[RP TownTalk] Md senator helps pass Telecom immunity

Dwight Holmes dwightrholmes at gmail.com
Thu Feb 14 13:39:55 UTC 2008


watch out: OOP meets COC! ;-)

(Outraged, but smiling... )

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 7:46 AM, Jonah Blaustein <jonah at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 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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