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

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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. [i]e.g.[/i] [c=#BF0000]http://tinyurl.com/y6ry24bu[/c]
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windinhishair · 61-69, M
That's untrue. Biden did author anti-terrorism legislation following the bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995, but it didn't pass the Senate. The Patriot Act contained wiretapping provisions that Biden voted against. So you're just plain wrong on this one.
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
You’re just clueless. It’s not animus you simply have no clue 😂😂😂😂😂 @windinhishair
windinhishair · 61-69, M
[@Jackassjjackoofsonjr] Except I'm correct. You, on the other hand, live to deliberately mislead and obfuscate, and troll.
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
Ms Chandler’s post is 100% accurate and factual. Nonetheless you attempt to claim it says something it does not. The readers all know. You’re a twit. @windinhishair
windinhishair · 61-69, M
@jackjjackson You really should stop your deliberate lies. Everyone knows you do it as a partisan hack.
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
Ms Romero proved you a deliberate liar YET AGAIN. @windinhishair
windinhishair · 61-69, M
@jackjjackson That's hilarious. You obviously didn't compare the two documents. I did. They aren't even close to the same. But keep your delusion if it helps you save face knowing everyone knows you are lying.
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
Sorry. Biden’s document is intrusive as is the patriot act. Nice try. @windinhishair
windinhishair · 61-69, M
@jackjjackson Two very different documents belie the claim that Biden wrote the Patriot Act. But don't let facts get in your way. You never do.
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
Ms Chandler started this excellent and accurate thread. Take up your non issues with her. @windinhishair
windinhishair · 61-69, M
@jackjjackson You butted your ass in where it was neither wanted nor appreciated, spouted misinformation and blatant lies, and will now hopefully leave for your last dick sandwich of the evening.
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
Sorry wrong again. My interpretation has been “hearted” by at least one of them and yours has not. As usual you lose. @windinhishair
windinhishair · 61-69, M
@jackjjackson Hearting your own posts doesn't count. That's such a lame trumpian move.
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
Nope wasn’t me. It was one of the ladies. You’re a nasty “man”. @windinhishair
windinhishair · 61-69, M
[@Jackoffjjackassonjr] Another laughable accusation from the ongoing purveyor of nasty memes, pencil-dick Jack.
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
@windinhishair CNET reported:

[i]"[b]Months before the Oklahoma City bombing took place[/b], Biden introduced another bill called the Omnibus Counterterrorism Act of 1995. It previewed the 2001 Patriot Act by allowing secret evidence to be used in prosecutions, [b]expanding the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and wiretap laws[/b], creating a new federal crime of “terrorism” that could be invoked based on political beliefs, permitting the U.S. military to be used in civilian law enforcement, and allowing permanent detention of non-U.S. citizens without judicial review.* The Center for National Security Studies said the bill would erode “constitutional and statutory due process protections” and would 'authorize the Justice Department to pick and choose crimes to investigate and prosecute based on political beliefs'

[b]Biden himself draws parallels between his 1995 bill and its 2001 cousin. 'I drafted a terrorism bill after the Oklahoma City bombing. And the bill John Ashcroft sent up was my bill,' he said when the Patriot Act was being debated, according to the New Republic"[/b][/i](emphasis added) [c=#BF0000]http://tinyurl.com/y6ry24bu[/c] (as I have previously linked above, with more)
windinhishair · 61-69, M
@beckychandler All you have to do is examine both bills. They aren't the same, nor are they even close to the same. There are some common elements because they both address counterterrorism. But Joe Biden did not draft the Patriot Act, no matter how you slice it.
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
No one said he did windbag. He said much of the Patriot Act “was his Bill”. He didn’t say all of it. Don’t be such a jackass. @windinhishair
windinhishair · 61-69, M
[@Jackassjjackassonjr] The OP did. You can neither read nor comprehend. The perfect Trump apologist. Jackass is even your name.
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
You disgust me. It’s amazing how racially prejudiced mentally lightweight liberals like you windbag claim people say things that anyone can easily see they do not (meaning you blatantly lie)@windinhishair
hlpflwthat · M
@jackjjackson Easy Jcube - you'll use all your rage before lunch.

Try reading - out loud if it helps - the very first line of the post up top. Follow that with the very first line following the picture/image.

[quote]Did you know Joe Biden was the drafter of the Patriot Act[/quote]

[quote]Biden drafted the bill in the mid-nineties[/quote]

Now wipe the froth from the corners of your mouth and read your own words ...

[quote]No one said he did windbag[/quote]

The problem with your claim is that the original poster clearly claimed - twice - that he did. Have a nice day :)
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
You are picking nits. Biden himself has taken the credit. @hlpflwthat
windinhishair · 61-69, M
[@Jackassjjackoffsonjr] You are despicable for taking a statement like [quote]Joe Biden was the drafter of the Patriot Act[/quote] and deliberately lying by saying [quote]No one said he did [/quote]. Your sick, pandering, hyperpartisan support that flies in the face of facts is disgusting, though not unexpected for someone like you. Your thin skin and clear mental deficiency is showing, and it isn't pretty. You are still triggered about your lies a week ago. Give it up, dipshit.
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
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windinhishair · 61-69, M
[@Jackassjjackoffsonjr] You are still triggered from having previous lies exposed for all to see.