Famed WMD hunter Congressman Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) took the time Tuesday to "demand!" our campaign return contributions received since last week.
You can imagine only the most sincere incredulity coming from the man who posted a "basic guide to building an atmoic bomb" on a Congressional website, paid for with your tax dollars. And as Hoekstra currently bangs the drums of war against Iran, the IAEA feared Hoekstra's folly could "help states like Iran develop nuclear arms." Amazing.
Additionally, a White House spokesman accused us of using the telecom companies that helped spy on Americans as "political props."
They're afraid we're going to win.
They just aren't used to Democrats showing some spine and pushing back. But more to the point -- they see the damage we've done to the prospects of giving a free ride to telecom companies who have broken the law.
Of course, they don't want a real debate on this issue, or it would be offered in a stand-alone bill -- not inserted into a measure that sunsets in February. Much like Hoekstra acknowledged earlier this year "If we let Democrats force us into a debate on the surge or the current situation in Iraq, we lose."
After all that, it's really hard to take someone seriously who actually claimed, IN 2006, that he found the WMD in Iraq.
