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Dem Leader Harry Reid & Patriot Act

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News, from Drudge:
FLASHBACK: DEM LEADER HARRY REID ALL SMILES AT PATRIOT ACT SIGNING

THE DRUDGE REPORT has uncovered a photograph of President Bush signing the Patriot Act in the East Room of the White House on October 26, 2001.

And standing over the President’s shoulder with a smile on his face is Democratic Senate Minority Harry Reid (D-NV)!

Reid is currently leading efforts in the Senate to block the renewal of the Patriot Act.

After Reid successfully prevented the Patriot Act’s renewal late last week the Senator attended a Democrat political rally and proudly declared, “We killed the Patriot Act.”

One Republican strategist familiar with the photo said, “Democrats think they can regain the majority? Not a chance if they continue to put politics above what’s best for the country. Harry Reid is making a colossal miscalculation, but it's not the first time and thankfully for us, probably not the last.”

Developing...
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It's also a sign of a healthy mind to be able to change it when new information or maturity or education causes one to think or rethink a position. A person who "stays the course" indefinitely regardless of anything new is a fucking idiot. And when there's an overwhelming direction change in information and one remains intransigent, entrenched in his position, and that person is in a position of power, that person is a dangerous idiot. Could start a war for no good reason. Or spy on people illegally. Or lie, lie, lie.

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I notice this Dudge Report fails to mention FISA - Foreign Intelligence Surveilence Act - which allows for unwarranted surveilence of American citizens for 72 hours BEFFORE getting court permission to do so. They can get the court to OK the surveilence retroactively.But that's the last resort. Prior to that, the Prez could use the emergency court for said permission within a few hours. So Bush's assertion that he needed to be able to act with speed is challenged by the established protocol. This Drudge Report also fails to mention whether Clinton or Carter went through proper procedure within the law, or whether they did what Bush did, which was to act outside the law on his own. Then again, Bush has shown a great disrespect for either law or truths.If that man had been my skydiving instructor I'd probably be dead.Fucking asshole!

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I thought you guys supported diplomacy? Do I need to post pictures of other presidents with Arafat, Hitler, Stalin?

That picture is such a lame argument. Now if Dick Cheney said he never met Saddam, it'd be something. Kinda like Reid "never" supported the PA... well the picture shows differently.
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Agreed. Just because Reid smiled at a signing has nothing to do whether it's a good idea to support the Patriot Act NOW.



True, but is that how it's being passed off? Is he saying that he thought it was a good idea at first, but now he doesn't because it's politically advantageous to him to be against it? If he'd been against it from the start, it'd be different.

He must be one of the other responsible officials who didn't read it before they voted FOR it. Either way, he looks like a chump.
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>That picture is such a lame argument.

Agreed. Just because Reid smiled at a signing has nothing to do whether it's a good idea to support the Patriot Act NOW.



It has as much to do with him supporting the PA now as the picture showing Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam has to do with our most recent (non)support of him.

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