Commonsense

President once again urged the renewal of the Patriot Act by turning it into a partisan debate between strong, decisive Republicans and the evil liberals who want to hurt the war on terror for selfish reasons-

He stated: "When it came time to renew the act, for partisan reasons, in my mind, people have not stepped up and have agreed that it's still necessary to protect the country... The enemy has not gone away. They're still there. And I expect Congress to understand that we're still at war, and they got to give us the tools necessary to win this war."

But why do they need to explicitly give you those tools since you feel you already have the authority to do as you see fit as Commander in Chief in this neverending conflict?

Ignoring that issue for now, Sen. Feingold had something to say about the President's remarks, stating that the President should spend more time negotiating about the Patriot Act with Democrats and others on Capitol Hill and less on "staged meetings with hand-picked participants" at the White House. Feingold also said that "Contrary to the president's misleading comments, nobody wants to see the Patriot Act expire. We want commonsense changes to the act that would give the government the power to combat terrorism while protecting the rights and freedoms of law-abiding citizens."

Senator, please stop that nasty partisan rhetoric about "commonsense" solutions immediately; it's destroying the country.