Democrats in Alabama Are Furious At Barack Obama Too
One of the excuses that Obama apologists give for Barack Obama’s shocking support for George W. Bush’s FISA Amendments Act is that it’s a necessary move to pick up votes in states where Republican candidates have won in the past. The idea is that voters in these states will only support Barack Obama if Obama starts acting like a Republican.
There’s another assumption inherent in these arguments as well – the argument that Democrats living in red states are so used to Republican politics that they won’t mind if Barack Obama supports extreme laws like the FISA Amendments Act.
Is it true? Do Democrats in red states just not mind when Democratic politicians vote to revoke their constitutional rights?
Let’s not speculate. Let’s examine the facts. Let’s look at the reddest of the red states: Alabama. Do Democrats in Alabama not care that Barack Obama has supported big government warrantless wiretapping of their telephones through the FISA Amendments Act?
The facts don’t support such a contention. The facts indicate that Democrats are as furious with Barack Obama for supporting the FISA Amendments Act as Democrats elsewhere around the country.
Consider the following statements that were recently left by different Alabama Democrats at the Left in Alabama political site:
One sent the following letter to the Obama for President campaign:
“The unconscionable, immoral and unconstitutional FISA bill just passed by the House must be defeated by the Senate. There is, and can be, no excuse for you, as our Democratic Party candidate for President, to support this abomination. It is well to say that politics is complicated and thiose of us who are out in the heartland don’t understand the ramifications, but we understand the values of this great nation, we understand the implications of this horrendous bill, and we understand that we have been supporting you because of the promise of “hope” and “change”. Don’t sell us out before you even win the office.
There is no way I can support John McCain for president, so I will not even pretend that could happen, but your failure to actively and wholeheartedly oppose this Republican assault on our rights as citizens will surely make me take a hard look at Ralph Nader. Do I think he can win? Of course not, but MY conscience will be clear. Will yours, Senator?”
Another reader left a short comment entitled, “This is crap”, reading,
“Why should we work our hearts out for these people when they are so eager to sell America down the river? Yes, Senator Obama, I’m talking to You!
I expect this nonsense from Jeff Sessions. From you, I expect more.”
When people in Alabama talk about being sold down the river, they know what they’re talking about.
Voters in Alabama wanted change, and they believed in the message of Barack Obama, until they saw that Obama plans on giving America the same old dirty politics of fear that Alabamans have been stuck with for generations. Another Alabama Democrat reacted to Barack Obama’s support of the FISA Amendments Act by writing in resignation,
“So much for the change rhetoric. It looks to me like business as usual.”
Please, let’s hear no more about how Barack Obama needed to support the FISA Amendments Act in order to get the support of red state America. Red state Americans oppose the FISA Amendments Act too, and they see through Barack Obama’s crass maneuvering to pander to the right.
Obama suck
I voted for hillary , I think obama sucks he no more than an empty suite,, who is flip flopping all over the news, the man is totally worthless, I will never vote for barack obama but I will not throw away my vote,,, I will vote for McCain,,, McCain will be in office only for 4 years, it can not get worse than bush, McCain can not make the war worse congress won’t let him, But if Obama gets elected Obama will make this country worse,
with his flip flopping, and by the end of obama 3rd year if he was president, not even a quarter of the troops will be him, he going to keep them their
Democratic party created barack obama, now look what he is doing,,
Its like Democrats giving Hitler complete power, soon as this election is over,, Pelosi will be voted out of office, among other majors congress , senators, Hillary voter will have their last stand, watch how when it their time for re-election how the voter turn on them,,, LOL
Jody,
Hillary Clinton has a WEAKER record than Barack Obama on the FISA Amendments Act, and John McCain has a WEAKER record than Hillary Clinton on the FISA Amendments Act. What you’re saying just doesn’t make sense.
Jody,
Then vote for McCain, or Hillary. You obviously did not graduate from High School based on your lack of grammer and use of the english language. You don’t make sinse because you have no education.!
Well, Clinton DID have a weaker record. Now she has a stronger record on FISA, having voted against the FISA Amendments Act. Doesn’t change the irrationality of Jody’s argument at the time, but it does change how we ought to think of Senator Clinton.