Smith, Dicks & Baird: A Chorus of Lies on FISA

[Truth2Tell]

From WashBlog:

By jeffuppy
Mon Jun 23, 2008 at 04:50:59 PM PST

Last Friday Norn Dicks, Brian Baird and Adam Smith betrayed the people of America and voted with the Republican Party to hand George Bush a major victory in his project to eviscerate the Constitution and establish a regime of unchecked executive power. The so-called "compromise" FISA bill ended any hope of accountability for our runaway President or the telecommunication companies who criminally conspired to violate our rights and invade our lives.

Fine. No surprise there with these guys.

What is a surprise is the unbelievable dishonesty all three Congressmen are employing to rationalize their shameful cave-in. Statements released over the weekend by the offices of all three include strikingly similar language that can only be described as bald-faced lies. It's one thing to vote for crappy public policy. It's quite another to lie to our faces about it.

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It's pretty clear when you read the statements on FISA from Congressmen Smith, Baird and Dicks, that the three get their talking points from the same place. Much of the language is similar - almost word-for-word - and the sentiments are nearly identical. Maybe it's coming from the Speaker's office? Maybe the DLC or the obnoxious Third Way? Or maybe their staff simply pow-wow'd to get their stories straight. Certainly we will never know. What is clear, however, is that much of what they say is flatly and brazenly untrue.

Continued: http://www.washblog.com/story/2008/6/23/195059/410">here.

[rhett o rick]

1. I am in Dicks district and I called and spoke to one of his staff. Sad. I could tell

the staffer was giving the talking points for the "compromise" but I could tell he didn't believe a word of it.

First of all, why would you ever compromise with someone that is trying to destroy the Constitution, trying to destroy our freedom.

Norm, give me fucking liberty or give me death. Don't give me no fucking compromise on my freedom. Expletives were added to honor the passing of the great George Carlin.

[Truth2Tell]

2. A "compromise" would mean we got something in return.

This was a capitulation. We got nothing.

I called Adam Smith's office too. Actually, it's kind of funny. On Friday morning I was astonished to learn that Smith had voted no on the war funding bill. So I decoded to call his office and give him some props (you know, like dogs, praise them when they do well, and criticize when they are bad). So I had a nice call with a staffer in DC and said to pass my thanks to Smith. Well then, as soon as I hung up I logged onto the net and saw that Smith had just voted in favor of the FISA deal. So I called his office back, got the same staffer on the phone. He remembered me. I told him to forget it and to screw Adam Smith, there's no hope for him, and to cancel my last message. He laughed.

[rhett o rick]

3. Of course we got something. We got screwed. nm

[Trauma Hound]

5. www.nodicks2008.com

Spread the word, have people go to http://www.nodicks2008.com it's time for change in our District! Link to it from your website to increase google hits! I've had some staffer editing out his wiki page also. I've been in a constant battle with this user, because what was posted on the wiki is factual.

[Cascadian]

4. Unbelievable!

If Jim McDermott would have voted for this piece of crap, he would lose the next election. I would guarantee it. I was in Norm Dicks and Adam Smith's districts for a brief time and they are so Republican Lite, it is not funny!




John

[Trauma Hound]

6. Obama voted for it also

So what are you going to do now that Obama voted for this also?