Vorlonagent wrote:
> "Wesley Struebing"  wrote in message 
> news:dgitq2pii4sh7il6uofvh82j2o7f0d1nub{at}4ax.com...
> 

> Nothing particularly chilling here, however.  It's pretty garden-variety 
> stuff.  Gonzalez doesn't break and new ground or say anything that 
> provocative.  If he attempted to use the powers granted his office to 
> *force* judges to defer or if his remarks could reasonably be considered a 
> veiled threat...that's worth the descriptor "chilling".  I
don't see either.
I think that the veiled threat is exactly what he's doing.  The 
administration seems to be returning to this kind of attack now that 
they're seeing some real opposition from Congress.  They're appealing to 
the Kool-Aid drinking base right now (those who will believe anything 
unconditionally if it comes from the government, and the heck with facts).

An even sneakier example was Tony Snow's comment regarding the pending 
resolution against the war. I wish I could find the exact wording, but 
the gist was: who are you sending a message to?  The President?  The 
American people? or Al-Qaeda?

We're back to the early days after 9/11 when we were advised to keep our 
mouths shut.  I expect to be hauled in as an enemy combatant any day...

Blair
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