Paul Begala actually said...

The problem is, we do have an incumbent, and he has a four-year record, and it's that record that's on trial.

Paul Begala emphasizes that George W. Bush's record as an incumbent is under scrutiny.

10/12/2004

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In fact the guy who wrote the Patriot Act, Jim Sensenbrenner, very conservative right-wing Republican from Wisconsin, Congress Sensenbrenner...

We cannot simply have a one-part test, does this work? It must also be, is this consonant with our values as a free society?

No is the short answer. No. I do want my government to protect us from terrorism. I do. But there has got to be a less intrusive alternative...

I have no doubt that Barack Obama would be appalled by this in the past. And I would like to know why he's doing it in the present.