Yesterday on the Senate floor, Senator Russ Feingold introduced his promised resolution to censure President Bush over his unlawful program to spy on Americans.
In response, Republicans accused him, in essence, of giving aid and comfort to the enemy, and began arguing that FISA was an unconstitutional law, and therefore when Bush violated it, it didn’t matter.
Within the Senator’s own party, GOPerative Senator Joe Lieberman said that the emphasis shouldn’t be on condemning Bush for breaking the law, but on giving him the authority to spy on Americans without breaking the law.
Meanwhile, also within his own party, Democrats waved off a Republican attempt to actually call a vote on the censure resolution, because that would require them to actually take a position.
Now comes the news that Feingold has shot back at his own party, stating flatly that members of his party are “cowering” in the face of the accusation “that whatever you do, if you question the administration, you’re helping the terrorists.”
Read more on the fallout over at The Raw Story.
