Did you know Joe Biden was the drafter of the Patriot Act, and thus the godfather of our modern surveillance state?

Biden drafted the bill in the mid-nineties, but it was so flagrantly unconstitutional it got nowhere. But then in the hysteria after 9/11 the Bush administration repackaged Biden's bill, it passed overwhelmingly and the surveillance state was born. e.g. http://tinyurl.com/y6ry24bu

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jackjjackson · 61-69, M

Very interesting. Does the DNC remember?

beckychandler · F

@jackjjackson "Another potential sticking point for liberals: Biden not only voted for the 2001 Patriot Act, he, on many occasions, claimed credit for writing it." in a BuzzFeed article "The Many Occasions Joe Biden Took Credit For Writing The Patriot Act" http://tinyurl.com/y29unvzw

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

Facts are a bitch. Racially prejudiced liberally lying liberals can’t avoid facts.

beckychandler · F

@jackjjackson But this shouldn't be a problem for liberals anyway.Long gone are the days when liberals were concerned about civil liberties and government surveillance of U.S. citizens. They want to hang Assange and Snowden high.

And of course they have no problem with the surveillance of Trump and his campaign and what was essentially an attempted coup by our intelligence behemoths

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

It certainly shouldn’t be but the liberally lying liberals have sure cluttered up this thread with a lot of whining. @beckychandler