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Will you say the same when President H Rodham starts interning gun owners, tax protesters and members of the pro-life movement?

Whatever powers this new Imperial administration decides to grant itself will carry over to the next administration. Someday, the Democrats will be back in the Whitehouse and you better be ready for how they'll use the power.

Imagine if X42 had this ability, what do you suspect he might have done with it?

Will you say the same when President H Rodham starts interning gun owners, tax protesters and members of the pro-life movement?

Whatever powers this new Imperial administration decides to grant itself will carry over to the next administration. Someday, the Democrats will be back in the Whitehouse and you better be ready for how they'll use the power.

This is certainly the scariest part of what we are going through now. I don't doubt we can deal with any military or terrorist attack on our citizens. But the changes wrought trying to prevent one more death due to terrorist action may set us up for some long term pain.

Perhaps the Ashcroft opponents are right. Maybe we shouldn't try to stop the next death and just let them happen. This would be political suicide for the administration, but would be better for the nation in the long run. And least that is the opponents view. They would just as soon see the present administration replaced regardless of means. A few good citizen deaths would be well worth the price. It is a noble end after all.

If this was the approach taken the clamor to do something would be deafening. And the “something” would be done by an administration that is a polar opposite to the one in office. Further to the right or further to the left would be the only options. (I seem to have three poles going in my argument – you get the picture anyway I hope!) Neither would be a good choice IMHO.

Being a conservative I am much more comfortable with the current approach, even with the perceived erosion of liberty, at least the current degree of erosion, than I would be with a replacement administration from the right or left. Personally, I’d guess if the administration took a hands off approach the next administration, and congress, would be from the far right. I'm sure the liberals, who know all anyway, have a different view.

"Will you say the same when President H Rodham starts interning gun owners, tax protesters and members of the pro-life movement?"

Do you actually think "President H. Rodham" would care what "powers this new Imperial administration decides to grant itself"? President Rodham will sieze whatever powers she decides she needs regardless of what we do now. You see, you assume that "President H. Rodham" will be bound by precedent. If "President H. Rodham" were to be bound by the law, you wouldn't have much to fear, would you? So quit trying to scare the kids and old folks with this fairy tale.