There's been lots of outrage about Bush's signing statement on the Post Office reauthorization bill. But, thanks to Kay in Maine, we can lay some of the blame on Senator Susan Collins. See, just last week Susan Collins was tooting her own horn about the new Post Office bill she authored. (Yes, there's a war and Katrina and global warming. And, yes, Susan chaired a committee that could have done oversight. But, the Post Office bill is Susan's biggest accomplishment.)
What a difference a week makes when you're Susan Collins and George Bush is your President. Kay points out that Susan Collins has a history of enabling Bush to violate our constitutional rights:
Interesting. I guess loyalty to Bush isn't working too good for Susan. She's been the cheerleader on many occasions for Bush's agenda for the past six years on such things as the Patriot Act (allows the Bush Administration to wiretap our phones without a warrant) and the Military Commissions Act (she even denounced this one publicly, but then couldn't wait to show up and vote 'aye' for it!), but now that she's put forth a piece of legislation, she apparently never thought that Bush would go behind her back and take away the right to privacy afforded to the American citizens in this country!Apparently, Ms. Collins is shocked, just shocked that Bush would use her legislation to claim the power to snoop in our mail without a warrant. Kay has the response to Susan's whining:
You're too late now Susan. Americans have warned you and others like you that Bush is slowly and silently taking the rights of the American away.Susan is a hapless Republican. She does their bidding -- then gets used. Oh, she feigns outrage, but let's be honest. Susan has enabled Bush for the past six years. She never did any oversight of Bush. She never really challenged him. Why wouldn't Bush abuse Susan's post office legislation? She never gave him any reason to think he couldn't.
Susan Collins is going to run as far away from George Bush as she can for the next two years. But, she's created the monster. They deserve each other.
