Since we started our campaign to hold Steny Hoyer and other members of Congress accountable for conspiring with Bush against the Constitution, almost 5,000 patriotic Americans– regardless of political party– have donated to our drive. You’ve seen our thermometer rising and now it’s approaching $300,000. Our first batch of advertising, including a full page ad in the Washington Post goes out next week.
Here’s a sneak-peak at the Post ad: (click on above graphic to make larger)
None of the progressives who voted against Hoyer’s disgraceful capitulation to Bush today will go on record advocating for a new Majority Leader and many of the candidates are too frightened to do so. There’s even a cousinly split. The two House Udalls, Tom from New Mexico (the progressive one) and Mark from Colorado (the more establishment one), are each running for the U.S. Senate against rabidly right-wing Republicans. Mark (CO) voted with Hoyer, Bush, the Blue Dogs and the GOP to trash the Constitution. Keep it in mind when the DSCC send you an e-mail begging for money. The better Udall, Tom (NM) voted with us and had this to say to New Mexico residents:
The FISA bill we considered today would compromise the constitutionally guaranteed rights that make America a beacon of hope around the world. Today’s vote was not easy. I stood up to leaders of my own party and voted against this bill, because I took an oath to defend Americans and That duty is most important when it is most difficult. We can protect our nation while upholding our values, but unfortunately, this bill falls short.
That sounds like real change. Mark? Not so much.
Filed Under: Blue America, FISA
Tags: Blue America, FISA, Steny Hoyer
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This makes me sick! Damn repugs and demoncrats take turns fucking us over!
Is revolution an option yet?
Do they still hate us for our freedom?
Gee, how dod obamalamadingdong vote on thisun?
Pelosi, hoyer, WILL joins the ranks of TRADER JOE LIBERMAN kissing more BUSH Asssssssss
IF OBAMA DOES NOT oppose this BILL
then his Chant for change will be NULLED
Attila the Appeaser, Trollop Despot @ 3:
Yes…
c. atrox @ 2:
Yes…
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I can’t wait till the Obama/Senate ad comes out…
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also I just received an email saying that 77 democrats are going to back the white house on a total embargo of Iran who are these 77 can we get them committed because they are nuts it’s time to clean house the longer you stay in the beltway the more likely it is that you’ll drink the kool aid and forget that they are suppose to serve the people not the other way around
There’s a typo in the second mention of colorofchange (it says colororchange). Nice ad. Maybe you could mention the Fisa bill by name, so people could google it easier?
secularhumanizinevoluter @ 4:
Since it was in the House of Representatives he didn’t vote at all on it you dingleberry.
for conspiring against the Constitution of the United States and the govt
hoyer is an enemy combattant of the United States and should be
incarcerated in gitmo for life.
No link to the ad for me. am I missing something?
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Anyone who has said, in the past, that Ralph Nader’s claims of the 2 parties being almost identical are getting more and more evidence that he might be right thrown at them by the Democrats. I am fully aware of the differences between the two parties, but for crying out loud, this bill, and crap like it since the Democrats took control of Congress aren’t doing much to help their case that they are different.
Also, why in the hell is Nancy Pelosi voting for it? Is she holding out hope that voting for something like this will help her get rid of the “San Fransisco Liberal Elite” tag the right-wingers have placed on her? If she is, she’s lost her mind because these guys will always tag her with it unless she puts an R next to her name and becomes a right-winger completely and unashamedly.
This is just completely unbelievable anymore.
a protohominid @ 10:
secularhumanizinevoluter @ 4 is the creamy center of a dried dingleberry
hanging off bush’s a$$.
You should have voted for Ron Paul, you had yer chance.
Why would you have a photo of Malcolm X in this ad? Do you actually believe that he is overwhelmingly loved and admired or that he has anywhere near the same type of popularity and respect as MLK? Wouldn’t a better example of someone being wiretapped by the government be RFK?
I’d paid in to help out Blue America, but seeing this one against Hoyer leaves me cold. Too much text, and why in hell include Malcolm X. He had his rights stepped on by Hoover, but is he the poster child we need to see for government excesses?
I agree with Big Tent.
