Count on a radical rightwinger to blatantly lie when the mood strikes.
At the rightwing group blog “The Wide Awakes”, "Ogre" posts this claim:
In the process of the hearings on Judge Alito, the Democrats revealed that they are opposed to the government being able to listen in on telephone conversations between Americans and known terrorist enemies.
The Fox News article he references has a single sentence regarding wiretaps:
Democrats argue that recent news, such as President Bush authorizing the National Security Agency to conduct warrant-less wiretaps on some Americans if they are calling known Al Qaeda operatives outside of the country, is a prime example of what they consider a dangerous resurgence of presidential power.
Not one word about any Democrat being “opposed” to legitimate NSA wiretaps targeting Al Qaeda. Not one. The concern — shared by Republicans and Democrats alike — is that El Presidente Bush has decided that the law known as FISA does not apply to him, and that he has the unilateral right to ignore the law whenever he sees fit.
Being a radical rightwing pundit has to be the easiest job in the world. You don’t have to do any research. You can just make shit up and publish it as if it were fact.
Here’s a challenge, Ogre: Retract your claim. Admit you published a falsehood. Do the honorable thing — just this once.
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January 17th, 2006 at 9:29 pm
kender
The dems think Bush has a “dangerous resurgence of presidential power” and they are naturally going to oppose that…..or are you so dense that you simply cannot grasp that idea?
January 18th, 2006 at 11:14 am
meatbrain
Try reading what I write, Kender, instead of making it up as you go. The subject here is Bush’s warrantless wiretaps, the opposition to same from Democrats and Republicans, and Ogre’s decision to lie about what the Fox News article said.
You are aware that a number of Republicans are also calling for an investigation, aren’t you?