standardDodds Retroactive Immunity Ammendment Fails

Just got this from Think Progress.  The Dodd/Feingold amendment to strip the retroactive immunity provisions from the FISA bill failed to get the 51 votes needed.  The final tally was 31-67.  Hillary Clinton also failed to make the vote, though she has spoken in support of removing retroactive immunity in the past and was a co-sponsor (along with Obama).  I’m still disappointed in her for not making the vote, I expect more from someone who wants to be given the most important job in the world.

Here is a list of the Democrats who voted against accountability and enforcing the rule of law.  If you want to see the official tally here it is.  The Democrats would be …

Each of thir names link to a contact form so you can let them know how they have betrayed our principles and the rule of law.  Expect this to be an election day issue when they want their jobs back.  Of course it doesn’t need to be said, but please keep any correspondence professional and polite.  Even though we may disagree with their actions we are still better than Republicans.  Thanks.

So once again it looks like the Bush administration and their Republican puppets are going to prevent accountability for those who  have broken the law.

standardObama With Lead in Hotly Contested Iowa Caucuses

With the Iowa caucuses being held tomorrow and the New Hampshire Primary five days later the race for the Democratic nomination is definitely heating up. A recent poll in Iowa shows Obama pulling ahead of Clinton by quite a large margin. In fact, the Des Moines Register has Obama with 32%, Clinton with 25%, and [...]

standardChris Dodds GOP YouTube Debate Question

Via Crooks and Liars. Once again Chris Dodd is taking the lead. I have written before about how Chris Dodd keeps trying to get my vote, well this sure doesn’t hurt. There are worse things in life than having to choose between several good choices for President. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uffSoj3hvKI[/youtube]

standardObama Introduces Resolution Denying Bush

As the conservative talk “news” beats the drums for war with Iran and Bush ratchets up the war propaganda Senator Barack Obama is prepared to stand in their way. Late yesterday Obama introduced a resolution that denies Bush the authorization needed to use military force on Iran. Obama has been very clear in his stand [...]

standardWho Would Jesus Vote For? – October 2007

Well it’s the first of the month so it’s time to really look at answering the question of Who Would Jesus Vote For. This is our chance to look back over the events of the past month and weigh in on who we think Jesus would back. Since Jesus preached love and forgiveness we will [...]

standardDodd’s FISA Fillubuster Gaining Supporters

Like a true leader Chris Dodd is gathering supporters for his courageous stand for civil liberties. As we reported on 2 days ago Chris Dodd is fighting to prevent passage of a deeply flawed FISA bill which includes, among other things, retroactive immunity for telecoms who broke the law when assisting the governments domestic spying [...]

standardDodd Keeps Trying to Get My Vote

I have been a strong supporter for Clinton for quite a while. I feel that after 8 years of far right extremism the best thing to unite the country is a moderate President. Hillary offers a moderate position, something that I feel will help heal the rift that Bush has created in this country while [...]