Letters to the Editor
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Silent Coup with the Next POTUS?
Forgive my cynicism here, but couldn't we support the bill and just work to elect a Democrat (or, hell, any non-Republican) as President in '08?
I know it's crazy, but the easiest way to "fix" this problem once and for all might be for the duly-elected President to imprison a bunch of Republican House and Senate members as enemy combatants. To make the best of it, lock up a bunch of wingnut pundits, too. I'd LOVE to see footage of Brit Hume in a 4'x4' cell in Gitmo. (I'd buy a TV and sign up for cable for that, in fact.)
The backlash would most likely demonstrate the inanity of the existing law and motivate the PUBLIC to demand the necessary change.
After the outrage over the silent coup, the President would release all the "enemy combatants" and declare that it was just a strategy to accomplish something which would have been "politically impossible."
Considering that the Republicans have spent the last 12 years "gaming the system" to accomplish short-term political goals and have gotten away with it, I'd assert that this is a course of action which can at least be entertained.