For those Obama supporters who are knocking Glenn Greenwald and those of us who share Glenn's view about challenging Obama and other leaders on FISA I think you would do well to remember this quote from Obama, himself:
I’m asking you to believe - not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington...I’m asking you to believe in YOURS...Barack Obama
Glenn and those of us who support his view are doing exactly what Obama advocates. We aren't waiting for Obama to change things all on his own because we know that he can't. We are speaking up and letting Obama know that we want him to oppose the FISA bill and we're willing to fight for it and that if he's willing to lead on this issue we have his back.
You can't battle powerful interests without having the voice of the people to serve as your armor and your sword. By showing Obama that we are willing to stand toe-to-toe with him to defeat the FISA bill we provide the weapons that he needs in his arsenal to fight this epic battle against the powerful moneyed interests who want the FISA bill passed.
When we retreat and refuse to stand up for our own rights we desert him and ourselves by not providing him with the collective voices of the people that are so necessary for him to be able to fight for us.
We have a champion in Obama but he can't do it alone. We have to be willing to be his armor and sword in this FISA fight in order to reclaim our country.
Are you going to be the one to desert him by remaining silent or are you going to speak out so that he knows you will back him up?
I’m asking you to believe - not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington...I’m asking you to believe in YOURS...Barack Obama
If you believe in your own power to bring about real change I hope you will make the choice to come together to help plan our strategy on how we can help Obama defeat the FISA bill. We owe it to him and we owe it to ourselves.
**Jedreport brings up a good point about making sure that Obama isn't the only Senator we contact. I couldn't agree more. Obama is not the only leader that needs our help to stand up to the special interests. Any Senator who was not among the 15 Senators who voted against cloture needs to be contacted. Thanks Jedreport.