Posted by
Gary Gross on Thursday, October 05, 2006 9:17:58 AM
In one of the most bizarre statements I've ever read, Harry Reid tried responding to President Bush's attacks on Democrats' fecklessness on national security. Here's what he said: "Instead of ranting and raving every day on the campaign trail, President Bush should spend more time on the trail of Osama bin Laden. The American people are tired of the President's empty tough talk. They want leaders who are tough and smart. The President and his Republican Congress have no credibility left, and it's time for a new direction."
Of course, Mr. Reid isn't saying that President Bush should fly over to Afghanistan and join the troops. This is just his inept way of pointing out that UBL hasn't been captured. I do agree with him that Americans want "leaders who are tough and smart", though those people are in short supply in the Democratic Party. They're especially lacking in that area amongst their leadership. Harry, Remember something for me. There's nothing strong or tough about "killing the Patriot Act." That's best characterized as stupid and dangerous. Of course, Harry's House counterpart, Nancy Pelosi, had to defend Democrats' indefensible votes in this official statement: "This week, the President misrepresented Democrats' position on electronic surveillance, refusing to acknowledge that Democrats in the House supported a bipartisan surveillance proposal that would have allowed the communications of terrorists to be monitored legally. House Republican leaders, with the President's support, refused to allow that proposal to even be considered.
That alternative legislation isn't a serious proposal. All it recommended was to add more judges that would hear wiretap applications, hardly the streamlining of the system. Ms. Pelosi tried getting a jab in:
"It is clear that, in the battle of ideas, the President is unarmed and can do nothing but make baseless charges in an effort to distract attention from his own failed policies in Iraq and elsewhere that have not made America safer."
Talk about a snotty remark that's unbecoming of a person in leadership. They should be seen for what they are: a pathetic attempt to distract attention from the recorded votes that show Democrats as voting against final legislation for the important tools that were used in preventing numerous terrorist plots. Technorati: Election 2006, NSA, Pelosi, Reid, President BushCross-Posted at Let Freedom Ring