What was St. Obama's position on the Patriot Act in 2001?

[jackson_dem]

Surely St. Obama made a statement denouncing what noted DINOs Ted Kennedy, Paul Wellstone, Barbara Boxer, John Edwards (although he remember he was a Democrat long enough to insert a sunset provision into the bill), and Hillary Clinton voted for a month after 9/11.

Here is who voted for it. It was clearly a horrible bill whose flaws were apparent to all true progressives, like Barack Obama. :sarcasm:

Patriot Act

YEAs ---98
Akaka (D-HI)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Bond (R-MO)
Boxer (D-CA)
Breaux (D-LA)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Byrd (D-WV)
Campbell (R-CO)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carnahan (D-MO)
Carper (D-DE)
Chafee (R-RI)
Cleland (D-GA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Corzine (D-NJ)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
Daschle (D-SD)
Dayton (D-MN)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dodd (D-CT)
Domenici (R-NM)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Edwards (D-NC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Fitzgerald (R-IL)
Frist (R-TN)
Graham (D-FL)
Gramm (R-TX)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Helms (R-NC)
Hollings (D-SC)
Hutchinson (R-AR)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)

NAYs ---1
Feingold (D-WI)

Not Voting - 1
Landrieu (D-LA)

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/r ...

[donheld]

1. Totally illrelivant!

We have more important things to discuss. Like who snubbed whom? :sarcasm:

[jackson_dem]

2. I have never Obamites talk about St. Obama speaking out against it

Surely a constitutional law professor had an opinion on it?

[NJSecularist]

3. St. Edwards voted for the Patriot Act

The great purveyor of badmouthing the evil corporate interests voted for giving more power to the government.

So Edwards isn't as perfect as all the Edheads say he is?

[jackson_dem]

4. So did Wellstone, Kennedy, Leahy, Boxer and a total of 49 of 50 Democrats

I guess they all must be frauds too. :sarcasm:

Now what was Obama's position then on a bill that passed with 99% support?