FISA Fight ! Stuck Between "Barack" and a "Russ" Place
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Who's Side Do I Take ?  My Candidate or My Senator ?

I'm torn. On the one hand , I see where my senator, Russell Feingold is coming from , but I also see where my candidate, Barack Obama is coming from. Now, this is not about which one I agree with the most or who I trust on the issues the most because the truth is, I agree with them both the exact same. Neither has been perfect. I mean, Russ voted for Chief Justice Roberts and Obama didn't. But Obama is helping to pay off Hillarys debt soooo....

Like I said, neither of these two are perfect and even Sen. Russ Feingold pretty much admitted that he sort of understood where Sen. Barack Obama and others were coming from in an interview with the Young Turks. Feingold said that basically , the argument may be that we should just compromise now, and wait till we have a Democratic President and let him fix it rather than have this fight.

Feingold stated that he thought the approach was wrong even though he expressed that understood it. At the same time, what Barack Obama is saying is that this compromise , even though it doesn't go far enough in that it still grants immunity to Telecom , at the very least , outs and end to some of the worst provisions that had allowed Bush to break the Law.

I personaly am going to withold judgement untill I watch CSpan later today and see what both my senator and my candidate do and what all transpires because as of now, no votes have been taken on this bill, only lots of speculation. But part of me is with Sen. Russ Feingold and part of me understands where Sen. Barack Obama is coming from.


Reader Comments
  
Re: I know how I feel
By FreedomOfSpeech Jun 26th 2008 at 7:43 am EDT
President Obama will overturn all unconstitutional Executive Orders. I have been dealing with this bill for almost eight years. I think I can handle another 6 months.
  
Re: keeping on it
By Z Rho Jun 26th 2008 at 12:02 pm EDT
I've donated to Hillary this month. She is still one of us and I still have great respect for her. I remember the 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling. I think we all should help pay down her debt. Whether you like her or not no one can deny she has sacraficed a lot in the name of women.
Re: keeping on it
By Donia19 Jun 26th 2008 at 2:17 pm EDT
...that may be; however, Obama has tapped his "deep-pocket" donors to help...
  
You still don't get it
By Bill Dickson Jun 26th 2008 at 6:40 am EDT
It's not about who supports or opposes the bill. It is about right and wrong and what is in the bill. There is more wrong with the FISA bill than just the immunity for the telecoms.
Re: You still don't get it
By FreedomOfSpeech Jun 26th 2008 at 7:44 am EDT
I got it perfectly. It's an election year.

Period.
  
Feingold got this one right
By Mark in LA Jun 26th 2008 at 8:58 am EDT
Only 15 Democratic Senators stood against the FISA bill. No Republicans voted against it that I am aware of.
The Democratic Party caved again; less these 15 Honorable Senators. Even with the GOP in free fall and the potential to get it right with a new president (Obama) in 2009.
This was one more failure, in a long string of failures, to stand up to the GOP.
Before Hillary supporters jump on Obama, she wasn't in that list of 15 either.
With a Democratic President, the remainder of the Democratic Congress may finally locate its backbone.
  
No Immunity!!!
By Lee Jun 27th 2008 at 3:48 pm EDT
I do not want to see any immunity granted to the phone companies.
  
Oh the FISA fight
By rjsnj Jul 21st 2008 at 7:30 pm EDT
Trust me - nothing has been decided! This will go to the Supreme Court. We need liberal leaning judges - no more Scalias. That's one reason why we need Obama.