Fight Back FISA with a Consumer Action Plan

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Friday July 04, 2008 · 7:50 AM PDT

2008/07/04 · 07:50

First, let me begin by saying that as a child of the sixties and seventies I fought telecom immunity tooth-and-nail. But there is nothing that would prevent me from voting for Barack Obama come November. He is just following Marketing 101: First, energize the innovators and early adopters to finance the nomination, then go after the early and late majority with a larger base of support, because without them, you won’t get to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue where you can do some real good. As one of those progressive early adopters (after all, he’s my senator), I’m emotionally hurt by his stance on FISA, but as a long-time marketing executive, I agree wholeheartedly with his decisions and tactics. It may come as a shock to some, but the majority of Americans don’t care whether the government spied on them, and the neocons will play the fear card every time to undermine a stance on civil liberties. Obama is doing exactly what I would do in his position.

[Consumer Action Plan below the fold]

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