repugs come charging right at us, spit in our faces, punch us in the mouth and then walk away laughing.

dems come strolling up to us, whispering sweet things in our ears, then give us a (Judas) kiss on the cheek while they're plunging the cold, sharp blade into our backs. And then they walk away feeling oh-so bad.

At least the rethugs make no bones about where they stand, while the dems give us patronizing lip service, then totally screw us. Which is more duplicitous?

Obama's statement seems a clear indication that he and his craven cronies are going to use the bush regime's most effective gambit: FEAR. The minute the last word of Obama's statement came out of his mouth he'd lost this supporter.

The Blue America PAC vs Retroactive Immunity fund is now at >$290000. It looks set to break $300000.

I too had to deal with 5 stages of grief when the American people callously spurned my preferred candidate, the Amazing Dr. Paul, so I know how you Obamatrons must feel now that he has betrayed you and acted like a POLITICIAN! But I've found another candidate, another Paul, to go wild about! Join me and together we can get him elected. He is not the kind of politician to disappoint us by acting in his own best interests. He truly cares about US.

Vote for Paul-sen!

Pat Paulsen!

http://www.paulsen.com/pat/

I'm as upset and heartbroken about this as the next netroots person. But Obama is still our candidate. voting for a 3rd party at this point, is to throw our vote away. Now if we had ranked voting, I'd be all for voting Green.

Lets give Obama and the senators an opportunity to do something about this. I think Obama's playing a (dangerous) waiting game, but I don't believe we've heard the last of him on this issue. Though god knows we'd like to see him come out swinging.

couple more points, Obama's position deplorable as it is does not make Hillary a defacto better candidate, and those Hillary supporters that insist it does have their heads up their ass. Lets see where she comes down on this issue.

A protest vote against Obama and for McCain is the stupidest idea ever.

Obama's a politician, lets let him be that, but lets also continue to make our voices heard. Give money to Blue Pac.

Karrsic wrote: "I am disappointed in Obama's statement, but I am neither so pollyanish to believe that he is above making politically expedient calculations nor so cynical to believe he's abandoning the Constitution."

Compromise, bipartisanship, political expedience, pragmatism...

...are Satan's favourite words.

You see what real change and evolution requires is that each person stand by what is right and what is true. Upon that solid ground, progress can be made. Spreading lies and deception creates a fog that leads eventually to something like a Bush presidency.

The remarkable thing, is that intelligent people haven't realised that this isn't a "politically expedient calculation". What did Obama have to lose by doing the right thing? He would have gained in popularity just by saying Mr 28% wants to spy on you without a warrant and break America's constitution and is using the tragedy of 9/11 to do it. It's an easy argument to make especially if you have the charisma of an Obama.

To climb the mountain, you've got to drill into a solid piece of rock, take the next step, then repeat.

Within one month of Obama winning the nomination, this FISA law pops up again with a 5 year sunset provision, so I think it was Obama's plan all along.

Bill Moyer’s Journal last night was far more disturbing than the recent Obama and FISA developments. Moyer’s said this about the book, Slavery by Another Name, that was discussed with the author:

BILL MOYERS: Look at these pictures. Those photographs are from one of the most stunning new books you'll read this year, Slavery by Another Name. The author is Douglas Blackmon, the Atlanta bureau chief of the Wall Street Journal. His articles on race, wealth and other issues have been nominated for Pulitzer Prizes four times. His reporting on U.S.Steel and the company's use of forced labor was included in the 2003 edition of Best Business Stories, and his contribution to the Journal's coverage of Hurricane Katrina received a Special Headliner Award in 2006. Welcome.

This should serve as a reminder of how meaningful Obama's election to the presidency would be to Negroes/Blacks/African Americans and how it can help heal a very sorry, more recent than you think, disgusting part of American history.

The other parts of the Journal were also excellent. See sig.

The "ignore" list might include buck4mccain, Holly. a psychiatrist, LWM, Glenn, and all the new commenters cookin' up great verbal nutriment. The new ideas are fresh satire, irony, and the real human, belly-button-hole people. People here @UT have 'weird' humor, and strange tickle bones.

FABULOUS.

Happy Day.

I dreamt I got back from the sea. Barack Obama had cut down a backyard tree for fire kindle. I needed to stew the carrots, cabbage, potatoes, and many garlic 'swan' curled scape's. Did Barack O. Betray me/you/USA?

O`Celebrate summer anyway.

Throw a dozen garlic seed pods (Scape) in a back water pot. You's betchas ya's Mauimom darling? You'll have people circling you and whiffing your garlic breath? It sure seems true enough about B.O.? NO one likes deceit, tricks, fraud, and those bad divers schemer's. O today is a long day. No allow it to be a bad awe-full-day.

O Awesome.

Stir Fry Mix.

I hope possums will smell like sweet garlic breath. A momma flower sweet breath can be sensed from several miles away. I say we/me can skip who we don't jive with. I am sure glad Salon did not "ignore you. But, some are plain heavenly folk. It's so easy to offend a thin skin. Some humans need to defend and itch for a scrap of potato peel skin. Some readers have a porcupine hide veneer, and nothing pricks real bad to hurt.

If cookin' up meals today... Hey you.

O flop all the leftover scraps in a pot.

Hope a kitchen crew dance a jitter bug.

W.T. goes outside to climb a oak.

Cook one large rodent with quills.

Porcupines climb trees. Thanks W.T..

I like eating food the unorthodox way. Heat up some water for the tofu.

I like pink radishes raw. There is never a need for a stool softener either.

I think Salon staff should impose a curfew. No blog reading after 9:30 PM.

I wish to skin a porky-pine tree or bark like a cute sea-dog on a seashore.