The Making of an American Police State

The following 41 Democrats grew weak at the knees when Bush suggested some may be soft on the war on terrorism. They voted with the Republican House members to give the president an even more powers of surveillance by a 227 to 183 vote.

They are:

1. Jason Altmire (4th Pennsylvania)
2. John Barrow (12th Georgia)
3. Melissa Bean (8th Illinois)
4. Dan Boren (2nd Oklahoma)
5. Leonard Boswell (3rd Iowa)
6. Allen Boyd (2nd Florida)
7. Christopher Carney (10th Pennsylvania)
8. Ben Chandler (6th Kentucky)
9. Jim Cooper (5th Tennessee)
10. Jim Costa (20th California)
11. Bud Cramer (5th Alabama)
12. Henry Cuellar (28th Texas)
13. Artur Davis (7th Alabama)
14. Lincoln Davis (4th Tennessee)
15. Joe Donnelly (2nd Indiana)
16. Chet Edwards (17th Texas)
17. Brad Ellsworth (8th Indiana)
18. Bob Etheridge (North Carolina)
19. Bart Gordon (6th Tennessee)
20. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (South Dakota)
21. Brian Higgins (27th New York)
22. Baron Hill (9th Indiana)
23. Nick Lampson (23rd Texas)
24. Daniel Lipinski (3rd Illinois)
25. Jim Marshall (8th Georgia)
26. Jim Matheson (2nd Utah)
27. Mike McIntyre (7th North Carolina)
28. Charlie Melancon (3rd Louisiana)
29. Harry Mitchell (5th Arizona)
30. Colin Peterson (7th Minnesota)
31. Earl Pomeroy (North Dakota)
32. Ciro Rodriguez (23rd Texas)
33. Mike Ross (4th Arkansas)
34. John Salazar (3rd Colorado)
35. Heath Shuler (11th North Carolina)
36. Vic Snyder (2nd Arkansas)
37. Zachary Space (18th Ohio)
38. John Tanner (8th Tennessee)
39. Gene Taylor (4th Mississippi)
40. Timothy Walz (1st Minnesota)
41. Charles A. Wilson (6th Ohio)

Thank you for bringing us closer to a police state!