Yesterday, 68 Senators violated their oaths of office

[perrin_for_paul]

I just sent this to Jim DeMint (R-SC). I kind of ripped off part of it from some letters on this board.

While I generally feel that you have our best interests in mind, I am deeply distressed by a recent vote of yours.

Your biography mentions that you have been "a tireless advocate for smaller government [and] individual liberty." So, I would like to know how, in good conscience, you could promise the people of this state that you would fight for their individual liberties while voting for S. 2248: FISA Amendments Act of 2007.

Not only did you violate your oath to the Constitution of the United States that you swore to obey but also you took part in undermining MY civil liberties and privacy from the government. I would like you to think about the citizens of South Carolina and how you just voted away their rights.

As protecting our personal liberties and obeying the Constitution are the most important parts of your job, and you have failed to accomplish either of these tasks, you no longer have my support.

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. – Benjamin Franklin

 

[Mandrik]

Sen. Arlen Specter [R, PA] Aye
Sen. Robert Casey [D, PA] Aye

Ugh, I voted for Casey only because I didn't want Santorum back in there. I'm done picking between a shitty candidate and a shittier candidate.

 

[Shink]

If you look at the vote totals, it's (relatively) close to a 50/50 split for the Dems on this vote. That means that the merging into a single party is essentially complete. Media will keep people fooled into thinking that there are two parties with totally opposing ideals in constant ideological struggle. It's just an orchestrated bitchfight that allows the divide and conquer strategy to work so well. If people would have stopped thinking in terms of groups and parties before, things would be a lot better right now.

 

[wstrucke]

good to see the senator i voted for the last time around voted nay.

 

[HollyforRP]

Some news stories are claiming Obama voted no?

 

[Malakai0]

Both my senators (Fl) voted Aye. I write letters bitching whenever they violate the constitution, and get canned bullshit or fancy meaningless explanations of why it is needed for our safety every time.

 

[CurtisLow]

Yeah, my senators don't care about the constitution or the state they supposedly represent.

 

[Elle]

Hopefully we can just replace the 68 that violated their oath this November.

 

[LEK]

sad that the Dems are more conservative on this issue than the "conservative" Republicans

I wish it had to do with conservatism...I think it's more of "US" against "THEM" which has absolutely nothing to do with the good of this country - just a stupid power struggle.

Or should I say "feigned" power struggle.

 

[LEK]

I just sent this to Jim DeMint (R-SC). I kind of ripped off part of it from some letters on this board.

While I generally feel that you have our best interests in mind, I am deeply distressed by a recent vote of yours.

Your biography mentions that you have been "a tireless advocate for smaller government [and] individual liberty." So, I would like to know how, in good conscience, you could promise the people of this state that you would fight for their individual liberties while voting for S. 2248: FISA Amendments Act of 2007.

Not only did you violate your oath to the Constitution of the United States that you swore to obey but also you took part in undermining MY civil liberties and privacy from the government. I would like you to think about the citizens of South Carolina and how you just voted away their rights.

As protecting our personal liberties and obeying the Constitution are the most important parts of your job, and you have failed to accomplish either of these tasks, you no longer have my support.

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. – Benjamin Franklin

Thank You...

 

[humanic]

I actually called my senator's office a few weeks back and encouraged him to filibuster this. He didn't answer the phone himself of course; it was a nice, young-sounding girl who said she'd pass the message along to him. I don't doubt that she did pass it along, and obviously it fell on deaf ears (not that I really expected him to care or listen anyways).

We need to stop writing letters to congress and become congress.

 

[mcvac]

Bump

 

[CurtisLow]

Just a couple more comments I have.

First, we should thank the senators that voted nay. They are patriots and looking out for our civil liberties.
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z-bump

 

[PopeDonzel]

At least Sherrod Brown voted no, f-ing George Voinivich, I can't wait to get him out of there.

 

[jointhefightforfreedom]

bump

 

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

Glad to see the 2 from NJ nay'd

 

[fedup100]

They do it every day now just like bush the lesser and big dick cheney. All of them have betrayed their country and it's people, and no one cares and no one will do a (&$ thing about it. That is why they keep doing it. They are all saying to us, "come on Punk if you don't like it, come and take it back". They know we can't and won't.

Again I am sorry to say our best hope is for Russia to attack us, then we get a "do over" for this rotten fascist government. For those who survive it, don't forget the billionaires like Opra and the media whores.......make a long list and clean house.

 

[colecrowe]

