tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558228.post114170899210940183..comments2009-07-16T09:20:41.345-05:00A.L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13043896060440034468noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558228.post-1141754880395649322006-03-07T13:08:00.000-05:002006-03-07T13:08:00.000-05:00Man, I wish I were in a position to guide some Democratic candidates -- I've grown to be a helluva poker player.Edward Copelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12463676135131274426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558228.post-1141745644179425142006-03-07T10:34:00.000-05:002006-03-07T10:34:00.000-05:00Totally wrong.<BR/>If you think that surveillance is the perfect wedge issue it time of war, this is a delusional fantasy, it's more evidence the party is cricling into an ever tightening spiral of destruction for the long term.<BR/><BR/>If there is evidence that the NSA is watching Howard Dean's email, cell phones, yadda yadda...YES.<BR/><BR/>If they are data mining 2 million calls a day then listening in to digitally recorded stuff and people who it would REASONABLE to take alook at.. forget it. If they are busting mafioso with it, it would make ME uncomfortable, but do you really think most americans would care if some dealer goes to jail because of an act designed to get potential mass murderers?<BR/><BR/>In fact that (concetrating on this issue) would be a checkmate move for the repubs since you can bet they will pull out more and more significant stories of thwarted 'events'.<BR/><BR/>Until the party puts together a cogent plan for fighting this war, there can only be a set of disparate issues which marketing 'gurus' will hope to win isolated elections nationally with. <BR/><BR/>What would Harry Truman do?<BR/>What would FDR do?Epaminondashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438187789490341876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558228.post-1141739390633169972006-03-07T08:49:00.000-05:002006-03-07T08:49:00.000-05:00You could be any more right on this issue. We Democrats have been handed several issues lately, but this one is the strongest, and really cuts to the heart of this illegitimate administration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com