Dear Lord, I hate the RNC!

[TexasLawyer]

Rant alert:
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I signed up with local and national chapters of the RNC so that I could get their e-mails and literature-- and keep an eye on the official propaganda.

This quoted language, below, was part of the most recent e-mail that I received from the Chairman of Harris County Texas's RNC. The LIES and MISREPRESENTATIONS coming out of the RNC drive me bat-shit crazy.

Democrats Offer More Hypocrisy on National Security

NSA wire taps, port security, the PATRIOT Act - these are all dirty words to national Democrats, but key terms to fighting the war on terror. And while Republicans fought to pass the PATRIOT Act earlier this month and strike a deal that will ensure our port security remains in our hands, the Democrats are holding publicity stunts.

Now Senator (read - presidential candidate) Russ Feingold is rounding up his fellow Democrats to censure the president for using all tools available to fight the war on terror, including tapping into terrorist phone calls. This political maneuver is another sign of how low they will go to get their names in the paper, and how desperate they are to be back in power. And we need to get the truth out. <snip>

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Excuse me, but NO ONE objects to wire tapping terrorists! We just want the FISA laws-- which are very lenient-- observed! If Bush can choose to ignore those laws, what other important laws and Constitutional principles can he choose to ignore? Surveillance is just the start. Will we have concentration camps for American "dissidents" in a few years? Will we have extra-judicial killing? We will if we have an Executive Branch whose power cannot be checked.

And I thought that DEMS were on the anti-terrorist side of the port deal.

And God bless Russ Feingold for calling BushCo on its illegal activities. Shame on anyone who looks away from Bush's crimes and pretends they don't matter.

And I hate the way these misrepresentations are intended to make Democrats out as villains, traitors, cowards, self-interested political careerists and/or idiots when that is clearly not the case. In fact, quite to the contrary.

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[Rude Horner]

1. You and me both, TL

I know exactly what you mean and I feel the frustration. They twist and lie about the facts, frame the debate in a way that just isn't true, and some people buy it. Fortunately for us, HOPEFULLY the people are waking up. Or at least 70% of 'em.

But I know...it pisses me off to no end to think of these jerks getting away with this. Their president BREAKS THE LAW and they explain it away as "using all the available tools to go after terrorists". Bullshit!

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. Well I think they are skating on thin ice here. I agree with Bill Maher

when he said "Americans aren't idiots, assholes yes, but not idiots" People are waking up to the BS of the repug party! They continue their lies and distortions of the truth at their own peril, imo.

[Nikki Stone 1]

3. Let's hope Mahr is right

:kick: and recommend

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. I think he is. nt

[LSK]

5. i think i would become an enraged lunatic always reading that crap