Episode Report Card M. Giant: B | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Crushed Velvet
By M. Giant | Season 6 | Episode 1 | Aired on January 13, 2007
Wayne (sorry, I'm just not ready to call him "President Palmer" yet) listens as Tom warns him that the American people are losing faith in the government's ability to protect them. Karen says, "Locking up more Muslims will not make them safer." Especially the Muslims. "No, Karen," Tom readily agrees, "but it will make them feel safer." Okay, forget shooting him into space. Shoot him into the side of a mountain. Wayne finally weighs in on the debate, reminding everyone that he took an oath to defend the Constitution just three months ago. So the bombings have been going on for half of his administration? I don't blame people for losing faith. A guy named Blake (White House Counsel, I assume) says that Tom's plan is totally legal, and that there are precedents. We get to hear about Lincoln suspending habeas corpus, and FDR interning 200,000 Japanese-Americans. Wayne reminds everyone that most people now think that was a "shameful mistake," and Tom wonders "how many of those Japanese-Americans were thus prevented from perpetrating acts of sabotage within this country." I would be willing to guess...less than half. Am I too out on a limb here?