[R, SC]     Sen. Lindsey Graham     Abstain       
[R, WY]     Sen. John Barrasso     Aye       
[R, WY]     Sen. Michael Enzi     Aye       
[R, VA]     Sen. John Warner     Aye       
[R, UT]     Sen. Robert Bennett     Aye       
[R, UT]     Sen. Orrin Hatch     Aye       
[R, TX]     Sen. John Cornyn     Aye       
[R, TX]     Sen. Kay Hutchison     Aye       
[R, TN]     Sen. Lamar Alexander     Aye       
[R, TN]     Sen. Bob Corker     Aye       
[R, SD]     Sen. John Thune     Aye       
[R, SC]     Sen. Jim DeMint     Aye       
[R, PA]     Sen. Arlen Specter     Aye       
[R, OR]     Sen. Gordon Smith     Aye       
[R, OK]     Sen. Thomas Coburn     Aye       
[R, OK]     Sen. James Inhofe     Aye       
[R, OH]     Sen. George Voinovich     Aye       
[R, NV]     Sen. John Ensign     Aye       
[R, NM]     Sen. Pete Domenici     Aye       
[R, NH]     Sen. Judd Gregg     Aye       
[R, NH]     Sen. John Sununu     Aye       
[R, NE]     Sen. Charles Hagel     Aye       
[R, NC]     Sen. Richard Burr     Aye       
[R, NC]     Sen. Elizabeth Dole     Aye       
[R, MS-1]     Rep. Roger Wicker     Aye       
[R, MS]     Sen. Thad Cochran     Aye       
[R, MO]     Sen. Christopher Bond     Aye       
[R, MN]     Sen. Norm Coleman     Aye       
[R, ME]     Sen. Susan Collins     Aye       
[R, ME]     Sen. Olympia Snowe     Aye       
[R, LA]     Sen. David Vitter     Aye       
[R, KY]     Sen. Jim Bunning     Aye       
[R, KY]     Sen. Mitch McConnell     Aye       
[R, KS]     Sen. Samuel Brownback     Aye       
[R, KS]     Sen. Pat Roberts     Aye       
[R, IN]     Sen. Richard Lugar     Aye       
[R, ID]     Sen. Larry Craig     Aye       
[R, ID]     Sen. Michael Crapo     Aye       
[R, IA]     Sen. Charles Grassley     Aye       
[R, GA]     Sen. C. Saxby Chambliss     Aye       
[R, GA]     Sen. John Isakson     Aye       
[R, FL]     Sen. Mel Martinez     Aye       
[R, CO]     Sen. Wayne Allard     Aye       
[R, AZ]     Sen. Jon Kyl     Aye       
[R, AZ]     Sen. John McCain     Aye       
[R, AL]     Sen. Jefferson Sessions     Aye       
[R, AL]     Sen. Richard Shelby     Aye       
[R, AK]     Sen. Lisa Murkowski     Aye       
[R, AK]     Sen. Ted Stevens     Aye       
               
[D, NY]     Sen. Hillary Clinton     Abstain       
[D, IL]     Sen. Barack Obama     Abstain       
[D, WV]     Sen. John Rockefeller     Aye       
[D, WI]     Sen. Herbert Kohl     Aye       
[D, VA]     Sen. Jim Webb     Aye       
[D, SD]     Sen. Tim Johnson     Aye       
[D, RI]     Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse     Aye       
[D, PA]     Sen. Robert Casey     Aye       
[D, NE]     Sen. Ben Nelson     Aye       
[D, ND]     Sen. Kent Conrad     Aye       
[D, MT]     Sen. Max Baucus     Aye       
[D, MO]     Sen. Claire McCaskill     Aye       
[D, MD]     Sen. Barbara Mikulski     Aye       
[D, LA]     Sen. Mary Landrieu     Aye       
[D, IN]     Sen. B. Evan Bayh     Aye       
[D, HI]     Sen. Daniel Inouye     Aye       
[D, FL]     Sen. Bill Nelson     Aye       
[D, DE]     Sen. Thomas Carper     Aye       
[D, CO]     Sen. Ken Salazar     Aye       
[D, AR]     Sen. Blanche Lincoln     Aye       
[D, AR]     Sen. Mark Pryor     Aye       
[D, WV]     Sen. Robert Byrd     Nay       
[D, WI]     Sen. Russell Feingold     Nay       
[D, WA]     Sen. Maria Cantwell     Nay       
[D, WA]     Sen. Patty Murray     Nay       
[D, VT]     Sen. Patrick Leahy     Nay       
[D, RI]     Sen. John Reed     Nay       
[D, OR]     Sen. Ron Wyden     Nay       
[D, OH]     Sen. Sherrod Brown     Nay       
[D, NY]     Sen. Charles Schumer     Nay       
[D, NV]     Sen. Harry Reid     Nay       
[D, NM]     Sen. Jeff Bingaman     Nay       
[D, NJ]     Sen. Frank Lautenberg     Nay       
[D, NJ]     Sen. Robert Menendez     Nay       
[D, ND]     Sen. Byron Dorgan     Nay       
[D, MT]     Sen. Jon Tester     Nay       
[D, MN]     Sen. Amy Klobuchar     Nay       
[D, MI]     Sen. Carl Levin     Nay       
[D, MI]     Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow     Nay       
[D, MD]     Sen. Benjamin Cardin     Nay       
[D, MA]     Sen. Edward Kennedy     Nay       
[D, MA]     Sen. John Kerry     Nay       
[D, IL]     Sen. Richard Durbin     Nay       
[D, IA]     Sen. Thomas Harkin     Nay       
[D, HI]     Sen. Daniel Akaka     Nay       
[D, DE]     Sen. Joseph Biden     Nay       
[D, CT]     Sen. Christopher Dodd     Nay       
[D, CA]     Sen. Barbara Boxer     Nay       
[D, CA]     Sen. Dianne Feinstein     Nay       
               
[I, CT]     Sen. Joseph Lieberman     Aye       
[I, VT]     Sen. Bernard Sanders     Nay

 

[jointhefightforfreedom]

SEE MY SIG THREAD !

When are we gonna prosecute these TRAITORS !!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????

 

[PepperdotNet]

email sent to the two traitors, uh, senators from Alabama.