Democratic Primary voters who embrace the PATRIOT Act and other Bush era policies

[reddread]

can you tell me why these changes to the American way of life sit well with you?

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Patriot Act specifically - not all just that -

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”


― Upton Sinclair, I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked

[PowerToThePeople]

2. Because they are really Republicans.

[GoneFishin]

3. My thought also. Another question would be "If you embrace right wing policies why not identify

yourself as a Republican?"

[PowerToThePeople]

4. Imo, religion.

Republican party was fractured long ago into the god fearing conservatives and the selfish bastards. Selfish bastards saw the rise of the neo-liberals and decided they had more in common with them than religious nuts, so they jumped ship. Now we have the deal with the shitstains here.

[reddread]

5. I have a similar belief

I believe many disillusioned service members migrated away from the maniac Bush's Party but continue to harbor
ingrained beliefs that support Bush policies within the Democratic voter base.

[GoneFishin]

9. Interesting. I had not considered that the greedy bastards would be so embarrassed by W

and other RW whackjobs that they would jump ship.

That sucks for us.

[reddread]

11. not then, much earlier

like 10 or 15 years previously.

[GoneFishin]

16. Oh, ok. Were the GOP party leaders as nutty back then?

[reddread]

17. they turned the Moral Majority loose, leading up to the endless series of televangilist disgraces

the Republican leadership were just as evil.
it all went way south and fundy post Carter.
all turned into WWF style politics eventually.
which seems to me is what WWF intended to permit.

[GoneFishin]

19. Oh. That's right. The televangelist kooks.

[JackInGreen]

13. Was always my question

When I'd see tehadists terrify mainstream 'conservatives' . "How long until they try and Co opt us? They've got ready allies"

[Thinkingabout]

6. We don't ride to town on horseback anymore. The world has changed around us.

We are sharing a world with ISIS and other terrorists groups, they don't travel by horseback.

[reddread]

7. Cherokee Chief

http://journal-neo.org/2015/10/09/the-mystery-of-isis-toyota-army-solved/

[Scuba]

8. Really? You're afraid of ISIS and are willing to sell out our civil liberties to feel better?

[GoneFishin]

10. ISIS? ISIS??? Oh no! I think I may have soiled my pants. I am going to go change my drawers and hide

under my bed.

[NYCButterfinger]

14. If you're not afraid of ISIS, something is wrong.

That is why the GOP won on Tuesday. They think that Democrats are not afraid of terrorism and ISIS, and are scared about domestic things.

[Fumesucker]

15. Eh, I grew up doing "duck and cover" at school in preparation for global thermonuclear war

ISIS is pretty small potatoes compared to that...

[GoneFishin]

18. They are correct. I am more likely to be shot by a cop than ISIS. Republicans and anybody else who

has not figured that out yet is stupid. We spend 113% of our national budget on weapons systems, and nothing to make our lives healthier, happier, and safer inside of our borders.

[leveymg]

12. In the end, they came to love Big Brother.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

20. "Land of the free and home of the brave" = False advertising.

[reddread]

23. freedom's just another word

we dont need to use anymore.

[pinebox]

21. Hillary voted YES on the Patriot Act

I want to hear some of her supporters here on DU defend this.

Clinton and Sanders voted differently on the USA Patriot Act, a 2001 bill designed to combat terrorism, in part by granting broad surveillance powers to the National Security Agency. In her first year as a senator, Clinton voted in favor of the bill, while Sanders, by that time a 10-year veteran of the House, voted against it.

The pair did not change positions on votes to renew the legislation in 2005 and 2006.

Sanders voted against a second extension in 2011 as well, three years after Clinton left the Senate for the State Department.
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/article/2015/sep/02/11-examples-hillary-clinton-and-bernie-sanders-hol/

[reddread]

22. 3x ?