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Skriven 2005-12-22 15:13:38 av BOB SAKOWSKI (1:123/140)
Ärende: Chuck Hagel, patriot
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"Every president, that we know of, has complied with the law (FISA)," Hagel
said. "No president is above the law. We are a nation of laws and no
president, majority leader, or chief justice of the Supreme Court can
unilaterally or arbitrarily avoid a law or dismiss a law. If the vice
president holds a different point of view, then he holds a different point
of view."

Based on the facts that are out there concerning whether domestic spying
abuses were taking place, Hagel said, there was a "breakdown."

"I take an oath of office to the Constitution," he said. "I don't take an
oath of office to the vice president, a president or a political party. My
obligation and responsibility are to the people I represent and the country
I serve. I do what I think is right for the people I represent and the
country I serve." [...]

Hagel, referring to President Ronald Reagan, said people trusted him
because he was not a "vitriolic person or one to impugn the motives of
people who disagreed with him."

"Never did he do that," Hagel said. "There is no place for that in politics
because it debases our system and our process. You can agree or disagree
with your leaders and say whatever you like about your elected leaders and
throw them out, but I do draw the line on the vilification and impugning of
motives because someone disagrees with you."

He said the American people are "sick and fed up" with that type of
politics.

"Cheney's poll numbers are very, very low," Hagel said. "This should be
about elevating the debate and enhancing America and finding the solutions
that we need to move forward. It doesn't help when you characterize people
who disagree with you or threaten them or characterize them as unpatriotic
or not caring about our people or our security. The American people see
through that and it is beneath the dignity of this country."

[snip]

Hats off to Sen. Hagel, a republican and a patriot.  The boyz in the 5-H
Bush Bootlicker Brigade could take a lesson or two...  but they won't. 
They have not the integrity.
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