Irregular Times Diaries: Unfit Discussion » john garamendi http://irregulartimes.com/diaries In a time of the spring, old paths are obscured and new growth begins. Sun, 05 Jun 2011 17:02:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 What Was John Garamendi Thinking? http://irregulartimes.com/diaries/2010/03/what-was-john-garamendi-thinking/ http://irregulartimes.com/diaries/2010/03/what-was-john-garamendi-thinking/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:52:57 +0000 jclifford http://irregulartimes.com/diaries/?p=1487 Congressman John Garamendi‘s district is strongly progressive, having re-elected Ellen Tauscher repeatedly. So, you’d think that Garamendi, a new member of the House of representatives, just elected a couple months ago in a special election, would try to follow in Tauscher’s progressive footsteps.

Not so. Last week, Representative Garamendi voted to extend the Patriot Act’s worst spying abuses against Americans without any reforms at all.

What was John Garamendi thinking, giving his endorsements to one of the most flagrant violations of the Constitution under George W. Bush? Did he think his vote would escape attention? Did he think no one would protest, just because he’s a Democrat?

Will Garamendi’s calculation end up being correct? Will Democrats simply vote for Garamendi because he’s a Democrat, no matter how anti-progressive his voting record in Congress turns out to be?

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