Shame on You Chris Carney

Shame on you Chris Carney. I have been following some of his votes and I have to say that I am disappointed. He is nothing more than a Blue Dog. A DINO (Democrat in Name Only).

Let's take a look at some of his votes.

He voted against Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007. It would expand the 1969 federal hate crime laws to include crimes motivated by the victim's actual or percieved gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. The bill would also do the following.

• remove the current prerequisite that the victim be engaging in a federally-protected activity, like voting or going to school;
• give federal authorities greater ability to engage in hate crimes investigations that local authorities choose not to pursue;
• provide $10 million in funding for 2008 and 2009 to help State and local agencies pay for investigating and prosecuting hate crimes;
• require the FBI to track statistics on hate crimes against transgendered people (statistics for the other groups are already tracked)

It passed the House 237-180. Carney voted along with 166 Republicans against this. I would like to know why. Only 14 Democrats, including Carney voted against it. I plan on calling his office Tuesday and inquiring. I will post an reply pending if I get one. When he campaigned he said he supported it.

What has me really perturbed about Carney is his support for tele-com immunity. Sadly for us, Carney supports immunity and he supports the extension of Bush's wiretaps.

This is an interesting tidbit from the NRCC. A moment where Hackett and Carney agree.

"Hackett and Carney agree on part of the bill. Both said telecommunications companies that were asked by the White House to engage in wiretapping should be given retroactive immunity, because they were just following federal government orders."

Telecommunications companies should NOT receive any immunity from lawsuits. If they broke the law they should be punished. I believe they did violate our civil liberties by aiding the Bush Administration by helping them carry out illegal surveillance.

He has also continued to vote against troop redeployment.

He is no better than a Republican on these rather important issues. I hope that next election a progressive has the courage to run against him. Carney is only a step backwards. Just because he is a Democrat means we are getting anywhere.

That's how I see it.