Spineless Democrats Give King George 43 a Blank Check on Spying …
Spineless Democrats (other than Chris Dodd) give Bush another blank check, this time on spying. The Democrats are more worries about appearing weak than protecting the constitution. Ironically, they once again prove themselves to be spineless cowards. Hillary didn’t even bother to vote. Is that great leadership or what?
WASHINGTON — After more than a year of heated political wrangling, the Senate handed the White House a major victory Tuesday by voting to broaden the government’s spy powers after giving legal protection to phone companies that cooperated in President Bush’s warrantless eavesdropping program.
The Senate rejected a series of amendments that would have restricted the government’s surveillance powers and eliminated immunity for the phone carriers, and it voted in convincing fashion — 69 to 29 — to end debate and bring the issue to a final vote. That vote on the overall billwas an almost identical 68 to 29.