They caved. I'm so disillusioned. Who will save us now?
The Senate has surrendered to Mister Bush on domestic spying, yielding ignominiously to the White House’s demands that the unitary executive be given more authority when it seeks to wiretap suspected terrorists without warrants. The vote was 60-28. If passed by the House, the bill would be law for six months. Meanwhile, Congress would use that time to put together a permanent one.
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The Democrats that we voted into office last election have failed US. Maybe I'm naive, but up until last night, I actually thought they cared. Sixteen Democrats joined the Repugnicans in passing a bill Friday night to update the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Evan Bayh (Indiana); Tom Carper (Delaware); Bob Casey (Pennsylvania); Kent Conrad (North Dakota); Dianne Feinstein (California); Daniel Inouye (Hawai‘i); Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota); Mary Landrieu (Louisiana); Blanche Lincoln (Arkansas); Claire McCaskill (Missouri); Barbara Mikulski (Maryland); Bill Nelson (Florida); Ben Nelson (Nebraska); Mark Pryor (Arkansas); Ken Salazar (Colorado); Jim Webb (Virginia)
This bill allows the Director of National Intelligence and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to carry out the expanded eavesdropping for four months before a court signs off on it. The House will most likely take up the bill today, they will most likely cave as well.
I've decided that all they care about is what the media says about them, in order to win elections for the sake of winning, and going on vacation. Did they actually buy into the Bush fear rhetoric? Did they think they'd be lambasted by the "media" for not keeping US safe? Oh, no!, Fox News will say they work for the terrorists, that they don't want the President to be able to catch them. No one even watches Faux News anymore, except the ignorant sheeple who believe anything they spew. The politics of fear; Bush and Team Rove are experts, they play the fear card and everyone caves. Why not call their bluff? Who gives a shit if Faux News says that America is less safe because the Democrats defeated the Fisa Modification bill? We all know it's a load of crap, designed to control politicians and American citizens. Keep US afraid and ignorant, and then they can do anything they want. Why didn't the Democrats fight for our rights? That's what we expect them to do! Who cares if Bush threatened to veto their version? They should NOT give into to political blackmail!
Or, am I giving Bush too much credit? Did they give into the dark side because they wanted to leave for vacation? Many of their constituants, like myself, don't even get a fucking vacation!! I am thoroughly fed up with the Democrats and their duplicitous actions!! My Senator, Diane Feinstein voted for the modified Fisa bill, Barbara Boxer did not even vote. How can they not see the importance of this bill? Allowing Gonzo (who so many agree should be fired) control of warrantless wiretapping and other spying programs is criminal. I consider the Democrats to be accomplices in Bush's war on our Civil Rights. I am seriously considering not voting for the encumbant Democrats, as I hope many of you are as well. If they are not going to listen to us, and just continue to be a Democratic-run rubber-stamp Congress, then they do not deserve our votes!