Obama Wants Longer Extension Of Patriot Act!

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   lady_love158posted 13 years ago

   http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/h … epublicans
   
   I'm soooo sick and tired of you liberals going on about Bush and the Patriot Act and giving Obama a pass! This president is a hypocrite pure and simple! He hates freedom and anyone that opposes his will!

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      C.J. Wrightposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Shouldn't be surprised. The war in Afghanistan is like a holy crusade to them now.

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      Greek Oneposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      does that mean Bush hated freedom too?

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         lovemychrisposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Oh.....GOOD one.
         
         
         There is no answer for that, but the obvious.

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            Evan G Rogersposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            I'll say it for everyone:
            
            George W. Bush was evil incarnate. I can't say that Obama is much better (in fact, I'd argue Obama's worse), Bush was still horrible. Evil. Disgusting. Filthy.
            
            HOWEVER
            
            If you hated him because of Gitmo, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Patriot Act, wiretapping, and the countless other horrors he undertook...
            
            ... then you MUST hate Obama for not ending these atrocities.
            
            If you fail this, then you are a hypocrite.
            
            'nuff said.

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               C.J. Wrightposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               ABSOLUTELY AGREE! There are a large number of Obama supporters that fit into this category. It's shamefull partisian politics at its worst!

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         Evan G Rogersposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         obviously, yes

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      Evan G Rogersposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      didn't he say he was going to repeal it?
      
      RON PAUL 2012!!!

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   knolyourselfposted 13 years ago

   Clinton was elected as a liberal. He wasn't as right wing as the Gingrich congress but put through right wing policies that the republicans could not,
   like free-trade which which began the death of American manufacturing, media
   consolidation and deregulation the markets, which has led to the recent Wall Street heist. Obama was elected as liberal and the proceeding is the same. He will push through right wing objectives that the republican party and Bush gang could maybe not. There is an entity beyond right and left.

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   lovemychrisposted 13 years ago

   Not only that, but the Righty's should be singing Obama's praises! But they are bashing him as always. When Bush did it, they cheered.

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      lady_love158posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I can assure you I fought hard against the Patriot Act when it was first proposed. In fact I wrote then senator Obama about it and his response indicating he would support the measure cemented my decision to vote against him...

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         lovemychrisposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Errrr, and the Ruling party....and the president...did you write to them?

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            Evan G Rogersposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Article 1 Section 1 of the US Constitution:
            
            "All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives."
            
            lady_love contacted the correct governmental body.
            
            PS: quit deflecting the issue at hand. You can't be mad at Lady for being against Obama's demand to extend the act, but also be mad at her for trying to get it not passed in the first place.
            
            Stick to your guns, lovemychris. Either you're against the patriot act, or you aren't. Which is it?

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               lovemychrisposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               Well--she only mentioned Obama. Republicans were the majority party back then.
               
               Why not write to them?
               And I half don't  believe it anyway....she hates him so much I doubt she would write him. She's Repub...why write to a democrat...and a minority party at that?
               
               And I'm against the Patriot Act. I just have to hope that the Obama administration uses it wisely. I certainly trust them more. I don't feel the cold, hard horror of Bushco.

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                  Evan G Rogersposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                  well, for starters, if she wrote to Obama, it would be likely that she lived in Illinois at the time...
                  
                  ... and the only other senator for her state was a Democrat....
                  
                  ... and depending on the district she lived in, she might've had a Democratic House member representing her.
                  
                  So, she likely contacted the right people!

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      Brenda Durhamposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      That's because it was in the hands of a patriot then.  Unlike now.  Obama's camp, rallied by Pelosi, remember, successfully labeled honest patriotic citizens as haters and possible terrorists, instead of going after the real terrorists.

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         lovemychrisposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         No--you mean right-wing terror squads?
         Oh, those are terrorists...Home Grown. In the likes of KKK and Operation Rescue.

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   Cagsilposted 13 years ago

   More government garbage to continue. Lovely. I guess keeping the nation living in fear is getting the results wanted.

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