Saturday, March 26, 2005

Washington Post: "Republican congressional leaders find themselves in a moral and political thicket, having advanced the cause as a right-to-life issue -- only to confront polls showing that the public does not see it that way." [Scripting News] But because of the rush to act and the insistent approach of the leadership, Republicans had no debate about whether their vote could be seen as federal intrusion in a family matter, or as a violation of the separation of powers between the judicial and legislative branches. Both issues are concerns of many voters responding to polls, and of some legislators themselves. This frosts me! "We didn't have time to work on this.. Reminds me of the post 9/11 excuse, "we passed the Patriot Act without enough time to consider what it would mean.  Then STOP and LOOK at the impact of what you are doing.  If the normal woman on street can smell this as the possible constitutuional/federalism/balance of powers/violation of individual rights/political wag the dog that it is, WHY can't the people that pay to do this smell it coming?  They were on break.  How does something like this get through under those conditions? 1:10:44 PM    comment []

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