Na-na-nana I told you so Obama
I, ah-hem, called it months ago. Obama doesn’t care about privacy rights. Doesn’t even list it as an issue on his campaign website. Yet supporters are shocked, angered (make that royally enraged) that Obama changed his mind about his promise to filibuster the FISA deal.
His two arguments for changing his mind? Glad you asked.
- It’s “better than the Protect America Act” which is FALSE. The Protect America Act was set to expire. This one is not. Nor did the first bill grant Telecom companies immunity.
- The UT Documents Blog explained it best by saying that in the context of the “war on terror,” Obama believes some constitutional rights must be suspended or at least sidestepped, and key among them is warrantless state surveillance.
EXCUSE ME? When did it become alright to forsake the civil liberties granted to us by the freakin constitution for a war that has no end in sight? The whole point of this war is to protect our freedoms granted by our forefathers not take them aways in the name of protection! Gah.
Add comment July 7th, 2008