Barack Obama said:
I will work in the Senate to remove this [telecom immunity] provision so that we can seek full accountability for past offenses…
“Work” MUST include leading a filibuster of the Steny Surrender bill. I am saying that a vow to remove this provision includes a vow to filibuster the Steny Surrender bill. He made that very vow in April. I am holding him to it.
If he breaks that vow, it will be more evidence that Obama is not a man of his word.
How about THIS for an advert?
“Here comes the new boss, same as the Old Boss”.
Picture of Obama in white face, looking in a mirror, and reflecting Bush with a black face.
Then under that, run that BS quote of his, which he used to justify this fscking travesty to the constitution.
Anyone want to mock that one up for me?
I am waiting for the Senate’s decision before I am outraged. I think flooding emails to all politicians and tying up their phones will send a message. This bill should not go through as long as we have a careless fool in the WH.
Yes, I too question your use of Malcolm X in the ad. If you’ve got 2 black civil rights activists (of varying degrees of radicalism - but those degrees are more than lost on too many people!) at the top of an ad with that headline, I think you’re going to have too many folks reading the headline and saying “Yeah, thank God they were being wiretapped, too!!” and turn the page of the paper.
Of course, I’m not saying you should be working hard to get America’s KKK folks to see things your way, but there are those more subtly, more politely racist people who might be drawn into this issue if it’s not seen as something that is a cause of radical blacks…
The ad works for me, but then, I didn’t need convincing.
L.A. Confidential @ 18:
LA now you have committed yourself to criticizing Hillary if she votes for it. She skipped the last time.
Steny Hoyer may need some Larry Craig “wide stance” training to enable him to take it from Bush a little easier…
I have to second the idea that this is an idiotic ad. Malcolm X, for god’s sake? Oh yeah, that’s gonna be real persuasive to someone who doesn’t already agree with our position on this to begin with. Yeah, your average white American is going to really relate to Malcolm X. This is why I don’t give money to MoveOn anymore. Their advertising sucks. Even their latest with the mother and baby, which has an underlying good message, is crude, unpolished and unsophisticated. Time to hire some professionals, if we want to actually reach people outside the blogs.
Who is worst? The Dems or Repugs? I think I’ll drink Drain-o!
Who is the worst, the Republicrats or the Republicrats?
I’m not sure I understand the question. What’s the difference?
Yeah….whatever. Congress is nothing but a useless appendage. All they do now is collect a paycheck, payment for being Bush$Co.’s flunkies. They not only steal our money, but are selling out the country with their inaction. Welcome to AmeriKa. If Congress was doing something, Bush and Cheney would be sitting in Levinworth and be nothing but a bad memory by now.
andy @ 15:
I supported Dennis Kucinich…
… And still do!
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L.A. Confidential @ 18:
But, but, but McBama supports the compromise…
… please parse it for us…
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I’m so freaking angry right now. I called just about all of the fucking blue dogs, and now I’m going to go drink a lot of beer. You hear that Mukasey? Wiretap this, you piece of shit.
How can anyone now say the democrats will bring “change” ? elected in 06 to end the Iraq war, what happens ? they allow Bush to send more, then Pelowsi strips down a bill that would have required Bush to seek the authority of congress before attacking Iran at the behest of AIPAC, giving Bush carte blanch to wage another war…. and now this monstrosity, meet the new boss.
The repubs and dems are lockstep in enslaving the American public.
P.S i noticed Obama has Iraq baby mass murderer Allbright on his foreign policy team ?
CHANGE ? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.
meet the new boss……
andy @ 31:
Will you idiots give it a rest. Obama has nothing to do with this yet. Next week, we’ll see what he does.
Jesus frickin’ christ!!!!
Old Billy Hussein @ 32:
I live in the UK, believe me, I’ve seen all this “change” rhetoric when Blair came to office, it’s an empty slogan, look at the people Obama is surrounding himself with, criminals from Bill Clintons cabinet, Madliane “half a million Iraqi children dead is worth it” Allbright ffs.
How much you want to bet that US troops will still be in Iraq in 4 years time if Obama is president ?
