Chris Dodd single-handedly protects our rights
Posted by bobodod on 18 December, 2007
This guy really deserves some props for being the only one to hold up a filibuster of the new FISA bill. This bill would have given immunity to telecomm companies for committing illegal and unconstitutional infringements upon U.S. citizens’ privacy or helping government agencies do so.
Why weren’t more of our representatives – on either side of the aisle – adamant about protecting the Constitution in this case? Do the phone companies have so much power that everyone wanted to protect them more than the people of the U.S.? Where are the congresspeople who work for us (the people)?
This seems an issue that should have been dear to conservatives. I have always understood the Republican party to traditionally be the party to protect citizens’ privacy and curb government intervention in our lives. Where are the Republicans in fighting this injustice? If the perception of what happened in the Senate is accurate, then there was only one person, a Democrat (and without much help from the other Democrats, either), who kept this bill from being passed at this time. It’ll come around again in January.
Chris Dodd’s my hero today.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Crooks and Liars (MSNBC Countdown video w/great talking points)
Chris Dodd’s voting record at Project Vote Smart – certainly not squeaky clean (supports PATRIOT act? Oh boy)
