Comments for Republicans Weigh In on Pelosi-CIA Controversy at http://www.thenewamerican.com , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.thenewamerican.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:57:10 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/1133#comment-1950 [quote]Is this merely a matter of politics making strange bedfellows, or is there a lesson to be learned from these like-minded votes among dissimilar legislators? The answer may lie in the fact that a love of liberty and an aversion to government that has grown so big and powerful that it threatens liberty may be so instinctive, that it transcends party and philosophical labels.[/quote] Beautifully written, although I'm not sure I totally agree about your description about the aversion of government that has grown so big and powerful. I do, however, agree 100% with this part of your statement: The answer may lie in the fact that a love of liberty [s]and an aversion to government that has grown so big and powerful that it threatens liberty[/s] may be so instinctive, that it transcends party and philosophical labels. But sadly this instinct for liberty that you so correctly identify is not present in a great many of our Congressional leaders nor is it present in very many of the columnists, pundits and personalities working in our establishment media today. Their daily propaganda enables these politicians to pass legislation like the Patriot Act that threatens all of us. We have to figure out a way to reclaim our press. - pmorlan Thu, 21 May 2009 07:30:07 +0100 http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/1133#comment-1932 Neither Republican nor Democrats can claim that if only their party were put in power, the Constitution would be followed. That is why partisan politics seems so silly. Partisanship is used as a platform to imply the party in power is "unconstitutional". I appreciate the point that Mr. Mass makes at the end that on specific issues we often see strange bedfellows. The point that people should take away from this is that we cannot therefore assume that a Republican is automatically constitutional and a Democrat is not, or vice-versa. We cannot blame the current party in power for all that ails Americans, if Americans keep reelecting them. Perhaps this is why the JBS is concerned with activism between elections, and not focusing on elections themselves. Let's get active! - Mikey D Tue, 19 May 2009 09:18:19 +0100