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In reply to the discussion: Nothing worse for the Democratic Party or the United States than the spying apologists who [View all]pragmatic_dem
(410 posts)surveillance programs isn't the worst thing?
I don't see any evidence that Democratic Party is opposed to spying, or drones. Not in any majority way.
How do you explain Nancy Pelosi running around Congress ordering people to not vote against citizen surveillance programs?
After all, not prosecuting torturers wasn't a big deal. You know, old news. Forgive and forget.
And not prosecuting Wall Street fraud subsidized by trillions from citizens and costing millions of jobs, disrupting millions of families and causing worldwide economic ruin wasn't a big deal. ZERO prosecutions. Moving forward, I guess.
And, of course, we need to move on past the lies of the Iraq war. No biggie.
And beefing up the Patriot Act was no big deal for Democratic Leadership, barely a peep from Republican or Democrat.
Certainly, in this light, who would be surprised that Dem leadership is throwing their weight behind spying?
Just how bad must a government or political organization behave before it becomes a "big deal"?
God help us all when that day comes.