Since the news of the FISA bill passage broke, I have been thinking about just how happy Karl Rove must have been when he heard the news.
See, Karl has long dreamed of a "permanent Republican majority." And anyone who thinks that this abusive White House and its vile puppetmasters (Cheney and Rove) won't use these revived "privileges" to spy on -- and derail -- their political enemies hasn't been paying attention.
One need not look too far back in history to spot the precedent for my supposition. Richard Nixon and his criminal cabal were nickel-and-dime, liquor store stick-up men compared to this current crop of criminals who have perfected the art of assassinating enemies and stealing elections, all while looting the national treasury.
To think that any Democrat would give this crew the power to spy on citizens staggers the mind. The shredding of the Constitution notwithstanding, our `08 presidential hopefuls and, ironically, many of the same Democratic senators and congressional representatives who voted in favor of this atrocity may face the consequences of this action come election time.
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Karl Rove was handed the last tool he needed to craft his "permanent Republican majority."
Simply put, I will lay odds that the abusive domestic spying of this administration has already targeted political enemies. But the monumental irony of having Democrats legalize domestic spying must have left Rove doubled-over with laughter. Even the ever-surly Dick Cheney must have mustered a guffaw over the news.
I am sure that sometime in the future, the stories of abusive domestic spying will spill out. Unfortunately, the way Democrats are playing it, that is not likely to occur in my lifetime.
Nixon was a blundering fool when it came to spying on his political enemies. And he certainly couldn't count on Democrats giving him a helping hand. "Oh," he must be thinking from whatever afterlife in which he currently resides, "if only I had been able to work with such a supplicant Congress! I would have served four terms!"
My, my, how times have changed.