ACLU: Democrats' BAAAAAAAD Move
The American Civil Liberties Union doesn't think much of the Democrats who allowed the White House to win the dispute over updating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act earlier this month. In fact, the ACLU thinks those lawmakers acted like sheep, and it's looking for money so that it can tell the whole world about it.
In a letter to members sent Thursday, Executive Director Anthony Romero said the ACLU is trying to raise cash so it can take out ad space in the hometown newspapers of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. The ad the ACLU wants to run features a picture of two sheep with "Pelosi" and "Reid" tags on their ears standing in front of the Capitol, and says that "when Democratic leaders follow Bush's plans to eavesdrop on Americans, it's BAAAAAAAD."
Romero said that Congress, especially the Democrats in control of it, can't afford to continue to lose these kinds of legislative battles to the Bush administration and that the ads are "only the beginning" of the ACLU's campaign to force Congress to fix the surveillance legislation.
"It’s gone from bad to intolerable," he said. "And we must let Congressional leaders know -- in no uncertain terms -- that it’s time to start standing tall and stop caving in." -- Michael Martinez
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