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Bullshit! Republicans like to forget, but the Bush Administration can't be so easily hidden. It was the Bush Administration that started the TSA, indefinite det
by u2328 13y ago
Bullshit! Republicans like to forget, but the Bush Administration can't be so easily hidden. It was the Bush Administration that started the TSA, indefinite detentions at Guantanamo, the indefinite AUMF, the Yoo Torture Memos, the drone programs, the "Patriot Act" and NSA spying, not to mention other big government programs like "No Child Left Behind" and the unfunded Medicare Part D. Don't get me wrong; there are big, legitimate criticisms of the Obama Administration too, but don't let that "small government" rhetoric from the Republicans fool you. The GOP only wants small government when they're not in power.
- adventured 13y agoThe Bush Admin is worthy of just about any and all criticism one could muster. However, the domestic spying programs predate the Bush Administration. And it's worth noting, the Democrats have in no way been against the Patriot Act, in fact they've been very strongly in favor of it (which is why it wasn't killed during the super majority years). For example, Carnivore came into existence under President Clinton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivore_%28software%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivore_%28software%29 And there has always been suspicion of domestic abuse of Echelon by the NSA (and that program obviously dates back many decades). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON The only thing that began to change during the Bush years, is domestic spying came out into the open, with very little public resistance unfortunately. Your note about the GOP is accurate, they abuse power when they're in control just like the Democrats do. For example, it could be similarly said that the Democrats are only in favor of protecting civil liberties when they're the minority party (ie when it's convenient).