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She's an opportunist scumbag. Usually the liberal (and libertarian) ones are against a surveillance state, but she has no core, no backbone.
by bsullivan01 13y ago
She's an opportunist scumbag. Usually the liberal (and libertarian) ones are against a surveillance state, but she has no core, no backbone.
- bediger4000 13y agoOr perhaps she's been compromised: Apparently, ex-California Representative Jane Harman made an appearance on a NSA wiretap (http://www.salon.com/2009/04/20/harman/ http://www.salon.com/2009/04/20/harman/). If you read that Salon article, after getting caught dealing with AIPAC, AG Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez intervened, and Rep Harman went on to "became probably the most crucial defender of the Bush warrantless eavesdropping program". To be 100% fair here, it sounds like some ethics and accountability offices did want to have Harman prosecuted, but the Bush administration intervened to get Harman off the hook. Apparently they went on to use that as leverage on Harman. So, it's been done before. The results looked like what Feinstein is doing now.
- mmagin 13y agoEven back as far as when she was mayor of San Francisco, it's not clear that she was particularly liberal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein#Mayor_of_San_Francisco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein#Mayor_of_San_...