Three Senate Moderates in Support of Tyranny

Remember these names: Ben Nelson (D), Susan Collins (R) and Olympia Snow (R).  All are characterized as 'moderates'.

Nelson and Collins voted against the Specter Amendment to the Military Detentions bill - the amendment would have striken the habeas corpus provisions (the worse part of an awful bill) from the overall bill.

All Democrats except Nelson voted for the Amendment and four Republicans with some conscience joined the Dems in the vote: Lincoln Chafee, Gordon Smith, Arlen Specter, John Sununu.

Olympia Snowe did not vote.  

If Snowe, Collins and Nelson had voted for the Specter amendment, as so-called 'moderates', the amendment would have succeeded.

Remember these names: Nelson, Snowe, and Collins.  Each of these Senators needs a real Democrat to oppose them in their next election.

Harry Reid and the Dem. leadership deserve our thanks for preserving a nearly unanimous Democratic opposition to adding tyranny to our laws.

Now, time for a filibuster.