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Retired general: GOP is undermining national security to score partisan points
Posted: May 6, 2010
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 -- 11:09 am
In the wake of the arrest of alleged terrorist Faisal Shahzad, a number of Republican politicians have expressed outrage that the naturalized American citizen is being afforded the constitutional rights of citizenship.
Major General (ret.) Paul Eaton told MSNBC's Keith Olbermann on Tuesday, "I am a little surprised that we're here to defend our Constitution against a Republican senator and a Republican representative's attack on it."
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Representative Peter King (R-NY) have both suggested that it was an error to read Shahzad his Miranda rights and to keep him in the civilian justice system rather than immediately handing him over to the military.
"From a national security perspective, it's damaging," Eaton said of their statements. "Right now, the FBI and our police forces are looking over their shoulder every time they hear a Republican come off with a remark like that. ... Since January of 2009, we have seen a relentless attack on our FBI, on our armed services, on our policemen by the Republican Party. Any opportunity that they can find ... they have pursued. ... I want them to cut it out."
Eaton, who retired from the Army in 2006, has since been a supporter of both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. He is currently a senior adviser with the National Security Network, a progressive think-tank with close ties to the Obama administration. It was Eaton who slammed former Vice President Dick Cheney last fall as an "incompetent war fighter," after Cheney had criticized the Obama administration as weak on national security, and he appears to be carrying out the same function now.
The remainder of this article (and very good video) can be found at:
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0505/eaton-gop-attacking-national-security/
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Baloney - luvzminis
[ In Reply To ..]Sounds more like the media is twisting the truth to undermine America!
You need to understand just how extreme the media and the current bunch in Washington has become. They're shoving everything they can down our throats and expect us to roll over and die, while they control our lives and destroy our freedoms.
Just a tip: if it's from a major media outlet, don't trust it for a second.
Not from the media. From General Paul Eaton and - on video.
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surely you jest - moniker
[ In Reply To ..]Think about it for a second.
Do you want this individual to be held responsible for this crime? Do you want the charges to stand up in court?
No Miranda, no conviction.
Beck vs. McCain on the constitution - Not a fan
[ In Reply To ..]of either, but wanted to share this article and video I found.
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Beck vs McCain on the Constitution
Posted on: May 5, 2010 9:16 AM, by Ed Brayton
Just how far has John McCain slid into the abyss? So far that Glenn Beck is now the voice of reason in opposition to his lunacy. With the arrest of Faisal Shahzad, an American citizen, for the crappy attempt to bomb Times Square, McCain immediately joined the right wing idiot's chorus for ignoring the constitution:
"Obviously that would be a serious mistake...at least until we find out as much information we have," McCain said during an appearance on "Imus in the Morning" when asked whether the suspect, 30-year-old Faisal Shahzad, a naturalized American citizen from Pakistan.
"Don't give this guy his Miranda rights until we find out what it's all about," McCain added during an appearance on the Imus show, which is broadcast by the Fox Business Network.
Rule of law? What rule of law? Real men don't care about such things, they decide arbitrarily who gets rights and who doesn't -- to hell with that pesky constitution thing those liberal eggheads seem to like so much. And would you believe, Glenn Beck of all people is the voice of reason?
See remainder of article and video at URL link.
Well, Obama is rewriting the constitution with his - disastrous HCR law, but who cares?nm
[ In Reply To ..]nm
No one who knows the clauses being cited have not been enforced - in a very long time
[ In Reply To ..]The lawsuits are a waste of time, money, and an embarrassment.
can you explain - what you mean?
[ In Reply To ..]I would like to understand what you mean.
So would I. Granted, that would be a bad thing - but frankly I wonder where
[ In Reply To ..]these people were when Bush was totally destroying it?!
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