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Showing Original Post only (View all)We Need New Democratic Leadership in the House. Pelosi Should Go. [View all]
Her vote against the Iraq War in 2002 was courageous and admirable. But, as the new Speaker when she said about Bush, I have said it before and I will say it again: Impeachment is off the table, it was terrible news for those who wanted justice for the administrations numerous crimes. (And also wanted the accountability that would have reined in future administrations.) Now Nancy Pelosi has voted to let the NSA continue the massive spying, completely unrestrained. That is antithesis of what a free country does. And it is inexcusable.
What that vote guarantees: Total, massive surveillance of all citizens. More mixing of Corporations and State. A preemptive squashing of any Occupy-type movements in the future. The likelihood of serious labor movements being watched and suppressed. And on and on.
There has been a definite downward trend in her voting pattern over the last decade. We need Democrats that stand up for democratic principles. With Harry Reid folding on every issue that comes up in the Senate, we need other leaders that lead in the right direction.
http://americablog.com/2013/07/amash-conyers-anti-nsa-amendment-lost-by-12-votes-205-217.html
And for where this is spying is headed. A judge says Big Energy should have your metadata, too:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130722/16172623890/court-give-chevron-access-to-nine-years-americans-email-metadata.shtml
Defend that, please.