Be Brave: We will stand behind you.

Be Brave: We will stand behind you.

I was listening to Thom Hartman one day last week when he had a discussion of
The 16 Senate Dems and 41 (House) Dems caved and vote AYE on the new FISA bill.
His message was (lots of disappointment, disbelief, etc.) was that we needed to tell/write/convey to our elected Dems -----the message-Be brave-stand up to the WH (war, fisa, etc) and also that we will stick with them. He said they needed to know that.
So, I was thinking of this today as I saw the below posts (just a sampling of many, many, many posts that talk of caving and being cowards----so I am not picking on them in particular---they just were handy and recent).
I wrote to my Senators today—and my Rep.-----and gave them Thom’s message. I think it is a good one.



Forum Name Editorials & Other Articles
Topic subject What to do when coward Pelosi writes asking for money:
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x300958#300958
300958, What to do when coward Pelosi writes asking for money:
Posted by wtmusic on Mon Aug-13-07 09:52 AM

Grab a Sharpie and write in bold letters across the donation form:

"Sending money when you uphold the f*cking Constitution, as promised"

Then send it off in the postage-guaranteed reply envelope.

She could have held off the Rape -er, Protect America Act indefinitely but brought it to a vote anyway -- even after she admitted it "does violence to the Constitution of the United States."

I've had it. :grr:
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Forum Name Editorials & Other Articles
Topic subject Cowardly Democrats give in to president on NSA wiretapping
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x300950#300950
300950, Cowardly Democrats give in to president on NSA wiretapping
Posted by babylonsister on Mon Aug-13-07 09:42 AM

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.press13aug13,0,893595.story

Cowardly Democrats give in to president on NSA wiretapping

By Bill Press
August 13, 2007

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Congress, on the last day before its members left town for August, and with the help of 16 Senate Democrats, passed emergency legislation to authorize Mr. Bush's past illegal, warrantless wiretaps. Not only that, it absolved Mr. Bush from having to seek a court warrant for any future wiretaps - as long as he first obtains permission from Alberto Gonzales. Congress rewarded Mr. Bush's lawless behavior and gave him a free pass to continue doing legally what he had been doing illegally.

Why? Democrats admit there were problems with the original FISA legislation but insist they didn't have time to fix them before leaving for the August recess. Nonsense. If so, why did they wait till the day before vacation to bring the bill up for consideration?

Clearly, any necessary corrections to FISA could have waited until September. If not - if there really were a terrorist threat that demanded immediate action (none was cited by the administration) - surely it would have been worth sacrificing a couple of days at the beach, rather than simply throwing the Fourth Amendment out the window and running out of town.

Some Democrats also explain that they went along with Mr. Bush because, otherwise, they were afraid of being branded "soft on the war on terror." What a bunch of wimps. Haven't they learned anything? Republicans will accuse Democrats of being soft on terror no matter how they vote.

There is no excuse - none - for Democrats to surrender to Mr. Bush on illegal wiretapping. Doing so was a huge, cowardly, shameful cop-out.

Adding insult to injury, Democrats now insist that because, under the new legislation, Mr. Bush's expanded spy powers expire in six months, they'll fix everything six months from now. If they didn't get it right the first time, they won't get it right the second time. Once again, Mr. Bush will plead "terror" and Democrats will cave. Our Fourth Amendment rights could be gone forever.

That is, unless the Democratic leadership and Democratic senators hear from enough outraged Americans between now and then.

Today, Democrats have the power. But if they don't start using their power to end the war in Iraq and stop Mr. Bush's outlaw presidency, they're going to lose it all.
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