Read this, remember this

5 July, 2008

The combination of the telecoms letting Bush illegally spy on us BEFORE September 11, and the politicized Bush Justice Department punishing the company that refused - refused because it was illegal - is the reason so many of us are so adamant that Democrats should not be passing a law giving these companies immunity. The President can't spy on people without warrants, and the telecoms knew that. They knew it was illegal to spy on us without warrants but they went along with it. Why? Why didn't they ask the Bush administration to just get warrants? And why would Democrats vote to let them off the hook?

It's just such a shame that this is an election year. It's such a shame that Obama can't say anything (or do anything) against this for fear of losing undecided voters who will only read the headline and think "hmm... Obama won't reach across the aisle to help these huge companies that employ thousands." And even if they didn't come to that conclusion on their own I'm sure someone would have repointed them in that direction. It's sad, pathetic and scary that these corporations (and by proxy the Bush administration) are going to get away with this. And it's even worse that it's happening now when the Democrats have more political pull than they have for a decade.

But, i guess that's the nature of American politics.