Yes the R's would have said he was soft on pick your poison, but I think there is a vast middle who doesn't like the broad stroke control measures of that specific law. And it would have been the right thing to do.
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Jeff Miles <[email protected]> wrote: > No he couldn't. And not have survived the criticism of anything else > he wants to get done. "Soft on communism" comes to mind. It would have been > echoed through the media had he repealed the Patriot Act. "He's nothing but > a socialist soft on terrorism." > Terrorism and socialism seem to be key words these days for people > who only need a word or two when it comes to how they'll vote. Look at the > issue and think, who needs that? We've got these couple of words that tell > us all we need to know. > I was thinking when the Patriot Act came in how handy it would be if > I was every really mad at one of my neighbors. But try getting rid of it now > and your considered soft on terrorism. What there a few comments on ideology > vs reality? > > > Jeff Miles > [email protected] > > Join my Mafia > http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=550968726 > > On Feb 28, 2010, at 8:46 PM, mike wrote: > > > He could have say..not signed it. Forced the R's to try and sell the > > patriot act yet again. There were plenty of D's who wanted to add some > > protections for the citizens in there...waitaminute isn't that what the > > constitution is for? This is the kind of issue those crazy tea party > people > > would have backed the D's on. > > > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Jeff Miles <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Yep, damn neocons. I'm not letting Obama off the hook on this, but > >> repealing something isn't as easy and cut and dried as it sounds. Easy > to > >> talk about, but damn hard to do. Just look at the "don't ask, don't > tell" > >> crap. You'd think they'd just change the rule and allow competent people > in > >> the military. But most should know from history that changing the mind > of > >> the military is damn hard. I'll also bring up the equal rights allowed > >> blacks under the Johnson(?) administration. How long has that taken? > >> Legality is one thing, changing a mindset is something completely > different. > >> > >> > >> Jeff Miles > >> [email protected] > >> > >> Join my Mafia > >> http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=550968726 > >> > >> On Feb 28, 2010, at 5:43 PM, mike wrote: > >> > >>> Of course...like the patriot act that neocon Obama just extended. Damn > >>> neocons! > >>> > >>> On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 6:34 PM, tjpa <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Feb 28, 2010, at 8:10 PM, mike wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> It's frightening to think there are some out there who believe all > >>>>> regulation is inherently good. > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> No body wrote that. There are certainly a percent or two of > regulations > >>>> that are not beneficial. Those will, of course, be the only > regulations > >> that > >>>> the neocons will want to talk about. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >> > ************************************************************************* > >>>> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy > >> ** > >>>> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/** > >>>> > >> > ************************************************************************* > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > ************************************************************************* > >>> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy > ** > >>> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/** > >>> > ************************************************************************* > >> > >> > >> > >> > ************************************************************************* > >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy > ** > >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > >> > ************************************************************************* > >> > > > > > > ************************************************************************* > > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > > ************************************************************************* > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
