[RP TownTalk] Md senator helps pass Telecom immunity

Jonah Blaustein jonah at mindspring.com
Thu Feb 14 12:46:39 UTC 2008


Lou,
give me a break. The CONTENT of the ammendment to this legislation has 
to do with protecting the corporate fat cats who buy political favors 
and access to Congress. If you are not outraged by this, why go through 
all the trouble of having a democracy?
-Outraged Old Populist


On Wednesday, February 13, 2008, at 11:37  PM, Lou King wrote:

> Same facts, different observation.
> It could be that Ms Mikulski was the only Democrat from Maryland who
> could evaluate the legislation on its content, not on its Republican
> source.
>
> On the other hand just because all the other Democrats voted against 
> the
> Republican legislation does not mean they are partisan. Could be an
> honest difference in their evaluation of the information available and
> the appropriate legislative response.
>
> No I am not outraged. Whether I agree or not is a different issue.
>
> Lou
>
> Robert Oppenheim wrote:
>> *Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) voted with the Republicans
>> and voted FOR the telecom immunity provision. *She also voted with the
>> Republicans for the final passage of the bill.
>> You can let her know your concern here:
>> http://mikulski.senate.gov/mailform.html
>>
>> Conversely, ...
>
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