It was heartening, if a long time in coming, to hear GOP'ers speaking out

Humor_In_Cuneiform

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Fri Dec-16-05 01:45 PM
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It was heartening, if a long time in coming, to hear GOP'ers speaking out

on issues that reflect on individual integrity, ie the Patriot Act, as well as the spying just now being reported in the news.

Senators Sununu and Craig spoke eloquently to oppose invoking cloture.

Arlen Specter condemned strongly the illegal spying by the administration just reported in the NY Times.

I vaguely recall being asked to urge my Senator to elect Specter rather than a neocon as chair of the Judiciary Committee. Which I did, knowing Specter was a moderate.

Thank you Sununu, Craig, Specter, and the NY Times, and all Democrats voting against cloture!!

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orwell

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Fri Dec-16-05 01:51 PM
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1. Ex-Congressman...

...Bob Barr spoke forcefully against re-authorization as well. At least some are intellectually consistent.

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calico1

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Fri Dec-16-05 01:53 PM
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2. Some of them remember what

the real Conservatives stood for, which included the right to privacy.

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Humor_In_Cuneiform

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Fri Dec-16-05 02:07 PM
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5. There is common ground between liberals and old style conservatives in

some areas and this is one!

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Fri Dec-16-05 01:53 PM
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3. Maybe yesterday's anti-torture vote and the turn around on funding

levees in New Orleans are a sign that the Thugs have had it with the Duck. Well election 2006 is less than a year away. The duck was bad enough but now he's an albatros.

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NanceGreggs

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Fri Dec-16-05 01:57 PM
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4. Nothing like a ...

... 'Plame Duck' Presidency!

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No Exit

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Fri Dec-16-05 02:12 PM
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7. LOL!! Good one!!

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Humor_In_Cuneiform

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Fri Dec-16-05 02:09 PM
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6. None of the 3 I mentioned are up for election in 2006

I'm glad to say.

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Humor_In_Cuneiform

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Fri Dec-16-05 02:22 PM
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8. Funny, Feinstein just used "heartened" also to describe how she

felt about Specter's denunciation of the secret spying by *.

And that they will be holding hearings!!!

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Humor_In_Cuneiform

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Fri Dec-16-05 03:00 PM
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9. Now comes McCain to introduce bill for transparency in lobbying etc.

Today is a good day for Democracy.

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