Is Chris Dodd filibustering right now?

[housewolf]

Is this the filibuster he promised, or is he just talking about the issue?

I can't tell.

[disndat]

1. I've just got an email from Sen. Patrick Leahy

that he is joining Sen. Crhis Dodd filibustering the FISA bill. Send your Senators to join this FISA filibuster.

[gateley]

4. Does Lehey say WHEN the filibuster is going to be? I swear Dodd's begun

it already!

[Junkdrawer]

2. Not tonight. Tonight he's reading his case into the record. n/t

[housewolf]

3. Thanks!

He's making some great points, it helps to know what's going on.

[Deny and Shred]

5. I just posted this elsewhere, but I was uber-impressed with C. Dodd

who just delivered among the most comprehensive, convincing and impassioned denuciations of Bush Administrtion hubris I've heard. He is just finishing speaking now, and has destroyed, point by point, each argument for retroactive immunity over the course of two hours.
I can't help but note the stark difference between listening to an intelligent Senator and our beloved (ha ha) President, who can't spit out two sentences when he's reading from a teleprompter.
Although long, this speech was on point, quoting Tom Dasche's blunt refusal to approve the authority that Gonzo granted Bush, and deliniating exactly why this country ought to let this decision be made by the courts. 3 co-equal branches, and Congress can't decide to forgo the courts any more than Dodd himself can call Bush's action unlawful, AND no more than Bush can say it is lawful. It is for a court to decide, even a crap-ass judge he appointed.
It's rare that I get a quality gut feeling anymore that justice can actually be done, but I got it tonight. I can't find the transcript yet, but if available tomorrow, I'll be glad to parse it for y'all in a General Discussion. That is if I can create one, I guess I still considered a newbie who can't be trusted with that sort of thing.

I doubt it's available at CSPAN now, but...

http://www.cspan.org/watch/cs_cspan_wm.asp...