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In reply to the discussion: I just left the Democratic party over NSA spying [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)rights we are guaranteed as citizens of this country and the egregious violations that have been taking place ever since this phony war on terror was used to strike so much fear into the people they would willingly go along with giving up their rights, should leave the party. I think we should not only stay but with the knowledge we now have that we did not have in previous years, begin the process of forcing OUR party to start standing up against these Bush policies.
Eg, we need to join the ACLU and other Civil liberties organizations in pressuring Democrats to stop supporting these Bush policies and begin the process of restoring the rights taken away by Bush, as they promised to do.
They could start by acting as quickly as they did when they passed the FISA Bill, designed to protect Bush and his puppets in the Telecom industry from prosecution by legalizing what was ILLEGAL when Bush was caught doing it, and introduce a Bill just as quickly to restore the old Bill which made this kind of spying illegal.
They need to hear from the people every day until they get the message that unless they start acting on our behalf, they will be primaried with people who will. But it IS our party and we should not be driven out of it leaving it to the Corps to control. It WILL be a fight, but we are far better prepared now than we ever were before.