The easiest way to know where someone stands is to listen to what they tell you. While a lot of people will be talking about that in the context of the different positions of Senators Dodd, Obama, Clinton and Biden vis a vis telecommunications amnesty, the same goes when looking at what "Americans with Computers" (the best description of the netroots) are saying. Reading some of my favorite blogs today, I know where these bloggers stand.
Jane Hamsher of FireDogLake thinks the Obama and Clinton statements are full of holes and asks her readers to call their offices.
Howie Klein says the request for clarity is a simple one:
All Americans are asking them to do is agree to what Dodd, Biden and Feingold agreed to-- filibuster any bill with any retroactive immunity for any telecoms that did anything illegal
Atrios synthesizes the whole situation very directly.
Chris Dodd has put out a simple position: he'll do what's in his power to stop any bill which gives telecom companies retroactive immunity for their Bush administration sanctioned law breaking. In contrast, Obama and Clinton have put out mush.
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There's no reason for the United States Congress to sanction lawbreaking by the telecom companies and, by extension, the Bush administration. No one looking for the Democratic nomination should communicate ambiguity on this subject.
I don't have to ask these bloggers, or their readers, where they stand. They're telling me, loud and clear. Chris Dodd is clear, too. He is standing up for the Constitution of the United States. And he's not going to let bad legislation undermine the rule of law. Stand with him.
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