Senator Jay Rockefeller
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Jay Rockefeller Has Betrayed Us One Time Too Many
I did not think it could possibly get worse when Senator Rockefeller voted to legalize torture and remove the ancient promise of habeas corpus from American law when he voted for the Military Commissions Act. Tragically, I was mistaken.
In the summer of 2007, Senator Jay Rockefeller voted for the Protect America Act, to allow President Bush to set up massive electronic spying operations against the American people, reading our email, listening to our telephone calls, and watching us as we surf the web, and doing it all without any search warrant - without ever needing to give a reason for the spying at all. In February 2008, Senator Jay Rockefeller voted to make these unlimited spy powers for President Bush permanent, and to give special retroactive legal immunity to telephone companies who broke the law by helping President Bush spy against law-abiding Americans years before the Protect America Act was passed.
Senator Jay Rockefeller has betrayed us by giving George W. Bush, the most incompetent and despised President in American history, the powers of Big Brother.
Senator Jay Rockefeller has betrayed Democrats over and over, but the truth is worse than that. Senator Jay Rockefeller has broken his solemn Oath of Office. He has betrayed us all by helping the enemies of the Constitution of the United States of America.
The time for Jay Rockefeller to take the support of Democratic voters is over. The time for Jay Rockefeller to be kicked out of office has come.
The Democratic Rebellion against Jay Rockefeller has begun. Spread the word.
Will Rockefeller Be Defeated in the West Virginia Senate Primary?
Will Jay Rockefeller's Democratic rivals take away the Democratic Senate nomination
Democrats Sheirl Fletcher and Billy Hendricks are riding a wave of populist Democratic resentment against Jay Rockefeller's betrayals of core Democratic values. Will they be able to defeat Rockefeller in the May 13 primary in 2008?
Four Things To Remember About Jay Rockefeller
1. Rockefeller voted against Democrats to start the Iraq War
2. Rockefeller voted against Democrats to revoke habeas corpus and allow torture, with the Military Commissions Act
3. Rockefeller worked against Democrats, against censure of George W. Bush
4. Rockefeller voted against Democrats to give Bush unstoppable Big Brother spying powers against Americans, with the FISA Amendments Act
Jay Rockefeller has broken the trust of West Virginia Democrats.
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- Senator Rockefeller may have voted to help George W. Bush start the mess of the Iraq War, but we don't have to go along quietly for the ride.
- Vote Peace
- Vote for peace in 2008. Vote Jay Rockefeller out of the U.S. Senate, and send a message to the West Virginia Democratic Party to never allow another pro-war, right wing Democrat to obtain the Democratic nomination again!
Understanding Rockefeller's Betrayal With the FISA Amendments Act
What the Protect America Act and the FISA Amendments Act are all about
1. The FISA Amendments Act permits the Attorney General of the United States to order physical searches of your home, your workplace, your property or any other place without the warrant required by the 4th Amendment to the Constitution. A secret FISA court can retroactively determine that the search was inappropriate, but if the Attorney General decides at his or her own discretion that information gained has something to do with a threat to somebody's security, the information can still be used. The sick punchline is that the Attorney General is tasked with determining whether the Attorney General's conduct in this regard is legal.
2. The FISA Amendments Act permits the government to eavesdrop on your private conversations over the phone, by e-mail or by fax, indeed on any American's such conversations, without the warrant required by the 4th Amendment to the Constitution. Even if a secret FISA court retroactively determines that the search was inappropriate, the administration in office can decide that the information gained was important anyway and still use it. And yes, as with physical searches, the administration is itself tasked with determining the appropriateness of its conduct.
3. Telecommunications corporations are prohibited by law from sharing your personal private information with the government unless there is explicit legal authorization. That's for your protection, and it is, again, mandated by the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The FISA Amendments Act lets telecommunications corporations off the hook for breaking this law for year after year during the reign of the Bush administration. What's worse than simply coddling corporate crooks, by giving telecommunications corporations immunity from lawsuits for breaking the law the Bush administration makes it impossible for its system of warrantless wiretapping to be brought into the court system for adjudication, which is how the constitutionality of government action is decided. If the FISA Amendments Act is passed, say goodbye to your chance to see surveillance of Americans without a warrant ruled unconstitutional. Such cases will be outlawed.
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West Virginia Medical Program wrote
JR - Legalize Medical Marijuana - West Virginia Needs Freedom.
Spend some time with a medical marijuana patient and then help the people.
Legalize it!
Posted June 17, 2009
Lisa Tyree wrote
His family is Illuminati bringing us the future New World Order Bush's dad talked about, so he would take the measures he has you despise. Go through any search engine on the NWO or some negative article on the Rockefellers & you'll see this is very real & I'm not making this up. The Rockefellers are heavily involved with everything. Find out who they really are.
You need to educate yourself like that for your own sake so that you can figure what you're to do to help yourself. Please listen & give yourself a chance. LOL! :-))
Posted January 27, 2009
matthew robert wrote
JR is a coward and a liar who does not understand one of the basic laws of cause and effect- you surrender your reality to the one(s) you lie to, despite how often you slide your pointer finger across the side of your nose. Matthew...NRS. LAAL.
Posted December 09, 2008
mischler54 wrote
Sir,
I am writing to find out if you had any luck obtaining an ID for my daughter.
Her name is Maureen Mischler, she sent you the paperwork two weeks ago and you agreed to help her. We have not heard anything since let us know.
daughters e mail : dianarose042000@yahoo.com
She does not have a phone at this time.
Posted October 30, 2008
Thanna Wentz wrote
Dear Senator, I feel you have shown no respect for your WV constiuents by endorsing Obama when the vote in WV was over 2-1 in favor of Hilary. Who are you working for anyway? Yes, this is one too many incidents of betrayal.
Posted June 01, 2008
