Congressional Corksoakers

Once again we see the myth of the Moderate Republican.

G.O.P. Senators Say Accord Is Set on Wiretapping - New York Times

WASHINGTON, March 7 — Moving to tamp down Democratic calls for an investigation of the administration's domestic eavesdropping program, Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday that they had reached agreement with the White House on proposed bills to impose new oversight but allow wiretapping without warrants for up to 45 days.

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Democrats called the deal an abdication of the special bipartisan committee's role as a watchdog, saying the Republicans had in effect blessed the program before learning how it worked or what it entailed.

"The committee is, to put it bluntly, basically under the control of the White House," said Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, the West Virginia Democrat who is vice chairman of the panel.

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Republicans on the committee, however, emphasized the administration's resistance to the accord. Senator Pat Roberts, the Kansas Republican who is chairman of the Intelligence Committee and helped broker the deal, called it "the agreement we insisted upon."

Ms. Snowe said the proposal had met "considerable reluctance" from the White House in negotiations.

Holy shit. They just got raped, and they're proud of themselves for laying back and enjoying it! "Yeah, we had a hard time convincing that mugger that we really wanted to give him our money willingly all along, but we insisted on it and he finally backed down and took the money."

Next up: Pat Roberts recounts how difficult it was to persuade Dubya to fuck him up the ass with a shark-tooth studded strap-on.

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