This label has the benefit of focusing on the parts that we disagree on. Republicans and Democrats agree on the need to spy on terrorists. That’s not the issue and it's dishoinest of Karl Rove to say as much. The problem is Republicans want to give an all-powerful President the power to spy on Americans.  

And, that, my friends, is the core of our disagreement. And when we cast this issue accurately, as the Citizen Surveillance Scandal, it gives us the power to use their Orwellian label, and pivot back to the core issue, forcing the Republicans to defend warrantless citizen spying and focusing on the area of disagreement.

It also allows us to quickly highlight the lie thrown out by Karl Rove and Republicans, that Democrats don’t' want to protect America by spying on terrorists. Plus, it highlights the creepiness of Bush's domestic spying program.

Once, again, that's the Citizen Surveillance Scandal.

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http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/1/26/111414/727