Why is the blogosphere going batshit crazy over something nobody else seems to care about?

[democrattotheend]

Sorry, but I am having a hard time getting as worked up about FISA as some bloggers are today or seeing why this particular statement Obama made is such a monumental shift that changes the way people feel about him. I have gone door to door in many states for Obama and have never once heard anyone complain about retroactive telecom immunity. Most people I talked to were more worried about keeping their jobs and their healthcare and dealing with the price of gas. Those who had other reasons for their vote decision were usually racist or just uninformed. I don't know that much about the FISA compromise, but I know that the only place I ever hear about it is on the blogosphere. If it's really such a big deal why don't people outside the blogosphere ever talk about it?

I'm not saying I support companies spying on Americans, but honestly, I care more about the fact that AT&T provides good union jobs and is one of the few companies that actually supports their union than I do about whether or not they get fined retroactively for complying with a government request. Am I missing something here?

[Saturday]

1. So you want those good union jobs AT&T will provide able to

spy on us?????

[rucky]

2. We're close to the finish line

and some folks are getting impatient. And I hope it doesn't screw things up.

On the other hand. When we have the House, Senate and White House, Democrats will have no more excuses for shit like this.

[blogslut]

3. A lot of people care

You might want to research the blogosphere, it's bigger than you think.

[Imagevision]

4. Well just think Swiftboaters/527's and Bush's claim it wasn't his fault what they said...

get over it!

[charlyvi]

5. This is why:

The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.



Understand now?

[texastoast]

7. Oh, gosh, now you've done it

Bringing the "it's-no-big-deal" people a dose of American reality.

It's no big deal to people who don't know shit about the Constitution. Or what's left of it.

Reminds me of the woman interviewed here in Houston after 9/11 who said she was fine if inspectors needed to get the rubber gloves out and use them on her before she boarded a plane. Well, I'm not fine and Ben Franklin would tell us we all deserve to live in a police state.

SHEEEEEEEEEEEPLE.

[Bjorn Against]

8. Exactly, why can't people just read the Constitution?

Despite what may be implied by the OP many people cared about the Constitution long before there were blogs.

[OwnedByFerrets]

9. Thank you for saving me from having to post this. BRAVO!

They take an oath to protect it, not destroy it.

[uponit7771]

10. Bush & most kkkons: "...dammit!!! That's just a piece of paper!!!..."

[charlyvi]

11. It's sooooo pre 9-11!

That was sarcasm.

[Kokonoe]

6. Me thinks its not about the crime

But about revealing who was spying on whom.