Fearmongering

Holy Crap! Read this Newt Gingrich quote on Face the Nation concerning the Supreme Court's decision to allow Guantanamo Detainees to have the right to a trial....to hear and refute charges brought against you by our faceless government, one of the most basic and fundamental rights in our nation.

"On the other hand, I will say, the recent Supreme Court decision to turn over to a local district judge decisions of national security and life and death that should be made by the president and the Congress is the most extraordinarily arrogant and destructive decision the Supreme Court has made in its history. . . . . Worse than Dred Scott, worse than–because–for this following reason: . . .
This court decision is a disaster which could cost us a city. And the debate ought to be over whether or not you're prepared to risk losing an American city on behalf of five lawyers . . "

I haven't seen fearmongering like that since this ad. Yes that's right Newt.. Either put people in prison without a trial for life with only the excellent intelligence data of the Bush administration as evidence...evidence that no one can see (including the accused) or we "lose a city." Its a simple equation...Due Process+Habeas Corpus = 1 City Loss. Am I in Crazyville?... how do these 2 things add up or make any sense. If we do lose a city ... God, I hope it is Washington DC cause we could do without all those assclowns.