What with Barack Obama breaking his promise to actively oppose the FISA Amendments Act, I’m pretty downhearted about the Senator as a presidential candidate. The Constitution is kind of sort of the core document of our nation and all, and if he won’t protect and defend it, what can we depend on him to do?
This is the closest I can come to designing a pro-Obama bumper sticker lately:
Sigh. At least he’s not John McCain.
American political progressives are understandably frustrated with the Democrats in the U.S. Congress. In spite of the fact that George W. Bush has been caught breaking the law over and over again, the Democrats have refused to even consider impeaching Bush. Congress won’t even investigate the illegal activities of Bush.
What will it take for Congress to act? Along comes Roger Clemens, however, who is suspected of not being completely truthful about how he plays the game of baseball, and then, Congress gets outraged and takes action, moving quickly to initiate a criminal investigation.
So the law comes down hard on baseball players, but gives President Bush kid gloves? What gives?
If Bush took steroids, would they finally impeach him?
Today was a vital day in the United States Senate. A series of votes on a law (FISA Amendments Act) that would allow the White House to send spy against Americans using electronic networks like the Internet and cell phone systems - and to do it without giving any reason, not even making the claim that the American citizens being spied on are suspected with a crime.
Barack Obama went to the floor of the United States Senate. He stood up to George W. Bush and his anti-American spying programs. He voted in favor of several efforts to remove the unjust provisions of the electronic spying law.
What did Hillary Clinton do? She just walked away from the Senate. Hillary Clinton did not even bother to show up to vote. Hillary Clinton left
Politicians like Hillary Clinton need a reminder that government spying against Americans is unAmerican. If Hillary Clinton will not show up to do her job in the Senate to defend us from government spying, then she no longer deserves the support of voters - not for her campaign for President, and not to be re-elected to the Senate either.
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