Saturday, June 21, 2008

FISA O'Filibuster Promised

Obama's Promise To Filibuster Telecom Immunity - TalkLeft: The Politics Of Crime:

" Let's hold him to this October 2007 promise:
Senator Obama has serious concerns about many provisions in this bill, especially the provision on giving retroactive immunity to the telephone companies. He is hopeful that this bill can be improved by the Senate Judiciary Committee. But if the bill comes to the Senate floor in its current form, he would support a filibuster of it.

(Emphasis supplied.) If Obama does not filibuster telecom immunity, it proves his commitments can not be trusted. That he will say and do anything to win, even if he does not mean it. A test for Obama's credibility is at hand.

Speaking for me only."

Taylor Marsh on supporting the FISA compromise:

"...Way to go Democrats! You showed them, er... Way to stand up, um... No caving to fear-mongering from you all...eh... #*@$! Spineless, the lot of them who caved on this just to make sure Republicans couldn't say they were "soft on terrorism."

As long as Republicans get to lead top Democrats, including our nominee, around by the nose on national security we will forever be taking a back seat to these Spy Now No Consequences Later Republicans. Pathetic in every sense of the word.

Now we wait for Senator Obama to "work" to remove the immunity so Democrats can "seek" accountability. And when he falls short of the votes what then? I suspect he'll suck it up like all the rest of these pantywaist "war on terror" toadies. Again, not that I expected anything different from him. But I bet his supporters are having a rude awakening of what they got from this guy right now. It's been quite a week for Senator Obama: walking away from public financing (good move, which I predicted from the start); now a cave in of all cave ins complete with a weasel word fog of monumental proportions.

Not much change so far. Keep hoping!"

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