Fatalism Kills

Former Clinton strategist Dick Morris says the hypocrisy of democrats voting against key provisions of the Patriot Act is galling:

"How galling? One of the key provisions due to expire in two weeks is one that President Bill Clinton presented as the cornerstone of his response to the escalation of terrorism in the wake of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

The measure allows 'roving wiretaps' — so that the FBI can tap all phones a suspect uses, rather than just one specific number. Hillary's vote to let this provision expire is incredible."

Bush's speech Sunday night has really boxed Democrats into a corner where they can accurately be portrayed as the party of fatalism. Saying you are against the Patriot Act without offering an alternative strategey is intellectually lazy, or even worse, fatalistic. If no course of action is acceptable, then why don't they just kill us already? That's not a policy. Forward looking optimistic candidates win American elections. Democrats need to remember that.

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