"GOP fights back after 4 years of quietly beating minority to a pulp"

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Political Hay
The GOP Fights Back
By Lisa Fabrizio
Published 7/21/2005 12:07:18 AM

http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=8470

A funny thing happened on the way to the nation's highest forum last week. After Harry Reid attempted to use the well of the U.S. Senate to advance his party's frivolous attempt at ousting Karl Rove for outing Joe Wilson's wife, GOP leaders actually fought back. After four years of quietly beating the minority to a pulp behind the scenes and at the ballot box, Bill Frist and company exhibited a rare public display of political payback.

Amid the undulating and ever-changing accusations of Republican skullduggery, the liberal left -- ever reliant on its faithful media wing -- finally turned its attention away from the balmy climes of Guantanamo Bay and focused on its favorite beltway bogeyman, Rove.

Against this latest threat to national security, Democrats sent the steely-eyed sniper Reid and his poisoned legislative pen to write the following amendment (#1222) to the Homeland Security Appropriations Bill: "No Federal employee who discloses, or has disclosed, classified information, including the identity of a covert agent of the Central Intelligence Agency, to a person not authorized to receive such information shall be permitted to hold a security clearance for access to such information."

Faster than you can say "ex post facto law," the majority leapt into action. Cherry-cheeked assassin Mitch McConnell then asked that the Frist Amendment (#1223) be read: "Any federal officeholder who makes references to a classified Federal Bureau of Investigation report on the floor of the United States Senate, or any federal officeholder that makes a statement based on a FBI agent's comments which is used as propaganda by terrorist organizations thereby putting our servicemen and women at risk, shall not be permitted access to such information or to hold a security clearance for access to such information."

[aquart]

1. Come again?

[meegbear]

3. In a nutshell ...

In the wake of Rovegate. Reid proposed an amendment that would have in effect, stripped Rove of his security clearance. Frist brought up an amendment that would strip anyone in Congress their security clearance if they leaked sensitive information. This was targeted at Reid for disclosing FBI information last year. Both measures failed.

[ClassWarrior]

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