Cheney on the Patriot Act, day before yesterday:
“In a statement supporting the Patriot Act, Senator Kerry said the law would, ‘make it a lot more difficult for new terrorist organizations to develop.’ I won’t be saying this very often in the next few months — but Senator Kerry was right…The Patriot Act has been crucial in many of our successes.
Yet Senator Kerry has chosen this moment, after these victories, to share his second thoughts on the Patriot Act. He now calls the Patriot Act a ‘blind spot in the American justice system.’ He now says he wants to let vital elements of the Patriot Act expire at the end of next year. What he hasn’t shared, however, is a single example of the Patriot Act actually being abused.”
You see more clearly, I think, the problem Kerry faces.
He’s gotten to where he is by chasing popularity numbers, shifting position based on ‘Finger in the Wind’ politics, rather than actually having a core belief and following it.
Using the finger gauge to see which way the wind blows at this hour politics does not engender trust in the electorate, and trust is what the American people are about, these post 9/11 days, particularly.
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