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In reply to the discussion: I'm shocked! I'm outraged! I can't believe the Patriot Act has been... enacted!? [View all]GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)30. Of course the conservative base isn't outraged. Sean Hannity didn't tell them they should be
outraged and they lack the critical thinking to foresee the bad direction this could lead. They routinely ignore or rewrite history. And they routinely vote against their own best interests.
Faux News and the Republican leadership on the whole aren't going to object, it will be their finest wet dream to pick up where Obama leaves off, and "enhance" the system the next time they get power again. It is the same with the drone program and other right-wing programs. They have no intention of slowing any of those programs down.
So instead they beat dead horses like Benghazi.
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I'm shocked! I'm outraged! I can't believe the Patriot Act has been... enacted!? [View all]
fried eggs
Jun 2013
OP
WRONG WRONG WRONG!!! Patriot Act authorized bake sales not data collection /sarcasm < this is needed
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#6
He is better, facts matter...this president didn't break the law just not doing what a lot of
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#8
Of course the conservative base isn't outraged. Sean Hannity didn't tell them they should be
GoneFishin
Jun 2013
#30
I'm shocked and surprised that some here are shocked and surprised that
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
Jun 2013
#13
Many people are here to convince you that you are over reacting. They are wrong.
GoneFishin
Jun 2013
#34
There has been a common theme with the "scandals" lately. They mostly have been older events served
okaawhatever
Jun 2013
#35
I think a lot of people forgot about the law. Or at least didn't think it was being used.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2013
#39
I'm sure he didn't. As he explained, when he got into office, he saw the results
Honeycombe8
Jun 2013
#44