Whatever happens in the short term the PATRIOT Act can be repealed. If, that is, we have a congress and presidency that will let it die. Since 2001- 14 years-

Whatever happens in the short term the PATRIOT Act can be repealed. If, that is, we have a congress and presidency that will let it die. Since 2001- 14 years- we've had both congresses and presidencies that supported and renewed this piece of legislation. Despite abuses from the beginning and with the support of people who generally oppose the PATRIOT Act. (EG: Democrats voting for Obama, Libertarians who voted for Bush the second time around.) I think this shows the flaw in the "two party" system. I would be so much happier if everyone I met who was politically aware and active was supporting either the green or libertarian parties. The greens and libertarian presidential debates are already better than the "real" one that's televised. (The two parties have been having their alternate debates the past several election cycles.) But so long as the Republicat Party can count on your support because you're afraid the Democans will shove Wedge Issue down your throat...well, they have you under control, don't they? Even the wedge issues are a joke: B. Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act into law with 3/4 congressional democrat support, H. Clinton opposed gay marriage until 2013, and personally, I believe Obama is a homophobe and still opposes it, but says the words that appease the base, and can't actively undermine it because the tide has turned. How did the tide turn? At the state level and in the courts.