DLC comes through for Bush on wiretap bill

I'm mad.

When Bush says jump, Vichy Democrats (along with the Republicans) always ask how high!

The Senate voted 69 to 28 today to pass Bush's bill to gut FISA and approve his illegal wiretap program. Here's the disgraceful vote on that act:

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00168

Here's the equally rotten House vote on that bill:

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll437.xml

The Senate also voted 66 to 32 against an amendment to the bill that would have stripped retroactive telcom immunity:

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00164

Although Obama voted to strip immunity, he went ahead and voted for the full bill anyway (even though it lacked the provision that would have erased immunity). This despite an earlier pledge that he wouldn't support any bill that featured immunity.

Is there any doubt now that I'm voting third party this year?

So, folks, it looks like you're going to have to sue your phone company in state court instead of federal court for cooperating with the Decider's eavesdropping.

It just goes to show that if you're a phone company, you can break the law, and Congress will go back in time to change the law so you don't have to suffer the consequences.