August 7, 2007
Feinstein Folds on FISA
In case you missed it, the President's 25% Approval Ratings was able to ram through some legislation revamping all those FISA laws you keep hearing about. It's hard to make heads or tails of what the bill says as the administration, in a surprise to no one, won't tell anyone what it says, but it involves making warrants kind of unnecessary, the monitoring of anyone suspected as a "terrorist" and-- get this-- the oversight by one Alberto "Fredo" Gonzalez. That's more than letting the fox guard the hen house, that's letting Michael Vick run the SPCA.
The bill passed after some sheninagans by the White House when sixteen Democrats chickened out and voted with the Republicans. Most of them came from supposed Red States who thought that President 25% Approval Rating could still whip people up into a War on Terror frenzy and got nervous. Well, all of the Senators who voted for it were from Red or Reddish States except for one-- San Francisco's own Diane Feinstein.
What? What? What?
In a statement, DiFi said ..."the United States is vulnerable" …yadda yadda yadda… 9/11… yadda yadda yadda…"Meesa gonna Die." Well, not exactly, but she did point out that apparently intelligence chatter is up these days, which could be a reference to Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff’s recent bout of indigestion or Trent Lott's admonition for all Washingtonians to leave DC quickly as possible as they were all about to get blown up. Or, you could look at it simply that Feinstein heard the reasonable arguments made by the Administration about how the legislation was necessary, how the terrorists were making more noise, and how well they’ll conduct oversight on themselves and trusted them.
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she was a horrible mayor, and now she's a horrible senator. she makes me ashamed to be a californian and san franciscan.
Too bad that old cunt will be dead by the time her next election comes up (2012). Could someone please burn down her mansion and run her ass out of San Francisco. She's selling her votes or she's lost her mind.
When she was award the pink brick, they should have smacked her upside the head with it!!!!
Yesterday I sent her a respectful but strongly worded note detailing just how disappointed I am. No word back yet. Her tatement just reflects how idiotic Dems are to trust the word of the Bushies about intelligence chatter. Of course the administration is going to say that to ramp up fear ahead of the vote. Chatter up, for chrissakes. This from a President who *ignored* an intelligence briefing in August 2001 that stated "bin laden determined to strike in u.s.". How can they trust him?
Hey, at least Pelosi voted against the FISA bill in the House, even though it passed there as well.
I sent notes to her and Boxer before the votes on the Military Commissions Act. Thankfully they both voted no on that one.
"the United States is vulnerable" …yadda yadda yadda… 9/11… yadda yadda yadda…"Meesa gonna Die."
Early contender for best Jar Jar Binks reference of 2007.
On a shallow note, thanks for that picture. Guess I'm not sleeping tonight!
Dannebrog, you'll get word back from her all right. Probably like the one I received after I told her of my disappointment with her flag-burning shenanigans. Basically a condescending note suggesting I STFU.
She is a republican, plain and simple. It took me about six months of living here to figure that out, it surely can't shock any of you.
Don't foget the racist, homophobic judge she just voted through to the next level. Is she fucking Bush?
GREAT PICTURE y'got any more?
Presidents come, presidents go, majorities shift this way and that but Feinstein will always be Feinstein and we're the fools who keep sending her back, regardless. Frankly, I would have been surprised if she voted no.
Feinstein folds?
When I first read the caption and looked at the picture of her, I though the story was about her hands.
Speaking of her look, she has GOT to get rid of that Ann Miller hairdo.
Our dear Dianne has never been anything but a "Pac Heights pearl clutcher." Appeal to her fear of "the rabble" and she'll vote for anything that might make her "safer."
I'm stunned, but not surprised, by DiFi's capitulation, having lived here throughout her miserable career.
I'll leave it at that, 'cause I don't want draw the attention of Homeland Security.
So much for her oath of office and all that US Constitution BS.
Traitor.