Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Too Rapid Response from RNC; oops!

Originally published Jan 17, 2006

The RNC may have stuck its big fat foot squarely into it's even bigger mouth yesterday:

Republican Party Chairman Ken Mehlman said Gore is "more interested in desperately trying to get attention than he is in focusing on the facts and the law."

"This is authority the president does have," Mehlman said. "It's authority that is consistent with protecting our Constitution and our civil liberties, and it's an authority that is critical to learning the lessons of 9/11."

The L.A. Times reminds us what crazy attention-getting left wing groups were involved in yesterday's breathtaking speech:

His speech, delivered to an enthusiastic audience at DAR Constitution Hall, was co-sponsored by the left-leaning American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, and the Liberty Coalition, a recently formed alliance of groups concerned with privacy and civil liberties.

The coalition includes liberal organizations, such as MoveOn.org's political action committee, and conservative ones, such as the National Taxpayers Union, the Free Congress Foundation and American Conservative Union.

Looks like the GOP's newest strategy is pissing off their base. Let's see how it works out for them

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