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FROM: Marc Prekel
RE: Bipartisanship at last!
DATE: May 28, 2006
Rarely do Democrats and Republicans join together.
What kind of event can cause them to completely agree on something? Has such an event occurred?
Yes, it has!
When a Democratic Congressman gets busted for corruption, AND they find $90,000 in marked bribe money in his freezer, AND the FBI goes to search his office WITH a warrant–they cry foul!
Apparently it's a constitutional crisis when the FBI searches a Congressperson's offices for evidence when said member of Congress is under investigation for commission of a crime.
And Republicans have joined Democrats in expressing the outrage of it all.
Of course, when the NSA taps the phones of ordinary people like you and me WITHOUT a warrant, our Congresscritters aren't sure if anyone broke the law. They don't cry foul when OUR rights are violated–but when it's about them? Well, that's a different story.
Congress will say that they are not above the law–but they want to control the investigation. That's why when Congressman Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) was caught intoxicated after wrecking his car, the police give him a ride home without checking him for alcohol or drugs.
In America, we're all equal–but some of us are more equal than others.
Congressman William Jefferson (D-LA), whose office was raided by the FBI, can claim separation of powers and various immunities–but I would argue that taking bribes is not an official duty of a member of Congress , that taking a bribe is a personal crime, and that act is outside the protections of his office. So if a member of Congress commits a crime– especially a crime during which he used his position to commitit–it is fair to search his offices for evidence.
If Congress will not protect our rights and let the government tap our phone illegally, then I'm not ready to come to their defense when they claim a constitutional foul.
Let them feel the hand of tyranny on their throat and live like the rest of us.
I'm Marc Perkel - And I approved this message!
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