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Monday, February 18, 2008

The Republicans on Government Snooping, circa 1996


Senator Bob Dole, not bothering to grip a pen in his gimp pen:

Since our nation was founded over 200 years ago, the American people have held an expectation that their privacy was sacred and that government could not, without serious cause, pry into the lives of our citizens.

Along with the expectation that our government tells people the truth, freedom from domestic surveillance is a right the American people should be able to count on. It is one of the things that sets us apart from other nations...


Then he brings the kind money shot:

It is not the right of the government to know the most intimate details of what you are doing. Americans deserve an administration that knows the difference. After all, the promise of our country is that all of us can live freely, stand equally before the law and enjoy fundamental rights that are not infringed by any individual or government.

That is why so many nations around the world want to be like America and why so many people dream of coming here and building a better life. So long as that promise is kept, America will always be the greatest nation on the face of the earth.


Too bad he couldn't keep it up.

***Insert Viagra Joke***

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