What possible reason could they have for approving FISA? Only one thing comes to mind --

[BigBearJohn]

They are expecting an imminent attack on American soil
and the Dems don't want to be on record as voting against
this when voting for it could be seen as having "prevented"
a major attack.

For instance: Say there was a major attack... a major
attack. As we're cleaning up the mess, we hear on
t.v. that "this could have been avoided had the Democrats
not voted AGAINST FISA"

There goes 2008 election.

[berni_mccoy]

1. Problem with that logic is that most dems DID vote against it. Only a minority caved.

[bahrbearian]

6. Most Dems ? are you counting the Not Voting Dems as "No" votes

[Just-plain-Kathy]

2. I bet you're right. ...n/t

[babylonsister]

3. Or they bought the baloney or wanted to go on vacation. And that's

an even worse scenario to me.

[soothsayer]

16. yup

[bahrbearian]

4. Did PNAC put out a new Pearl Harbor statement?

Our is Chimpy threating this one on his own?

[KoKo]

5. Well...remember Saddam had drones that would deliver biochemicals & nukes to the USA...

We've sort of been there and done that with some of our Dems... I know Iran has those same drones that will be delivering WMD to us or they will bomb Israel or something. Gotta take them out too.

An eye for and eye and after awhile the world goes blind...Gandi

A group of Democrats so cowered by a P-Resident who has polls in the 20's are not worth having as reps.

[rateyes]

7. See how terror works?

Scare the people to death, and they'll fucking GIVE AWAY what the terrorists could never TAKE AWAY from us.

We don't protect the Constitution by dismantling it in the name of security.

Bush & Cheney are having a good laugh at our expense.

[Nevernose]

8. What bearing does reality have on TV?

No matter what Democrats do, right or wrong, their political enemies will attack them.

The people who WIN elections are the people who have the proverbial cajones: a point that many Democrats seem to have forgotten.

[Pushed To The Left]

10. Exactly. The right wing will attack Democrats no matter what they do.

They might as well do the right thing and protect the Constitution!

[kineneb]

9. or...blackmail?

just a thought...remember the anthrax mailings? No one was ever caught...

[Old and In the Way]

11. I thought the same thing about IWR.

I think you might be right...they can't use that against the Democrats if it happens...they've been telegraphying another imminent threat for weeks. If you believe they LIHOP/MIHOP'd 9/11 and committed warcrimes in their decision to unilaterally invade/occupy Iraq....what won't they do to retain power?

[Lint Head]

12. There will be an attack. We will be rounded up and sent to

internment camps. Our rights are dead. The fascists are in control. Abandon all hope. I imagine we should all just lay back and let it happen. It's not like anybody didn't know. :dem:

[screembloodymurder]

13. Attack

or a serious economic disruption. The US is bankrupt.

[enid602]

14. ear marks

How about ear marks? What kind of ear marks were attached to this bill?

[tired_old_fireman]

15. I'm not sure their expecting an imminent threat

It's just common sense says that there will be another terrorist attack. The democrats want to cover their asses so Bush can't say it happened because the democrats didn't pass his FISA bill.

The democrats who voted for this bill are stupid not to realize Bush or Guiliani or whatever con is in power will blame them for any terrorist attack on American soil whether they passed the bill or not.

[snappyturtle]

17. I think you could be right. The Dems drank the repuke Kool-Aid ...

terra flavored. They believe Chertoff and Santorum.