I have worked for your nomination and voted for you, as I did when I lived in Illinois. This has been the election I have been waiting for - one about hope and about change. I do hope I am right about change.

I understand politics and the need to compromise,[…]

However, there must be some point, there must be some principles, there must be some line that you do not cross. In my view, the new FISA bill is that. It is a simple attempt to camouflage the spineless response of a Democratic congress that is afraid to stand up to the President on civil liberties and is happy to allow any corporation to be blameless for violating our basic rights.

So, I ask myself, why would Senator Obama and the other Democrats cave in to the President. The answer that comes to mind most quickly is the “politics of fear”. Are you afraid of being labeled “soft on terrorism”?

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