On MSNBC Live Contessa Brewer interviewed Chris Matthews.
Dear Mr. Matthews:
Ms. Brewer said that the Democrats were playing hardball citing Dianne Feinstein's statement quoting Bush in 2004. Contessa told you he said it in 2004, but you nevertheless dismissed it as pre-9/11. Here it is from Bush's now well-known address from Buffalo, New York in APRIL of 2004.
There's a link to the MSNBC "Question of the Day at the bottom. 84% of respondents DO mind being secretly spied on:
"Secondly, there are such things as roving wiretaps. Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires -- a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so. It's important for our fellow citizens to understand, when you think Patriot Act, constitutional guarantees are in place when it comes to doing what is necessary to protect our homeland, because we value the Constitution."
http://www.whitehouse.gov/...
The President's clearly inaccurate statement was made more than 2-1/2 years AFTER 9/11/2001 and at least 2 years into the program.
Apparently Contessa Brewer's interview techniques don't require any registry of the interviewee's response. It's enough read the prompter. She read that this was a bipartisan concern and claimed that Specter was going after AG Gonzales too along with the Democrats, but overlooked the fact that Specter, as committee chair, REFUSED to allow Gonzales to testify under oath. There are questions about the AG's answers to Russ Feingold in his confirmation hearings, all democratic senators insisted he be sworn in and Gonzales agreed to be sworn in, but Specter said, "No." This, I understand, means he can't be charged with perjury for what he says today.
Matthews then went on to say that the majority of Americans supported the program. Not exactly. Americans agree that it's okay with them if it's LEGAL. You failed to mention that a margin of 42 to 43 percent (Zogby) believe he should be impeached if what he did was ILLEGAL.
This is why public opinion of the media is so low. We can tell when we're being manipulated and won't tolerate it. We have Tivos, we have Google and the 'Net has roots. We check facts. We want the truth the whole truth and nothing but. If you won't sell it to us, we'll find it elsewhere.
I have a bachelor's in business, not political science. I'm a substitute teacher and a Mom. Here's the glaring question. If someone who knows as little about Washington and politics as I do knows this so easily, why don't you?
Summer Mondeau
www.GoMommyGo.Blogspot.com
P.S. Now that I see your internet poll does NOT support your assumption, will you correct yourself publicly?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...