This morning my hometown paper - the Washington Post - presented a front page story about how the GOP plans to use as a weapon the Supreme Court ruling against Bush's military tribunals.
Their plan, according to House Majority Leader John Boehner's memo, is to use the upcoming congressional hearings as a way to paint Democrats as weak on terror. In other words, more of the same.
In his memo, Boehner also attacked House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's comment Thursday that the court decision "affirms the American ideal that all are entitled to the basic guarantees of our justice system." Apparently this was offensive - although, I have no idea why since it's as American as apple pie.
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