Senator Frist was on MTP today and I guess he said pretty much what one would expect him to say.
Massive federal spending and deficits? Making tax cuts for the top 1% of income earners permanent? How about that Abramoff stuff? Was Iraq a war of choice? "Wiretaps" without a warrant? The answer to every question (except his miracle tele-diagnosis of Terry Schivo) was the war.
"We are in a time of war so [bite me] ..."
Are we really in a time of war? Did we draft any troops to fight a war? Have we raised any taxes to pay for a war? What exactly constitutes a "time of war"? When does the "time of war" end?
Reagan declared a war, dare I say Jihad, on drugs... was that a real war? is that war over? Did Clinton miss an opportunity for 8 years to defend himself by saying its not time to question things because we are in a time of war? Can you actually fight a "war" on terrorism? Isn't fighting terrorism a police matter, as the Europeans believe?
The war defense is a very tired one and yet it continues to work, year after year. God help us.
