http://techliberation.com/2007/10/25/the-politics-of-telecom-immunity/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2007/10/25/the-politics-of-telecom-immunity/comment-page-1/#comment-47842 Gary McGath Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:11:16 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/10/25/the-politics-of-telecom-immunity/#comment-47842 <p>They aren't caving in because they think they'll lose elections for being "soft on terrorism." They're caving in because Bush needs to sign any bills that Congress passes, and they need some measure of Republican support for their pork-barrel projects. What they want is to get money to their districts that they can point at in their campaigns, and this requires deal-making.</p> They aren’t caving in because they think they’ll lose elections for being “soft on terrorism.” They’re caving in because Bush needs to sign any bills that Congress passes, and they need some measure of Republican support for their pork-barrel projects. What they want is to get money to their districts that they can point at in their campaigns, and this requires deal-making.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2007/10/25/the-politics-of-telecom-immunity/comment-page-1/#comment-39685 Gary McGath Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:11:16 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/10/25/the-politics-of-telecom-immunity/#comment-39685 <p>They aren't caving in because they think they'll lose elections for being "soft on terrorism." They're caving in because Bush needs to sign any bills that Congress passes, and they need some measure of Republican support for their pork-barrel projects. What they want is to get money to their districts that they can point at in their campaigns, and this requires deal-making.</p> They aren’t caving in because they think they’ll lose elections for being “soft on terrorism.” They’re caving in because Bush needs to sign any bills that Congress passes, and they need some measure of Republican support for their pork-barrel projects. What they want is to get money to their districts that they can point at in their campaigns, and this requires deal-making.

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