Opinions You Should Have: "The Senate will vote next week to pass a bill that will retroactively declare the Watergate break-in to be legal.
"'If President Nixon felt that spying on the Democratic National Committee headquarters was necessary, that's good enough for me,' said Sen. Pat Roberts (R.-Kan.), who elaborated, 'It's time for us to stop second-guessing our leaders.'
"The bill is the first of a number of laws that aims to ensure that the President can do no wrong. Other laws contemplated by the Senate specifically authorize the trading of arms for hostages, manipulating intelligence to make the case for war, misleading the American people, and the use of the word 'strategery.'
"Democrats moved swiftly with an amendment making the truthfulness of grand jury testimony dependent on what the meaning of 'is' is."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
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