[Darth Sidious]

We're not as informed as Bush is.

Who's "we"?

A lot of us are pretty sharp. And some of us aren't so ignorant as to let our so-called "leaders" do what they want just because they (and/or their supporters) claim to be "more informed" than the rest of the unwashed masses.

[fire and forget]

I'm of the same mind. We mustn't just assume our leaders are infallible. However, Bush is briefed daily with intelligence unavailable to us on all fronts. Although my gut disagrees with this bill, I'll still give Bush the opportunity to spell out how it balances out to our advantage. I hope he will. Otherwise we're likely to have a democrat in office come 2004. That wouldn't portend well for America, its Constitution or any of us.