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The Fog of False Choices

Isn't it time this man be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors:

<,blockquote>The Fog of False Choices

Published: December 20, 2005

After five years, we're used to President Bush throwing up false choices to defend his policies. Americans were told, after all, that there was a choice between invading Iraq and risking a terrorist nuclear attack. So it was not a surprise that Mr. Bush's Oval Office speech Sunday night and his news conference yesterday were thick with Orwellian constructions: the policy debate on Iraq is between those who support Mr. Bush and those who want to pull out right now, today; fighting terrorists in Iraq means we're not fighting them here.

But none of these phony choices were as absurd as the one Mr. Bush posed to justify his secret program of spying on Americans: save lives or follow the law.

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So Mr. Bush says "trust me I just spy on terrorists." The problem here is how do we knowthat and why should we trust him? We are a nation governed by the rule of law. We have a president who follows no law. If Mr. Bush can justify listening on overseas calls and e-mails, he can just as easily justify eavesdropping on your bedroom conversations with your spouse.

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