tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post115712654189732914..comments2024-01-10T17:36:15.040-07:00Comments on The Lippard Blog: The hypocrisy of the FreeRepublic.com crowdLippardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16826768452963498005noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-2293163473789470582008-08-09T21:39:00.000-07:002008-08-09T21:39:00.000-07:00I assume you'll know what I meant in the comment a...I assume you'll know what I meant in the comment above, but just to be clear, I'm not implying Nixon is exclusively the only other president to violate civil liberties, but just that those folks are particularly ok with Nixon having done so.Hume's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551684109760430351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-10815821511596759902008-08-09T21:35:00.000-07:002008-08-09T21:35:00.000-07:00That's the thing. So many of those folks attack, s...That's the thing. So many of those folks attack, say, the ACLU for being a partisan "leftist" organization that is out to get Republicans and what not, but the ACLU protested Clinton's use of the NSA Echelon program. I actually got into an extended argument with someone who tried to tell me that concerns over Bush's domestic surveillance were purely partisan because Echelon under Clinton was worse (i.e. Clinton spied on "everyone") than what Bush is doing. I wanted to bang my head against a wall, because the guy would not acknowledge that Bush is using the same frickin' program! (plus the bit about authorizing the circumvention of FISA.)<BR/><BR/>They'll say 9/11 changed everything, but many people in those links or their colleagues don't have a problem with what Nixon was doing in the first place.Hume's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551684109760430351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-89966614388013213752008-08-09T19:42:00.000-07:002008-08-09T19:42:00.000-07:00Those people should all be embarrassed not for mak...Those people should all be embarrassed not for making those arguments during Clinton's administration, but for failing to continue to make them during Bush's.<BR/><BR/>Of course, they'll all defend themselves by saying that 9/11 changed everything.Lippardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16826768452963498005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-79466218823691496002008-08-09T19:01:00.000-07:002008-08-09T19:01:00.000-07:00I think you'll appreciate this link.I think you'll appreciate <A HREF="http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2006/03/trip-down-right-wing-memory-lane.html" REL="nofollow">this link</A>.Hume's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551684109760430351noreply@blogger.com