Bent Corner

Not only did Barack Obama vote with the Republicans on giving retro immunity to the telecoms for their part in illegal warrantless eavesdropping, he first voted for closure so the actual bill could be voted on.  This is the complete opposite of an earlier pledge to support a filibuster of the bill.

From an Obama spokesman last October:

To be clear: Barack will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies.

The only thing that’s clear is that the word of Barack Obama is not to be trusted.  Voting with the Republicans on closure is a complete betrayal.

The folks over at MoveOn.org are now spending money not to counter the lies and smears coming from the right wing, but to put pressure on presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama to actually keep his word and filibuster any legislation that gives immunity to telecoms that spied on Americans. Being that he has already come out and said he will vote for the legislation, the chances of him participating in a filibuster seem quite remote.