Stop Caving, Barack

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Monday June 30, 2008 · 4:34 PM PDT

2008/06/30 · 16:34

My message to Barack Obama is that there will always be something for Repugs to be "outraged" about. Bowing and scraping over every remark made by someone else is just going to keep you on defense and make you appear weak. Even if you came out tomorrow as the reincarnation of Saint Ronnie, Darth Cheney, & Antonincompoop Scalia, Conservatives would still invent reasons to criticize and demonize you.

More Below

Poll

90 votes Show Results

I, Barack Obama should

90 votes Vote Now!

I, Barack Obama should

throw Clark under the proverbial bus.

5 votes

pick Clark as my VP

38 votes

continue moving to the center

4 votes

tell CaliSista thanks, but I don't need your advice.

20 votes

enjoy a nice slice of PIE

23 votes

Is there a tiny bone in this FISA bill?

CaliSista

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Friday June 20, 2008 · 1:25 PM PDT

2008/06/20 · 13:25

Apologies if this has already been diaried...

I was wondering if the House has tossed us a small bone in this bill. According to an blog entry from Phillip Carter at the Washington Post, the FISA "compromise" gives retroactive immunity to the telecoms between September 11, 2001 and January 17, 2007.

Under the surveillance agreement, which is expected to be approved today by the House and next week by the Senate, telecoms could have privacy lawsuits thrown out if they show a federal judge that they received written assurance from the Bush administration that the spying was legal.

[...]

The immunity would cover companies that helped the government between Sept. 11, 2001, and Jan. 17, 2007, when the warrantless surveillance program was brought under the authority of the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

More below the fold...

Newer
Older

RSS