Posted on 06/22/2008 10:21:43 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
It's official: Obama will back a filibuster of any Senate FISA legislation containing telecom immunity, his campaign has just told Election Central. The Obama campaign has just sent over the following statement from spokesman Bill Burton:
"To be clear: Barack will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies."
(Excerpt) Read more at tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com ...
If this guy becomes president our Republic is doomed. He’s wrong on all the issues.
The McCain haters had better pull their heads out of their tailpipes or this radical Marxist is going to become president and we will be lucky if we aren’t all shuttled off to the gulags and wind up with our skin being made into lampshades.
So why post a 9 month old article? There are one or two more recent articles out there.
texasdem wrote on October 24, 2007 1:51 PM:
On October 18, TPM posted an article entitled, “Obama Comes Out Against Telecom Immunity Bill.” Within that article, Obama is quoted as saying, “It is time to restore oversight and accountability in the FISA program, and this proposal — with an unprecedented grant of retroactive immunity — is not the place to start.” There was nothing from the Clinton camp.
Then yesterday, October 23, TPM posted, “Obama: I Would Support Dodd’s Filibuster.” Obama’s campaign is quoted saying, “Senator Obama has serious concerns about many provisions in this bill, especially the provision on giving retroactive immunity to the telephone companies.” Furthermore, he would support a filibuster of the bill in its current form. TPM called this a “quasi-declaration of opposition to telecom immunity in general.” Now that we are all(?) clear on Obama’s position.....
just another dirty Rat.
Let me mislead you some more.
June 21, 2008, 12:20 PM
Obama: I’ll Fight To Strip Telecom Immunity From FISA
Snip:
Obama said there is “little doubt” that the Bush Administration, with the cooperation of major telecommunications companies, “has abused [its] authority and undermined the Constitution by intercepting the communications of innocent Americans without their knowledge or the required court orders.”
“Given the legitimate threats we face, providing effective intelligence collection tools with appropriate safeguards is too important to delay. So I support the compromise, but do so with a firm pledge that as president, I will carefully monitor the program.
“[The bill] does, however, grant retroactive immunity, and I will work in the Senate to remove this provision so that we can seek full accountability for past offenses.”
The House approved the legislation 293-129.
THE LINK:
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/06/21/politics/horserace/entry4200105.shtml
-— Now we know CBS doesn’t lie.
Thanks.
No problem.
Remember that Reid is to cover for Barack re: immunity.
Don’t forget.
Maybe with the fire from his supporters, he’d have to grandstand it... I hope his earpiece works and he can ‘hear himself’ this time when explaining.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8znPAEaI9KA&feature=related
If you’ll notice, the Dems are passing everything on Security that the Bush administration wanted.
Why? they are cleverly taking these issues off the table for the election, rendering McCain’s biggest advantage—national security—useless as a campaign issue.
To the Democrats our Constitution is a “Living Document”.
Which means that they can kill and replace it with their own brand of the Communist Manifesto!
Mark Levin’s mumbling montage:)
“To be clear: Barack will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies.”
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Why go to all the trouble. Wouldn’t it be easier to just nationalise telecom companies, fire all the brass down to department head level and put government experts in charge? /s
Communist Goals for America, as read into the Congressional Record, 1963
Isn't that about the time that Obama was born?
Communist Goals for America, as read into the Congressional Record, 1963
Isn't that about the time that Obama was born?
The link worked in the preview, but not on the page, here's the URL, just in case - http://www.uhuh.com/nwo/communism/comgoals.htm
Well to figure his positions, you must simply think of the dumbest place you could possibly go, and there he will be.
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