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- oceandigital, on 06/04/2008, -18/+226this guys nuts, he should be in a nursing home.
- NealCrosby, on 06/03/2008, -14/+198This is so ridiculous! Why would they actually release a statement on this??
- sjug, on 06/04/2008, -12/+167Great.. The next Bush.
Since when did being a republican mean that you're an idiot? (2000?) - kemp34, on 06/04/2008, -13/+107Anti-American idiot.
- HossBud, on 06/04/2008, -10/+99This guy is disgusting. I think the problem now is that Americans don't even understand their own rights. I don't have the highest hopes for the country if McCain wins the election.
- inactive, on 06/04/2008, -4/+73Whatever man, neocons ARE the Republican party now. Conservatism in this country is dead, and even as an ultra-liberal hippie douchebag, I mourn its passing.
- sjug, on 06/04/2008, -6/+70Apparently privacy is not needed/wanted/respected if you're Republican.
- dinsy, on 06/04/2008, -9/+69"Constitutional and appropriate" my ass
- theNazz, on 06/04/2008, -11/+66McCain doesn't give a damn about the Constitution which makes him the perfect candidate to continue the destruction of the USA.
- dinsy, on 06/04/2008, -2/+41'88
- swrostmore, on 06/04/2008, -4/+42For every big-government big-war Neo-con, there are a dozen small-government conservative Republicans who vote identically to him 99% of the time.
Where were these so-called "true conservatives" during Bush's 8 years of unprecedented big-government expansion? Oh yeah, they were in Congress unanimously rubber-stamping every neocon policy. - kemp34, on 06/04/2008, -6/+41^^^ You mean Neo-con.
- diggthis123, on 06/04/2008, -2/+31The purpose of government is to protect the rights of its citizens. Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
- ClosedCaption, on 06/04/2008, -2/+31In December while talking to the Boston Globe McCain actually..wait for it...said the complete opposite. Shocking, I know so unlike him.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/ ...
1. Does the president have inherent powers under the Constitution to conduct surveillance for national security purposes without judicial warrants, regardless of federal statutes?
more stories like thisThere are some areas where the statutes don’t apply, such as in the surveillance of overseas communications. Where they do apply, however, I think that presidents have the obligation to obey and enforce laws that are passed by Congress and signed into law by the president, no matter what the situation is.
2. Okay, so is that a no, in other words, federal statute trumps inherent power in that case, warrantless surveillance?
I don't think the president has the right to disobey any law.
Apparently its not flip flopping if the National Review agrees with your flip floppiness. - swrostmore, on 06/04/2008, -6/+34Because thats what the small-government conservative Republican party base DEMANDS from their nominee - leadership that is willing to break laws to spy on them.
- pintomp3, on 06/04/2008, -2/+29'80. don't exclude reagan (war on drugs, support for apartheid, star wars, increased national debt, iran-contra, etc).
- AnarkeIncarnate, on 06/04/2008, -2/+28You misspelled nut house
- angrykeyboarder, on 06/04/2008, -8/+32Pathetic eh?
- RandoTheKing, on 06/04/2008, -8/+32Wake the ***** up, America. Quit electing idiots.
- elhaf, on 06/04/2008, -3/+26I'm scared that politicians will use this to spy on their political opponents. They will tap records that have to do with campaign strategy, etc. Don't think they won't. They already did (Nixon). They will also tap into peaceful groups who are opposed to their policies, for example the Quakers were spied upon because they were anti-war. Don't tell me the Quakers are a threat to national security. This is bad, because it stifles dissent against horrible policies, such as the run-up to and early days of the Iraq war. Dissent, in this case, would have been a good thing, but between media manipulation (Pentagon insiders, so-called ex military, have and are still spouting propaganda on newscasts daily) and infiltrating and spying on anti-war groups, dissent was crushed for a long time. I'm scared of preemptive war, mainly for its destabilizing properties, but also because it is morally repugnant and by the definition of the Nuremburg trials, a war crime. All these things are what has already happened, but look at the precedent it sets if not set right and allowed for another administration.
- Terrk, on 06/04/2008, -0/+23I think you got the point.
- inactive, on 06/04/2008, -20/+42smash the military industrial complex
Ron Paul/Jessie Ventura 2008 - cadmiumpaint, on 06/04/2008, -7/+29Of course he would. McCain = Bush 3.0
McCain still doesn't understand that when he says things to 100 people, 100 billion will hear it on the internet. - getoffmybridge, on 05/05/2009, -2/+24Your mom's house
- ScoobyG, on 06/04/2008, -7/+28No, no, this is actually good. They're actually making it harder for themselves to deny the fact that a McCain presidency will be anything other than a 3rd Bush term. An angle that Obama's already using.
- InetRoadkill, on 06/04/2008, -1/+21Umm, it's not the foreign monitoring that got Bush in trouble. It was the domestic spying which is unconstitutional and illegal.
- skoles, on 06/04/2008, -3/+23The fact that the country's approval rating of Bush is in the mid-twenties and McCain is all about staying the same path makes me wonder how he's even the only frontrunner at this point.
Is everyone else that ***** retarded to think the past 8 years have been real gems for this country? Enough so to warrant at least another 4 more?
If he ends up winning we'll at least have a good idea of why the world will end in 2012. - DesignNerd, on 06/04/2008, -1/+19yeah, god forbid Diggers want to inform people of ridiculous tactics, fear/warmongering, and asinine ways of thinking. Man, they LOVE scandal here at DIGG.
