7/1/2008
more on FISA
Just following up on my complaining about Obama’s support for the FISA bill.
So why did so many House Democrats change their position on telecom immunity? Maplight.org analyzed the contributions made to each member’s campaign funds by the telecom industry. Interestingly, those who switched their votes received, on average, substantially larger contributions from the telecoms than those who voted didn’t support the bill. Hmmmm.
Meanwhile, Wired reports that Obama supporters who are unhappy with his position on FISA are using Obama’s own website to organize a campaign to get him to reconsider his position. All you have to do to make your voice heard is to go to http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/SenatorObama-PleaseVoteAgainstFISA and join the group. I did it. It only takes a couple minutes. Go now.
