On February 14th 2008, Mr. Bush said "Look, these folks in congress passed a good bill late last summer....
The problem is, they let the bill expire. My attitude is: If the bill was good enough then, why not pass the bill again?"
Do americans really accept this? I hope not!!!
Here's where I'm gonna express my feelings through another persons words. Because I could not think of a better way that is right on target.
"Mr. Bush, you say that our ability to track terrorist will be weakened and our citizens will be in greater danger. Yet you have weakend that ability!
You have subjected us, your citizens, to that greater danger! This, Mr. Bush, is simple enough even for you to understand.
For the moment, at least, thanks to some true patriots in the house, and your own stubborness, you have tabled telecom immunity, and the FISA act.
You. By your own terms and definitions, have just sided with the terrorist. You've got to have this law, or we're all gonna die. But, practically speaking, you vetoed this law.
It is bad enough, sir, that you were demanding an ex post facto law that could still clear the AT&Ts and Verizons responsibility for their systematic, aggressive and blatant collaboration with your illegal and unjustified spying on Americans under this flimsy guise of looking for any terrorists who stupid enough to make a collect call or send a mass e-mail.
But when you demanded it again during the State of the Union address, you wouldn't even confirm that they actually did anything for which they deserve to be cleared.
"The Congress must pass liability protection for companies believed to have assisted in the efforts to defend America."
BELIEVED? Don't you know? Don't you even have the guts Dick Cheney showed in admitting they did collaborate with you? Does this endless presidency of loopholes extend even here? If you believe in the seamless mutuality of government and big business, come out and say it! There is a dictionary definition, one word describes that toxic blend.
You're a fascist --- get them to print you a T-shirt with fascist on it!
What else is it but fascism?"