The following are the heroes of the Senate today. They came together to defend the Constitution, to stop the FISA Amendments Act, a proposed law that essentially removes the fourth amendment’s protections from unreasonable search and seizure from the Bill of Rights. They attempted to filibuster the bill. For that, they deserve your respect.
You’ll notice the name of one very prominent senator is missing from that list. That name is Barack Obama.
While these heroes defended our rights, Barack Obama couldn’t be bothered to show up for work in the Senate. He was too busy holding a press conference at which he announced his support for the death penalty.
If Barack Obama wants to be President, let him campaign for President, but let’s not have him as a Senator in the meantime. Obama promised last Friday that he would be in the Senate. “I will work in the Senate,” he said, to remove retroactive immunity from the legislation.
Barack Obama wasn’t there.
He wasn’t there when the filibuster was attempted. He wasn’t there when the debate was held.
Broken promises and abandonment of the Democrats in the Senate. Who ever thought Barack Obama would sink this low to pander to the politics of fear?
