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Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Liberty Before Security
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would like to commend four Republicans in the U.S. Senate who stood up to President George W. Bush, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and House Speaker Dennis Hastert and told their party and their country that liberty comes before security.
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f we are going to show Iraq, the radical Islamic groups and the world that the United States does what is right, we must follow the Sen. McCains, who say no to any mistreatment of prisoners regardless of the justification, and the Sen. Craigs, who insist that to be safe, we must guard the freedoms given to us in the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
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huck Hagel of Nebraska, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, John Sununu of New Hampshire and Larry Craig of Idaho voted their consciences instead of staying in lockstep with the new McCarthys. Because of it, we are a better country. Don't be fooled by Frist. His "no" vote to go along with the majority was simply a ploy so that he could reintroduce these draconian measures.
Posted by fm on December 20, 2005 at 12:17 AM