One Guy's Opinion on the Political Scene By: Jim Herndon
Politics Before National Security
Footnote to previous comments about the Democrats walking out without renewing the terrorist intelligence bill:
Congressman Dennis Kucinich, that great American who traveled to the Mideast, met with the Syrian Dictator and publicly trashed his own country on Syrian television, was a principle opponent of the intelligence gathering bill; no surprise there, right? Regarding the DemPols reluctance to deprive their lawyer cronies the chance to line their pockets by extorting the telephone companies, columnist Robert Novak stated that “66 trial lawyers representing plaintiffs in the telecommunications suits have contributed $1.5 million to Democratic senators and causes. Of the 29 Democratic senators who voted against the FISA bill last Tuesday, 24 took money from the trial lawyers (as did two absent senators, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama). Eric A. Isaacson of San Diego, one of the telecommunications plaintiff's lawyers, contributed to the recent unsuccessful presidential campaign of Sen. Chris Dodd, who led the Senate fight against the bill containing immunity.”