 huntml
join:2002-01-23
Mullica Hill, NJ
4 edits | reply to footballdude
Re: I'd favor indemnifying the telcos... said by footballdude:
Nope, like pretty much everything else in Washington, it's about political posturing. You can be sure that everything you see from either side of the aisle for the next year is geared towards winning votes in the upcoming election.
Well, it *is* politics. It's no surprise that political posturing is a big piece of it.
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Dodd barely mentions the telcos, instead focusing fire on 'this administration'.
And reasonably so, in my view. I am sure that the telcos are lobbying behind the scenes for immunity, but it's only the administration and its congressional allies who are publicly pushing for it.
On the other hand, Dodd didn't spare the telcos completely from criticism. His comments about their having legal departments who were not made up of first-year lawyers and pro bono workers, about Qwest's different stance from the other telcos, etc., were spot-on.
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When this administration is out of office, no one will care anymore about what the telcos did.
I disagree profoundly. I think that part of the reason the telcos have been so quiet in not publicly lobbying for immunity is because they *know* that were they to do so it would have tremendous negative PR consequences.
I believe that this is ultimately going to pass, because the administration desperately wants it, and because Congress is largely bought and paid for, and a bunch of pussies to boot (you'd think that the Dems would've learned from how they rolled over on Iraq and how it's damaged their credibility, but that's another post); but I know that I personally am not going to forget, and I think that a lot of people feel the same way I do. |
