05-25-2011, 10:39 PM
(05-25-2011, 10:33 PM)username Wrote: I'm totally confused. The patriot act was signed in to law under Bush (errr, a Republican) but democrats are chickenshit because most want to extend it?
You are confused about them attaching it to another piece of legislation so that it cannot be debated and changed? That didn't strike you as wrong?
You are getting bad about seeing people in terms of party. You assume I am a Republican. You read my words in that light.
I'm not a registered Republican, btw. Haven't been for 15 years. You can pretend I am if that helps...
You have to look at things historically instead of politically. When the Patriot Act was signed in to law we were in the post 9⁄11 grip and had Ricin infested letters being sent and we had splinter cells to sniff out of hiding. It is a little different now. We should be able to debate these things in our nation's capitol, not be chickenshits and hide them.
There are both Rs and Ds supporting the Patriot Act. It SHOULD be debated. This is what I'm protesting: "Senate Democrats have decided to use a small-business extension bill as a vehicle for approving an extension of expiring Patriot Act authorities."
The Dems did a dirty. Admit it.