"Why Is Bush Spying On Democrats?!?"

[Pryderi]

Reclaiming The Issues: "Why Is Bush Spying On Democrats?!?"
by Thom Hartmann

Every time Democrats and progressives speak out about George W. Bush's spying on Americans without mentioning that he may also be spying on Democrats, they're playing into Karl Rove's "National Security Frame" and actually strengthening Republican electoral chances in November.

To short-circuit this, Democrats need to invoke the ghost of Richard Nixon.

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Remember November of 2003? Using naked political espionage, Bush Republicans used intelligence gained in an illegal spying operation to outflank Democrats.

Republicans in the Senate - including a staffer for Republican Senator Orrin Hatch - hacked into the computers of several Senate Democrats, including Ted Kennedy and Dick Durbin. Reading Kennedy's and Durbin's correspondence, the Republican operatives discovered the strategy the Democrats intended to use to attack Republican high court nominees. They leaked fifteen bits of Kennedy's discussions to The Wall Street Journal and other Republican-friendly sources, who used the information to successfully trash and thwart the Democratic plans.

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0710-21.htm

[fearthem]

1. You need to send your suggestion to the DNC, really, they....

need help.

[Pryderi]

6. Sure. I'll have Thom Hartmann call. What's the number?

[ClassWarrior]

2. .

[zbdent]

3. My point was this: Bush said that international calls were being

monitored (well before 2004).

John Kerry said that he had been in touch with several foreign leaders who agreed with his stance instead of Bush's.

Wonder if there's any connection there, hmm?

[heartofthesiskiyou]

4. Another in a long list of botched

"opposition party" responses to the neocomms. Here you have a clear indicator of domestic spying used for political purposes, a watergate moment, and the dems don't even use it. The committee computer hacking should be on the front page of every paper every time the issue of NSA spying is plied out there. But NOOOOO.... Dems only seem to miss the good stuff. Move along nothing here.....

[Vincardog]

5. How can you blame the Democrats for the Corporate Controlled Media's acts

As long as we fail to acknowledge the propaganda and censorship of the CCM we will continue to blame the "Leadership" for their lack of coverage. I would like to see a lot more truth on the public airwaves. I blame the CCM for that lack.