"Kos Supporters In Chicago Were Missing In Action"

[orleans]

"Democrats should have canceled the August recess and fought like patriots against this outrage and the entire Daily Kos community should have risen as one, and turned the Chicago meeting into a war room mobilizing national support to defeat this outrage.

"Instead, Democrats in Washington surrendered without a fight and Kos supporters in Chicago were missing in action, without making a fight, at the moment Congress acted.

"What is needed is a great debate about how long we will permit the politics of fear to justify the surrender of our freedoms and what is needed is a Democratic Party that takes this case to the country once and for all.

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"Lets remember that FISA violations are crimes punishable by prison. If indeed it is ultimately determined that the law violated there are hundreds of thousands to millions of criminal violations, each punishable by imprisonment.

"It is an outrage the President, Vice President and Attorney General sought to legalize what would otherwise be criminal.

"It is an outrage the Democrats who control Congress lacked the steel to make this fight.

"It is a major, major disappointment that the Daily Kos convention did not rise in outrage and lead a last stand against this vile program and this last Congressional submission to aggressive abuse of Presidential power and failure to faithfully execute the laws of the land.

--brent budowsky
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brent-budowsky/congress-caves-bloggers-_b_59259.html

[Tarheel_Dem]

1. Hear! Hear!.........n/t

[LittleClarkie]

2. Seems over the top to go after Daily Kos on this

What exactly did they think they could do in Chicago?

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. If it was anything like Take Back America, there were bloggers there and

radio people and many many activists. They had a march. 2000 people marching on the capitol.

I also used to be a national delegate for my teachers union. We held marches at all of our national conventions. Thousands of people in the street makes quite an impact.

There are a lot of things they could have done. Doing nothing is not good. Surely they knew about the FISA vote.

[Luminous Animal]

3. Ettu, DU?

[broadcaster]

4. We saw human nature in action at YK. Let it go..but learn..

The need to be visited by celebrity and to be recognized.

This shows us how the press corps in DC is so easily seduced.

So, while I'm sure YK people had good intentions, we had a laboratory
there of how it is that wishing to fit in and to be liked affects
all of us. Congress, and the press, etc.

We should just let this go. It's human nature.

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. I disagree

There were thousands of people there. A mass statement of some kind could have/SHOULD HAVE been made.

I don't blame the attendees. But the organizers should have organized SOMETHING!

[jgraz]

5. Nobody saw this coming

Until Boner spilled the beans last weekend about the FISA ruling, this legislation wasn't even on the agenda. Everyone was caught flatfooted on this vote.

[bleever]

6. Can't we talk about saving the Constitution?

Is anybody listening? Does anybody care?

Are we all co-opted by our potential influence in picking the next "leaders"?

Is there anybody out there?

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. Well I am glad to see someone else wondered about this!

Did they even talk about the FISA bill at Yearly Kos? Seems like a march would have made a great statement.

I am glad now I changed my mind about going.

[rwheeler31]

10. Can people have a life?

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. Sure, the rest of us will worry about the country

and our constitutional rights. Go ahead though and enjoy your life - while you can.