Quote Originally Posted by dragonrider
I think it was probably a good vote, even if it pisses a few supporters off.
I'm with ya on that but it's a matter of his platform during the primary elections:

"Barack will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies," Obama spokesman Bill Burton said last fall. In December, as ABC's Jake Tapper notes, Obama's office said: ā??Sen. Obama unequivocally opposes giving retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies and has cosponsored Sen. Dodd's efforts to remove that provision from the FISA bill."

In February, Obama voted for an amendment to carve the retroactive immunity out of the measure. And he said: "I am proud to stand with Sen. Dodd, Sen. Feingold and a grass-roots movement of Americans who are refusing to let President Bush put protections for special interests ahead of our security and our liberty. There is no reason why telephone companies should be given blanket immunity to cover violations of the rights of the American people."

What else is he leading the public on about? It's a matter of holding to your word instead of to a political poll. This "yes" vote was to gain the trust of the moderates...nothing more. Ya know, Clinton voted "No" on this.

Have a good one!:s4: