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Patriotic folk who supported PA during Bush regime support it under Obama regime too?

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Or will we see a change in public support for PA?

Going by popular belief among some pro freedom circles that war on terra would last rest of our lifetimes, are supporters of PA married to it regardless of which POTUS is in office?
 
HuffPo and MSNBC would soon start attacking Obama, such principled folks they are:

Did Obama Break His Campaign Promise to Scrap the Patriot Act?‎ - 9 hours ago

Then-Senatorial candidate Obama in 2003 branded the Patriot Act "shoddy and dangerous" and pledged to dump it. He made the pledge in response to a ...
Huffington Post (blog)



Look for Fox, Beck etc to come to Obama's defense.
 
With the news that Obama has reauthorised the PATRIOT Act and an impending Fed audit, I predict that things are going to get a whole new level of interesting before much longer.

This is going to cause a vast schism between his supporters on the basis of constitutional rights on the grounds that it is a continuation and expansion of one of the most hated legacies of the Bush administration; since he's got into office, he's broken all his promises one way or another, and I cannot possibly see how Obama would get voted back into office at this point.
 
EFF.org: In Warrantless Wiretapping Case, Obama DOJ's New Arguments Are Worse Than Bush's

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04...orse-than-bush


Threat Level Privacy, Crime and Security Online
Obama Claims Immunity, As New Spy Case Takes Center Stage

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/jewel/

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Actually in all fairness Keith Olbermann did call Obama out for being worse than Bush regarding his advancement of warantless wiretapping.


YouTube - Obama legalising Warrantless Wiretapping & More!


Ok, I stand corrected. Thanks for that. Now I have some respect for Olbermann.



silverhawks said:
This is going to cause a vast schism between his supporters on the basis of constitutional rights on the grounds that it is a continuation and expansion of one of the most hated legacies of the Bush administration; since he's got into office, he's broken all his promises one way or another, and I cannot possibly see how Obama would get voted back into office at this point.

This is one of the few scenarios that make Obama a one term POTUS. Good points.
 
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