White House Invokes ‘STATE PRIVILEGE’ To HALT Inquiries Into Data Mining

[Savannahmann]

43. So to make sure I understand your point.

Since any Republican would be worse, any Democrat can violate any principle, and take any action, and we or at least you personally will not object because the Republicans might gain in prestige.

I on the other hand disagree. I believe both parties suffer when things like this come out. The Republicans voted for it along with our own. Yes it was started under George W. Bush III Jr. and all of that. But we should have shut it down. We should have brought it to a screeching halt. There is no balance between civil rights and security. Constitutional Civil Rights wins every time. We have fought too long, too hard to get them against more powerful forces than just Republican Opportunism.

Can't you see it now? What Moral Authority do we have to argue for GLBT rights when we won't stand up for Civil Rights clearly spelled out in the Constitution for the rest of the population? You think that the opportunism exists for the Republicans, and if we stand stiffly in opposition to them and squarely on the side defending this we will see it first hand. Because this program is indefensible to anyone who calls themselves a Liberal.