December 05, 2004

THE INTELLIGENCE BILL fails to include key elements of the 9/11 commission's recommendations to the nation, yet the President claimed yesterday that the current bill does "everything necessary" to secure the nation from terrorist threats. The NY Times reports:
President Bush sought to stem a near-rebellion by members of his own party in Congress yesterday by describing a sweeping intelligence-overhaul bill they oppose as an effort "to do everything necessary to confront and defeat the terrorist threat."
The President needs to be told that the American people know otherwise, and they don't like someone looking them in the eye and lying to them with statements folks know just aren't so. Here's a bit of advice. It's always very bad politics to work from the assumption that your fellow citizens are stupid and cowable. Posted by Greg Ransom | TrackBack