QUESTION: WHAT DO BARACK OBAMA, HILLARY CLINTON, AND THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SECURITY ACT (FISA) HAVE IN COMMON?

ANSWER: WASHINGTON POLITICIAN CHRIS CARNEY PUTS HIS FINGER IN THE WIND ABOUT ALL OF THEM.

Dallas, PA – It has been widely noted in Newsweek, the Citizens Voice, and elsewhere that Democrat incumbent Congressman Chris Carney has been famously indecisive about whether he supports Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama for President.  Prior to the Pennsylvania primary, super-delegate Carney repeatedly stated that he would support Clinton or Obama if either won a large majority in the 10th District.  Well, Hillary Clinton won 70% of the vote in the 10th, but politician Carney still refuses to take a stand, thereby breaking his word to the voters.

Of much greater importance to most Americans is the FISA bill, a key homeland security law that gives authority to our intelligence agencies to wiretap terrorists’ communications.  That power must be renewed by Congress, and while the Senate has acted, the House refuses to.

Enter politician Chris Carney.  In January, Carney wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in support of the Senate FISA bill, stating along with other congressmen, “We believe [this] will ensure a strong national security apparatus that can thwart terrorism across the globe and save American lives here in our country.”  However, with Pelosi refusing to bring the Senate FISA bill up for consideration, Chris Carney has the ability to force her hand but refuses to do so.  Rather than joining the effort to force a House vote on the FISA bill, Carney is siding with Pelosi and MoveOn.Org, in favor of doing nothing and thereby weakening our terrorist surveillance capacity.

Republican congressional nominee Chris Hackett commented this way: “I’m proud to support John McCain for President.  It doesn’t matter to me whether Chris Carney supports Obama or Clinton, but I would hope he’d at least keep his word to the voters on that.  What does matter to me is our national security, and it’s most unfortunate that Chris Carney says he’s for a tough terrorist surveillance bill, but when he has the chance to actually do something about it, he takes a pass.  That’s the kind of say-one-thing-but-do-another Washington politics we’ve seen far too much of.  I urge Congressman Carney to drop his partisan approach that threatens our security, and join those who are attempting to force a House vote on the FISA bill.”

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