All the time? Can't you for once stand up for the constitution, the people who elected you and the principles you claim to espouse as a member of the Democratic party and member of congress?
People like me work our asses off trying to convince people who are on the fence about the democratic party that you are not just like the Republicans, That you are not the yellow bellied weak on national defense wimps they say you are. Yet every time you do something like this FISA tragedy you undermine our argument and make you look exactly like what the republicans say your are. Yellow bellied wimps.
You won't even stand up for a basic fundamental principle you claim to hold. How can you expect anyone to believe you would stand up for anything else? Why should anyone vote for republican lite when they can get the real deal across the aisle. At least they stand up for what the believe in even if what they believe in is wrong or not even real.
The FISA bill is not a compromise it is a Thank you sir may I have another submission to the other sides stupidity. The people had your back on this one. What could you have possibly been thinking? this wasn't even something you would have had to take heat for to do the right thing.
To those who stood up for us and our rights today and voted against this piece of garbage, you have my respect and my vote if you are my rep. Thank you for doing your job. I just wish the rest of your colleagues would do th same. And to Obama, this was a time for leadership and you have failed. You have not lost my vote as even a poor performance by you as president would be infinitely better than anything the republicans can offer. Though you may not have lost my vote you did lose some respect today.