You just gotta love those "get tough" democrats up there in the Senate. Millions of voters flocked to the polls in 06 because candidates said they were going to get in there and turn back the tide that Bush wiped democracy away with. So far they haven't done a single thing, not one single thing.
One of the main continuos Bush administration secrets that came to light was the fact that he was spying on millions of Americans without their knowledge. A clear violation of the law of the land. He did so with the quiet help of the telecom companies that you and I pay each month. A clear violation of trust.
Without any foreknowledge, the administration with the help of the then ruling Republican party pushed through immunity for all the telecom companies that took part. Quest, the one company that wouldn't go along, found it's CEO in jail soon after the company released it's decision, on unrelated charges.
An ammendment that would have held those telecom's accountable by removing the immunity was stopped in the Senate. Not because the democrats don't have enough of the majority to stop the Republicans from tow-the-line voting, no. Telecom companies that allowed the government to spy on your phone calls and personal information without your knowledge were given a stay of immunity with the help of 31 Democrats who were voted in to turn back these Constitutional violations by the Bush administration.
Here is the list of democrats that voted for spying.
Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Evan Bayh (D-IA), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Herb Kohl (D-WI), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Tom Carper (D-DE), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Jim Webb (D-VA), Ben Nelson (D-NE), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Kent Conrad (D-ND), and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Barack Obama who was present for the vote, voting against letting them off the hook.
When asked by peers who I think would be a good Democrat running mate, I answer with two people who are on this list. They are no longer on my list.
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