Ah, this sort of thing would be very tedius if it weren’t so frightening. I recently wrote about this sort of thing as well. We are inflicting more damage on ourself through the so-called War on Terror than the terrorists could ever hope to accomplish.
http://theopinionator.com/Politics/selfinflicted_wounds.html
–Michael on May 4, 2006 @ 4:49 pm