Wartime Powers
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The Republican party has been working overtime trying to stir up one manufactured scandal after another. They are just so-so at manufacturing scandals because their real talent lies is in ...fear-mongering. For days now, the Republican party's focus has been on the NSA's surveillance program, causing sales of the book, 1984, to soar.
In fact, Rand Paul (R-KY) is considering bringing the NSA surveillance program before the Supreme Court, which is reasonable. But, there's some doubt as to whether he's the best representative to do so, considering he does not care much for their opinion anyway. Rand Paul has said, "...a couple people on the Supreme Court declare [Obamacare] to be 'constitutional' does not make it so."
Perpetual Fear
By now, it's no secret the GOP specializes in producing perpetual fear. In recent weeks, the GOP has caused sales of the book, 1984, to soar, and a 10% shift in younger voters from supporting Democrats to Republicans. But, stranger than this is how Rand Paul ended up parroting Dick Cheney's claim that the president has lost all credibility. Apparently, he's trying to distract from the fact that Congress still has only about a 10% approval rating.
Bait And Switch
The Tea Party is gearing up their campaign. Yet, they are not out in force protesting GITMO, weapons to Syria, or even the NSA program. Their main concern, today, was not any part of the 9/11 framework of wartime powers they helped Neoconservatives craft, over a decade ago. No, they were, instead, much more concerned with gathering in Washington to protest ...the IRS, again. The country has officially become dysfunctional.
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