Time for the President to call their bluff

Town Hall ^ | 12/30/2005 | Tony Snow

[saveliberty]

Your Tony Snow article ping

[Jackknife]

"If we try to fight the war on terror with eyes shut and ears packed with wax, innocent people will die."

Tony Snow ping.

[tiredoflaundry]

What would we do without the Snowman? ;-)

[Lurker]

This sounds like a pretty good strategy. I'm all for it as long as the folks who are doing the leaking are found, indicted, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

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[saveliberty]

LOL! Good point. After all, we are the Snowflakes.

[tiredoflaundry]

we are the Snowflakes.

LOL ! I'm a "snowflake" !

[saveliberty]

Rockefeller (not the brightest bulb) is asking for an investigation about the leak

The NYT however, can't understand why we are not obeying their instructions and why we are supporting the President. They continue to pound this issue today and are shooting themselves in the assets.

[Puppage]

as the folks who are doing the leaking are found, indicted, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law

To quote Hemingway in The Sun Also Rises..."isn't it pretty to think so"?

[saveliberty]

LOL! We all are.

[Publius6961]

If we try to fight the war on terror with eyes shut and ears packed with wax, innocent people will die.

A small price to pay, apparently, for the politically hysterical and neurotic crowd.

[Just mythoughts]

I am guessing the 'leakers' are in Congress. Toooo many Congresspeople were all prepared with comments prior to the leaks and right after the leaks. Some tried to manufacture a national uprising and another investigation into the Bush administration.

Very few people were in the know about what is and was going on.

I think we the people have a right to know who assists terrorists, some of US are opposed to having homicide bombers take root in this nation ever. Sadly seems the media and their pimps do not have the mental capacity to comprehend that threat.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Great article

[samanella]

ROCKEFELLER is asking for a probe??? He's the Leaker! LOL! The cheddar has really slipped off his cracker! What a dumb***.

[saveliberty]

The American public agrees that it's a small price to pay. They also show that to the dismay of the rabid liberals, the American people trust the President.

As they should on this issue.

[The_Victor]

he president ought to open his State of the Union Address by asking Congress to give him official authority to approve warrantless searches of known and identified terrorists,

I disagree with Tony on this one. By asking for permission after the fact, the President would be tacitly admitting that what he did requires Congressional approval. If the POTUS has the authority he should NEVER ask for permission to use it.

[saveliberty]

Or a staffer of a member on the Committee.

Remember the staff person of Martin Frost, who was supposed to be a conservative Democrat in the House, breaking in to a Republican rep's office to take documents.

[Bahbah]

the president ought to open his State of the Union Address by asking Congress to give him official authority to approve warrantless searches of known and identified terrorists, or of people in regular contact with those terrorists whom authorities reasonably suspect of plotting to commit acts of murder, terror or sabotage.

I do not think that the president should do any such thing. He has the inherent authority to take these actions granted to him by the Constitution. The Congress can neither grant him such powers nor take them away. To request that he be granted powers which he already has would weaken the presidency. I wish Tony would have a talk with Mark Levin about this. Maybe what the president could do is challenge Congress to pass a law that says he cannot do this without their permission and then litigate it right to the Supremes if necessary. He would win and it would settle the question for good.

[saveliberty]

:-) Thanks

[G.Mason]

Echelon? Monitors every electronic communication on Earth?

Surely my right to privacy comes before this nations right to survive.

Next thing they want will be my Social Security number, my drivers licence, and a credit card to fly on a commercial airline, or rent a car.

I feel so violated.