Copping Out On The Constitution

Darcy Burner criticizes members of both parties who voted for new FISA bill.

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It's good to see that none of our Washington State Democrats voted for this unconstitutional change to the FISA law and it's no surprise that all three of Washington's Republicans obediently voted with their party to take another step toward an authoritarian police state.

There are a whole lot of people all across America who aren't ready to knuckle under and surrender their inalienable Rights.

NYT - Congressional Memo

The Blogs Are Alive With the Sound of Angry Democrats

By CARL HULSE

Published: August 9, 2007

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 — Progressive and liberal groups and left-leaning blogs are furious, tossing around fighting words like “spineless,” “craven” and “weak.”

So much for the hopes of Democratic leaders that they could avoid a withering political attack by clearing the way for Congress to approve an expansion of the Bush administration’s terrorist surveillance program before the August recess.

“Democratic leaders in Congress didn’t put up much of a fight and they didn’t stand up and say ‘no’ to Bush,” said an e-mail message that political operatives for the group MoveOn sent Tuesday to the organization’s members, urging them to sign an online petition calling on Congress to reverse the new law. ...(more)

Darcy Burner is a progressive Democrat running to replace Dave Reichert (R) in Washington's 8th District. If you're sick of conservatives sabotaging our democracy and you'd like to see fewer Republicans in Congress, why not contribute to Darcy's campaign? And/Or you could send a couple of bucks to George Fearing who's running against Doc Hastings (R) over in the 4th Congressional District.