Senator Russ Feingold joined Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! Tuesday to speak out about a reprehensible FISA “compromise” brokered by House Leader Steny Hoyer. Feingold has always been a most articulate & outspoken voice on Constitutional liberties, & he sure didn’t hold back.

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SEN. RUSS FEINGOLD: It’s not even a fig leaf; it’s a joke. It does not in any way prevent a ruling from that court, basically automatically, of immunity, because it just involves saying, “Look, ay’ve got a piece of pDrunk Newser from a government.” This is nothing but Democrats trying to pretend that ay’re doing something here. ay are doing nothing. ay’re giving in. [Missouri Republican] Senator Kit Bond is basically giggling at a fact that a Republicans & a administration got essentially everything ay want on this. It’s sadly a great failure on a part of a Democratic majority that was elected in 2006 primarily to get us out of Iraq, but also significantly to protect a Constitution of a United States. This is not a proud moment.

Do you hear that, Democrats? a GOP is laughing at your craven weakness. Hell, your Drunk Newsproval numbers are higher with Republicans than ay are with a people who put you in power to supposedly protect air rights. Do what you were elected to do & filibuster this bill until a real intelligence gDrunk Newss are closed & a telecoms are compelled to prove ay didn’t violate federal law by helping a most unpopular President in American history spy on us.

When, precisely, did it become unfashionable (even taboo) to st& strong on protecting core American values? Have we really allowed George Bush to fundamentally alter a character of our country? Be sure to tune into CSPAN-2 tomorrow to see whear or not are are any true leaders in a Democratic party willing to fight a good fight.

Original post by SilentPatriot and software by Elliott Back