Old Billy Hussein @ 32:
Until this bill is signed it is overreacting, I agree about giving it a rest. But the Senate needs to be harassed all weekend and forever as long as this bill contains the get out of jail free provisions, if passsed then the speaker and other leaders needs to resign their positions. Bush and cheney are the terrorists that needs to be taken care of.
After the Obama move, I’m curious to see what MoveOn’s reaction to this will be.
richard @ 16:
John Lennon
richard @ 16:
Agreed, I thought the same thing.
We will see what Obama does next week. If he isn’t active in a filibuster I may hold my nose & vote for him, but it’ll be hard to have the enthusiasm to contribute $. (Sounds like by ditching public financing he’s got the big guys on his side anyway)
The MSM has played its usual disgraceful role in this. I just finished watching “liberal” PBS’s Leher News hour and both pundits, even the “liberal” Mark Shields, were enthusiastic about the sellout of constitutional rights and agreed it would be “popular” for the Demo’s. (Bobo Brooks was practically orgasmic, needless to say, he’s an unrepentant NeoCon & fascist).
I gave $25 to the anti-sellout campaign yesterday (called Nancy Pelosi’s office too, knowing it was futile in advance) and am glad to see it’s reached $300,000 though disappointed only 5,000 netroots folks have given . . .As to the people above objecting to Malcolm X, get real! He was on a US Postage stamp about a decade ago and while the hard right may hate him, most ‘Murikans are too ignorant to know much about him beyond that Spike Lee made a cool flick on his life.
Old Billy Hussein @ 30:
Let’s both get drunk and follow Steny around for a week. He needs to know how this affects us. Apparently, he can’t understand that. DUH
Here’s your Democrats in Action.
Here’s your agents of CHANGE.
PARTY………..YAY…..NAY
Democratic……105…..128
Republican……188…..1
This includes Nancy “Off the table” Pelosi.
Better put Obama up on that ad too now…. :(
Forget just running it in the paper; anyone here from Maryland? Print hundreds of copies of this up and paint the cities with it. Plaster Hoyer’s treasonous face all over his damn state.
I made a few phone calls and promised some people that if they didn’t change course, I would, with a very clear conscience, vote for a third party this Fall. I’ve always been a Democrat, by choice, but now I’m a Democrat by force. I’ve had enough! Maybe four more years of McCain/Bush is whats needed to wake the Democratic party up. There’s still plenty of time to call/email/fax your senators . . . I suggest you all do so.
Horrible day for freedom and more to come with this unity crap.
Beyond disgusting.
Anybody who thinks that putting Malcolm X’s image, in an ad about the dangers of wiretapping, is going to be effective with the majority of Americans, should read Rick Pearlstein’s book “Nixonland”.
If you want to protect the lives and liberties of the American people, you can begin by fulfilling your obligations to your oath of office and protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. Surrendering to fascism is not a defense.
You want to impress your voters? “LEAD THE FILIBUSTER” against this bill. Don’t just sit on the sidelines cheering others on like an armchair quarterback. Step up to plate and swing the bat. If the filibuster fails, fine. But don’t just bend over and spread your cheeks while bitching about those mean ol’ republicans raping the bill of rights.
The old FISA rules will do just fine for the time being. There’s no rush on this.
1. This is why I officially left the party and I’m currently listed as unenrolled. The Dems disgust and disappoint me.
2. I understand exactly why Malcolm X is in this ad. For those of you who have a problem with the ad having 2 African Americans in, too bad. They were both famously wiretapped. Duh!
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Why do we continue to let Pelosi, Reid and Lieberman represent us? They are traitors to the Democratic Party. Pelosi is supposed to be leading the House and Reid the Senate and look what they have done. I wasn’t sure I was going to like Pelosi when she got the job and now I know for damned sure she should never have been seated as Speaker of the Hosue. As for “wimpy” Harry Reid, we might as well consider the Senate giving Bush what he wants too. If Pelosi and Reid think they will leave a legacy we will make sure it isn’t the legacy they planned on. This FISA bill is the last straw. We can’t sit back any longer and let Pelosi and Reid destroy the Democratic Party and our country. We need to start impeachment of these two NOW!!!
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