becuase Paul Wellstone voted for it too. Only Russ Feingold voted NO. Even good people make errors in judgement sometimes, but that does not make them traitors.
Russ voted for Roberts, Rice & Ashcroft. Others voted for Patriot Act, IWR & NCLB. I don't believe Russ supports right wing philosophy anymore than I believe other Senators support what Bush has done with the authorities entrusted to him.
I feel some Dem's keep selling their souls to the GOP by supporting their agenda. The GOP ruthlessly liberals, yet we bend over for them.
I feel the political spectrum in the US has shifted significantly to the right, ever since many Dem's agreed to enter an illigal war and endorse the Patriot Act.
I'm worried the Democratic Party might split into two at this rate....
11. Let's hear it for the Senators that put in Sunset laws to this stupid act
It is tragic that it was passed, but considering the paranoia and manipulaion of the Chimpministration at the time, at least some sunset laws were established.
I certainly would not have signed it at the time, but...
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