The last time I used this title for a post, it was to bemoan the Democrats (including Joe Courtney’s) craven attempts to appease the unappeasable by voting to censure Moveon. This time it’s more serious: the Senate of the United States has voted to sanction lawbreaking by a wide margin, voting against Chris Dodd and in favor of telecom immunity. Bear in mind that the real purpose is not even to protect the telecoms. The real purpose is to cut off any possibility that we can learn the full extent of lawbreaking by the Bush Administration. This is very depressing.
It does make me feel better about one thing, though: my vote for Barack Obama. Hillary Clinton, who allegedly opposed telecom immunity, couldn’t be bothered to make the vote. Still, the fact is that supposedly Hillary did oppose telecom immunity. So we have a huge number of Democrats voting to protect a Republican president against the expressed wishes of the next Democratic president. It does not bode well for the nation’s prospects next year, even if we win big. The member of our party, who rolled over for this president, will suddenly find reason to oppose the next one. If you want to know why, just follow the money.
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