- kemp34, on 06/04/2008, -3/+20@dentalpirate: that works too.
@swrostmore: sjug tried to make a blanket statement generalization about ALL Republicans as if there is one monolith. I am making the point that big-government, big-war Neo-cons are what he is describing and not true limited government Republicans. McCain is a Neo-con member of the Republican Party but not all Republicans are Neo-cons. Get the logic?
@macweirdo: Ron Paul has consistently been pulling over 15% of votes at the recent primaries in spite of the fact that it is a forgone conclusion that he is not winning. There are many others who do not like McCain but vote behind him because they see it as a "lesser-of-two-evils" versus the big government Dems. I think there are more true limited government conservatives out there than you may think, although it is sad how little power they have in the current process. - pintomp3, on 06/04/2008, -3/+20habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion. we are going through neither.
- mechnoch, on 06/04/2008, -5/+22Me, me, me. Mine, mine, mine. Suck it up, pay your taxes, and contribute to the whole of American society. That's how America works. Would you rather we just continue buying ***** to keep our country running on credit issued by China and other foreign countries? How long do you think it will be until they decide to call in our debt? I'd prefer to pay pre-2000 tax levels, myself. Slave? Hardly. I can leave anytime I want. I just love America too much.
- inactive, on 06/04/2008, -8/+25This statement alone should be enough to shoot this guy down (no pun intended) from becoming president.
- swrostmore, on 06/04/2008, -1/+16McCain is #1 in the Senate for missed votes, with 60%. Granted Obama is #4, with 42%.
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/110/se ...
Note that one of those percentages is a majority, and one is not. Not an argument McCain wants to start.
Also your comment about "ambiguous holes in the Constitution" that allow the president to break the law is *****. There are no such holes, according to John McCain.
McCain: "...presidents have the obligation to obey and enforce laws that are passed by Congress and signed into law by the president, no matter what the situation is."
Q: "Okay, so is that a no, in other words, federal statute trumps inherent power in that case, warrantless surveillance?"
McCain:"I don't think the president has the right to disobey any law." - TheUngod, on 06/04/2008, -1/+15For many republicans, the philosophy is "if I didn't do anything wrong, I have nothing to be afraid of." While that's true, it's still not a precedent you want to set.
- Hypersapien, on 06/04/2008, -0/+14The problem is, it isn't true. Even if you haven't done anything wrong, you still have cause to be afraid.
- inactive, on 06/04/2008, -2/+16Then give up your government maintained roads, water, fire departments, libraries and schools, you blithering caveman.
- xtremesniper, on 06/04/2008, -16/+29Oh you just KNOW this is going to hit front page.
- fyngyrz, on 06/04/2008, -1/+14...except there is no war.
- mightyslick, on 06/04/2008, -3/+16yeah its funny how people think Obama walks around smelling like roses. Goes to show people only hear what they want to.
- mightyslick, on 06/04/2008, -0/+13"At least you won't know you're being spied on, as opposed to being openly ripped off my higher liberal taxes slapping you in the face."
that is the dumbest logic I have heard in a long time.
And being liberal has nothing to do with taxes . Only your perception of liberals has to do with higher taxes. They both tax us as much on way or another.
I would rather know what I am being taxed on then have someone spy on me in secrecy. - MACady, on 06/04/2008, -5/+18All Senators swear an oath of office to defend the Constitution. How many Senators are oath breakers and what are you going to do about it?
- solistus, on 06/04/2008, -0/+12Agreed. There are horror stories all the time that make the news about innocents being locked away in GITMO for years before being released, or getting shot in drug raids when they weren't, in fact, drug dealers. I remember a story here on Digg not too long ago about a man who was shot by drug raiders. They burst down his door with no warning, and he reached for a weapon before realising who they were. As soon as he saw they were uniformed police, he stopped, but it was too late; they opened fire and shot him dead. Turns out, they were at the wrong house.
Still not afraid of warrantless abuses of power? Then you're an idiot. - coldpockets, on 06/04/2008, -0/+12I'll completely ignore how crazy this post is and just ask since when is the government given the same rules as god?
- monkeyrodeo, on 06/04/2008, -8/+20McBush
- battleangel7, on 06/04/2008, -11/+23"McCain: I'd Spy on Americans Secretly Too!"
Obama: I voted Yes one the Patriot Act Too!
Morons. - Pritchard, on 06/04/2008, -0/+11Unfortunately, the way I see it, the only time being a Republican didn't mean you were an idiot was when Thomas Jefferson was in office. Everyone else seemed like such a big leap below that man...
Here's a problem with small government - It requires learning. It requires that people care. These wonderful ideas rely on having faith in humanity. Believing that people don't need to have the legal system breathe down their neck simply to function in society. I must say, to my regret, that small government leaders have for too long failed to educate the public.
The public doesn't understand these ideals, and the only time they seem to are when you promote them how Obama does it - Policies clearly listed on the site, speeches full of this talk of "change". We need more Ron Pauls - People who's entire campaign is run on their policies, not vague terms and cheap methods of getting people's attention.
You guys might not support Ron Paul as I do, but I hope most of you would agree that his campaign is more policy and history-focused than any other out there. - mechnoch, on 06/04/2008, -0/+11Explain.
- InetRoadkill, on 06/04/2008, -2/+13Wait, who are we at war with again? I thought Iraq and Afghanistan had US-installed friendly govts now.
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