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• Wednesday, July 9, 2008 05:10 PM

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  What is most striking is that when the Congress was controlled by the GOP -- when the Senate was run by Bill Frist and the House by Denny Hastert -- the Bush administration attempted to have a bill passed very similar to the one that just passed today. But they were unable to do so. The administration had to wait until Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats took over Congress before being able to put a corrupt end to the scandal that began when, in December of 2005, the New York Times revealed that the President had been breaking the law for years by spying on Americans without the warrants required by law.

  Wow. Just...wow! All these years since the Republicans took over Congress that I waited for Democrats to return to power, convinced that Democrats were somehow better, somehow different. Yet with a lame duck pResident with the lowest approval ratings this side of Nixon was able to get his way? Or maybe...it's the Democrats way too?

  The AP headline over at MyWay.com says a lot: Senate bows to Bush, approves surveillance bill (Click my signature for the full story.)

  I don't trust Bush with the powers of a king. Nor do I trust Barack Obama. Nor any man. Nor any woman.

  What happened today was just wrong. This fall, the wrongness of it will be reflected in my behavior at the voting booth. If Dems are going to act like Republicans, I'm going to look for a different party.

  Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.

  —Roman Berry Read Roman Berry's other letters
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