30 Days, 30 deceptions -21st of 30

by 'raindrop'

Obama promised NOT to vote to end any filibuster against granting telecom immunity.

On the official Obama website, we found this statement:

"Senator Obama UNEQUIVOCALLY OPPOSES giving retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies and has cosponsored Senator Dodd's efforts to remove that provision from the FISA bill (no, he didn't). Granting such immunity undermines the constitutional protections Americans trust the Congress to protect. Senator Obama supports a filibuster of this bill, and strongly urges others to do the same. It's not clear whether he can return for the vote, but under the Senate rules, the side trying to end a filibuster must produce 60 votes to cut off debate. Whether he is present for the vote or not, Senator Obama will NOT be among those voting to END the filibuster."

But Obama voted to END the attempted filibuster.

But the bill today does include retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies. Nonetheless, Obama voted for cloture on the bill - the exact opposition of supporting a filibuster-and then voted for the bill itself. A more complete abandonment of an unambiguous campaign promise is difficult to imagine...