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Hoyer hails FISA bill as "a significant victory for the Democratic Party"

The House majority leader argues that giving the GOP what it wanted on eavesdropping removed it as an election issue. That's the same mentality that led Democrats to authorize the war in 2002.
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  • Tuesday, June 24, 2008 08:20 AM

    ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS CHANGE CAN AND SHOULD BE USED TO DEFEAT any vulnerable Senators this fall.

    Yeah right. What are you going to do, vote republican? It’s a two party system. And both parties stink. Democrats know that all they have to be is a little less awful than republicans, and they have your vote.

    Prattle on all you want about kicking them out, but realize that’s all it is. Prattle.

    A change in the players doesn’t matter. The game hasn't.

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