Support Senator Dodd

[filkertom]

Sen. Chris Dodd is threatening a filibuster of the new bill that would expand FISA to grant retroactive legal immunity for telecoms (AT&T, etc.) for spying on us at the behest of the Bush Regime. (And you know who's first in line to stop him from doing so? Our "Democratic" Majority leader, Harry Reid. Jayzus.)

Not that you've heard about it from the mainstream media. It's all over the blogs... but not the "news".

Go here to sign up your support for Sen. Dodd. I mean, unless you really want BushCo and the phone companies spying on your calls. In which case, bluntly, you're full of shit. This isn't partisan. This is yet another impingement upon our freedoms.

(I am not yet really supporting any candidate for president. Edwards is closest on my list. But he's dropping the ball on this kinda stuff, and if Dodd runs with this one and a few others....)

Comments

[darthparadox.livejournal.com]

FWIW, Edwards isn't actually a current senator. He didn't run for reelection in 2004 because he was running for VP.

I'm really happy Dodd is standing up like this, and I want to see Clinton and Obama step up too, but Edwards doesn't really have any action to take here other than condemning the immunity (and keeping pressure on the other candidates about it), which I'm pretty sure but not certain he's done.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

I'm very well aware Edwards is no longer a senator. Frankly, it's yet another area where he's more honorable than Joe Lieberman. But, as Mark says below, it'd be nice if he said something.