It's very sad to see such a promising congressman as Ed Perlmutter and such a promising congressman and senatorial candidate as Mark Udall sell out their constituents, their constitution, and their country, but that is exactly what they have done. Ed Perlmutter along with Mark Udall voted to allow retroactive immunity to the telecoms who knowingly and willingly aided and abetted the criminal actions of the Bush Administration as it illegally wiretapped and spied on it's own citizens.
Perhaps even more egregious than that, this bill not only grants immunity to the telecoms but much worse than that, it immunizes the Bush administration as well. Now, not only we will never see justice done, but all Americans will have to live their lives looking over their shoulders and wondering if big brother is listening, because now, he has license to do so whenever he feels like it and for any reason he chooses.
They call it a compromise, but in truth the only thing that is compromised is the constitution. They'll try to say that they have included "protections", but in fact the only real protections are for the Bush administration and it's only too willingly compliant lackeys in the telecom industry.
They'll say this was done in the spirit of bipartisanship, but what is bipartisanship really? What is the value of it when it means selling out your core principles and your constituents. That's not bipartisanship, that's sleeping with the enemy.
Thanks a lot Messrs. Perlmutter and Udall, how does it feel to be in the same ranks as Marylin Musgrave, Tom Tancredo, and John Boehner? Have you learned nothing from Barack Obama's incredible run for the presidency? Have you not learned that the face of democracy is changing? How it no longer has to be a game of pandering to monied lobbiests so that you can have the funds you need for re-election? Have you learned nothing from the millions of online people powered grassroots/netroots movement based individuals who have contributed to Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton, and yes, even Ron Paul over on the other side?
What is it that they know that you don't? Well, here is a clue. The game has changed, and those old ways of lobbiest based politics are over. You don't have to sell your souls to stay in power. You can vote your conscience and fulfill your oath to the constitution without fear of reprisal.
Unfortunately it may be too late to correct this, well, now at least we know which Colorado Congressmen are in the telecom lobbiest pockets...don't we!
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