Pelosi: Compromise bill amnesty provision causes telecoms to "come out of this with a taint"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

House Grants Telecom Amnesty, Expands Spying Powers

By Ryan Singel June 20, 2008 | 1:20:52 PM

The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives quickly passed a bill Friday that expands the government's ability to install blanket wiretaps inside the United States. It also puts an end to the lawsuits filed against the nation's telecoms for helping the government spy on Americans without getting the necessary court orders.

The vote hands a significant victory to the White House, just months after House Democrats forced a high-stakes showdown on the same issue in February. The 293-129 vote came just 24 hours after the compromise bill was released on Thursday. Only one Republican voted against the bill, while Democrats split nearly evenly.

Speaking on behalf of the deal prior to the vote, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended her support, saying that a bill was necessary and that the measure rightly expanded both intelligence-gathering powers and oversight. "We took an oath to defend the country from all enemies, foreign and domestic," Pelosi said. "Good intelligence is necessary for us to know the plans of the terrorists, so we can't not have a bill."

Pelosi said she did not like the amnesty provision, saying the telecoms "come out of this with a taint." But Pelosi added that the bill's required inspector-general report was more likely to "learn the truth about the president's surveillance program" than the lawsuits would have.



http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/06/house-grants-te.html

[DJ13]

1. No Nancy. The only taint is on you cowardly House Democrats

You should know better.

[The2ndWheel]

2. See? Corporations are becoming more like humans all the time

[indepat]

3. The hugest taint is on a Congress seemingly eaten up with venality and corruption imho

:D

[evlbstrd]

4. I got your taint, Nancy.

Right here. *grabs crotch*

[dysfunctional press]

32. shouldn't you be grabbing a little farther under...?

:shrug:

[evlbstrd]

35. Probably.

But I no longer think it's worth the effort.

[mitchleary]

5. As Daffy Duck says...

"You are despicable."

or maybe better said by Gordon Ramsey, "Could you be any more f@$#ing worthless?"

[Clark2008]

30. I LOVE Gordon Ramsey!

[liberal N proud]

6. A taint?

The Constitution is forever STAINED because of Pelosi's compliance with the bu$h regime

[Wizard777]

36. No I think what she's trying to say is.......

That the telecoms are somewhere between being pussies and being assholes. They're afraid to face up to their crimes and that has them disgruntled. They've become tainted.

[LSparkle]

7. I've never been happier about my decision to dump AT&T ...

I get phone, cable and internet now from my cable company. (Yeah,
they're probably complying too, but I'm glad at least that I'm no
longer supporting a GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE TOOL!)

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Nancy you do NOT spy inside the country for terrorist

unless you're bout to change the definition and greatly expand it

Granted, there are some still sleep walking through history who are YET to get it

We are the enemy!!!!!

That is what this is designed to do

[That Is Quite Enough]

9. Sorry, collaborator, but we're not buying it.

[Donnachaidh]

10. you are a TAINT Nancy

:grr:

[Truth2Tell]

11. Shut the fuck up Nancy. nt

[Eric J in MN]

12. They can get a warrant without a new FISA bill.

She didn't need to bow before Bush. She chose to.

[williesgirl]

13. Fuck Pelosi and Hoyer. I'm sending a contribution to her competitor and will do the same against

that scumbag Hoyer. They don't deserve to breathe much less represent the American people. rec'd

[dana_b]

26. woo hoo!

me too. I'm not supposed to say this and may be ts'd, but I've donated to her competitior too. imo, her competitior is much more patriotic and fights for the rights of the American people than Nancy ever has.

[EFerrari]

14. Sure -- because IGs under Bush have been so diligent.

:shrug:

[Canuckistanian]

15. Then why didn't she vote against it if she didn't like amnesty?

Hey, if I robbed a bank, I wouldn't mind being "tainted" as long as I never saw the inside of a courtroom.

[Marr]

16. Sickening.

Another corporate servant.

[rateyes]

17. I hate it when good people get in power and then turn bad.

Nancy, you held so much promise. Now, you are just like all the other power-hungry politicians who don't give a shit about "we the people."

[wryter2000]

18. I don't want them tainted

I want them on trial.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

19. What I don't understand about this statement

Letting them off the hook for actions they took which went against the Constitutional rights of Americans, does nothing but tell other corporations that such actions can be excused under certain circumstances - such as a corrupt president - should the situation arise again.

The citizens of the United States gain nothing from this action and the corporations walk away secure in their power to be protected.

How is that a taint? To my simple mind it appears to be a boon.

[crickets]

20. War Criminal -nt

[MrCoffee]

21. Way to stick it to them, Nancy. Taint 'em up real good.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

22. Dear Nancy, the intelligence services are "domestic enemies".

[MuseRider]

23. As in

taint no big deal, move along and go back to sleep?

Sorry hon, we are awake and we know what side you stand on and taint our side but the side of Empire. The little people are rising and taint gonna be no fun for you in the near future.

[bdamomma]

24. she can shove it, because she is only protecting her butt.

she could not give a eff about the American people, hmmm...Nancy your grandchildren will not like this at all.

[dysfunctional press]

31. or her taint.

nt

[mikelgb]

25. hey Nancy: stop licking Bush's taint

[EFerrari]

27. Is that like, "We called them a name!"?

:shrug:

[libnnc]

28. Nancy, are you happy with your legacy now?

**W A R C R I M E S**
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**I L L E G A L W I R E T A P S**
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/staff/marisa_taylor/story/16173.html




**T O R T U R E**

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This has become our legacy. DLCers on this board...ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?

AND BECAUSE WE ELECTED YOUR SORRY ASS, IT HAS BECOME OUR LEGACY TOO.

[Hubert H. Hubert]

29. dzsjiw,ktrnh9asawmy9aw9mpg7mi

Nancy, you owe me a new keyboard.

"We took an oath to defend the country from all enemies, foreign and domestic," Pelosi said.

Uh, no.

http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/oathoffice.html

"I, Nancy Pelosi, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."

I will refrain from further comment lest I get myself banned.

[Supersedeas]

33. she is relying on an inspector-general's report -- YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING!!

[dorkulon]

34. Yes, a well-scrubbed taint. /nt

[dana_b]

37. I just called her office

and as soon as the guy knew that I wasn't happy with her, he transferred me to a message machine. I did leave a very strong message expressing my disapprovaal of how she has been voting. I used her quote above about protecting us from enemies and said something to the effect of "how about protecting our civil liberties? wasn't that part of her oath?". I told her about DU and how most of the posts about her here are very negative and some would like her to step down as speaker. She and her buddies are ruining this country. That is all.

[leftofthedial]

38. Pelosi is a taint

taint no democrat

[MasonJar]

39. This is what comes of Steny Hoyer being pushed on Pelosi when she

wanted Murtha. Hoyer is a giant loser. Can't you Maryland Hoyer constituents get rid of him? He is pure DLC, which is why the powers-that-be forced him on Pelosi.

[angstlessk]

40. said she took an oath to 'defend the country'...NO SHE TOOK AN OATH

TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION...NOT THE SAME THING...the framers of the Constitution put this country at war and did not give a rats ass if a couple or a few thousand patriots were killed in the administration of the Constituion...sorry charlie..it ain't so...it IS the Constitution you must defend not a bunch of whiny assed scardy cats!