Thread: Obama Building Autocracy Through Intimidation And Smearing The Opposition
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Old 10-26-2008
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Re: Obama Building Autocracy Through Intimidation And Smearing The Opposition
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Originally Posted by DoctorsBill View Post
The first test for Obama will be how quickly he moves to repeal the USA PATRIOT Act. This has been a bugaboo of the left for 7 years, a major talking point during his left-wing courtship. Will he keep his promises to MoveOn.org and endanger the lives of Americans, or will he govern responsibly and use the emminently reasonable powers of that Act aggressively in order to keep us safe.
Ironically, I think the Patriot Act is one of those common ground areas for libertarian/privacy advocates/limited government advocates on both sides...
By far the most strongly anti-Patriot act candidate in the primaries was a Republican.

(And I'm all for repealing it, but I'm fairly doubtful that Obama will.)
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