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If Obama thinks he can get by without the votes of those who follow the FISA issue, who unequivocally believe it eviscerates the rule of law,
It shits all over the rule of law. They might as well give Gordon Liddy and the Watergate felons retroactive immunity, too. This bill sets a precedent: If the President tells you to do something illegal, you do it and you will never be punished for it. Someone who would vote for such a measure, or is too cowardly to try to stop it cannot be trusted with holding a government office. I guess if Blackwater's thugs shoot a bunch of people in the US, they can buy retroactive immunity, too.
who are willing to let McCain win over their own (principled) stand.
The rule of law and Constitution come first. If that means Obama loses, tough. This isn't a game where you try to win a trophy. It's a matter of liberty vs. fascism and call me old-fashioned, but I'm against fascism. You are obviously willing to live under it so long as the person in the White House has a "D" in front of his or her name.
BTW, as an aside, I think the belief that this episode exemplifies Obama "not having the guts to stand up to the Republitards" is a serious mis-reading of the situation.
Only to those who neither read nor write plain English. He's the equivalent of a receiver in football who drops a ball because he thinks he's going to get hit. The problem is, once the other side sees he's a coward, they will make it a point to hit him harder and harder because they know he's yellow and nobody wants to be shown up by a known coward.
I am sorry if you feel betrayed
Don't patronize me.
and like I said, I am disappointed by his statement. But your means do not achieve your ends.
Sure they do. If enough people tell Obama's fundraisers to drop dead because of FISA, and if enough White Flag Democrats like Hoyer et al get primaried next time around, they can either learn a lesson or be defeated. Either they'll quit fighting tooth and nail against their own constituents while bending over and spreading for the Republitards, or they can be harassed and/or defeated. They pull this nonsense because there is no punishment. So I'm going to do what I can to punish them.
