What's your problem? I AGREED with you! If Thompson isn't a reliable source then you're right!
FYI, I didn't repeat the accusation "over and over". I posted it once (which the moderator has since removed for whatever reason) and I have backtracked since then.
I didn't know that Thompson isn't reliable. MY MISTAKE. Shame on me. I got it through Baldwin, whom I DO consider to be reliable (you may not; you're entitled to your opinion). If you read Baldwin's article, he states the following in it:
"Did President Bush really say the things Doug Thompson quotes him as saying? I sincerely hope not. And if he did not, Mr. Thompson certainly owes his readers and the President an apology. However, if it proves to be true, will conservative Christians admit that everything they were led to believe about G.W. Bush was a lie, because indeed it would be?!"
Again, the main thrust here (as I see it) is the Constitutionality of the Patriot Act, and President Bush's dedication to upholding the Constitution. As an example, by signing McCain-Feingold, President Bush has already shown that he doesn't take the First Amendment as seriously as many conservatives would like him to, so why would I believe that his protestations regarding the non-renewal of the Patriot Act would cause him to choose the Constitution over the Patriot Act?
So slam me for not being a GOP/Bush Kool-Aid drinker, but I DID vote for him over Kerry, and I do vote Republican most of the time. That doesn't mean I have to be a lemming.
The US government has every right to track, monitor and exile any and all FOREIGNERS in this country who might be planning terror attacks. And all nationals doing it can be sent to jail for it.