Imagine a Democratic president with the full powers of the Patriot Act

[bluestateguy]

Imaging the AEI and the Heritage Foundation being shut down as terrorist organizations. Imagine bugging devices being put on the walls at Fox News, or sneak and peek search warrants of Rush Limbaugh's EIB studios, and secret interceptions of mail sent by the Christian Coalition.

A Democratic Administration could have a lot of fun with the Patriot Act. We can have all of the anti-abortion groups declared as terrorist organizations, shut down conservative talk shows and jail Ann Coulter as an enemy combatant (and rendition her off to some secret Polish CIA prison).

You get a Democrat in there and these people can be silenced with the Patriot Act.

The conservatives had better be careful what they wish for. Their people won't be in power forever and ever. That's just not how American politics works.

The next time you get into a scape with a conservative over the Patriot Act, ask him or her if they would trust these powers in the hands of a Democratic president (maybe throw out Hillary Clinton as a real boogy man).

[emanymton]

1. Not A Pretty Sight. Even Knowing You Mean This As Humor.

Can you speak up a little louder?

[cybildisobedience]

2. they won't be in power forever?

if they have Diebold everywhere, they will...
which is one more reason why I think our elections have been thoroughly corrupted.
If the Repukes felt there was snowball's chance that they would ever be on the receiving end of some of this crap they're pulling, they'd be screaming bloody murder.

[bluestateguy]

8. Voting machine conspiracies are overstated

Even if there is funny business going on with the machines, they would still have to let Democrats win once in awhile so as to not let people think that there is foul play involved.

Second, many states with these machines have Democratic SecState's, like Georgia's Cathy Cox. If Republicans steal elections, then they can steal them back.

[politicaholic]

3. That's funny...

Oh look, a permanent patriot act AND no filibuster.

[Ezlivin]

4. Imagine if a Democrat owned Diebold

Then all that magical stuff would happen.

Me? I'm pretty cynical that we can win any more elections regardless of how right we are or how many people show up to vote.

If the people won't rise up in anger after the fiasco of the past two presidential elections, they'll rise up too late to matter.

[shraby]

7. Wouldn't it be nice if Soros bought the ailing

Diebold company? What do you suppose the Republican response would be?

[drm604]

10. They'd outlaw machine voting!

:rofl:

[Ezlivin]

11. The Republicans would immediately file charges of vote tampering

And Rush Limbaugh would be off and running...

[tocqueville]

5. Good description...

let's get rid of the enemies of America....

:sarcasm:

BTW if a Democrat president used these powers, the FBI would probably find so much nasty ACCURATE evidence about repubs and fundies, that the judges and lawyers would have to work 24/24.

[iwanmycntrybak]

6. Just think hat we could do

with the Nuclear Option!

[chelsea0011]

9. And what porno Clarence Thomas rented at his favorite video store?

[Ian David]

13. Does anyone have the list of Clarence's porno rentals? n/t

[chelsea0011]

14. I remember the store wouldn't release the list because of privacy

issues which they entitled to all their clients. I think if the Senate pushed, they could have gotten around that one.

[Ian David]

12. There would not have been an Oklahoma bombing?

The right-wing loves Terri Nichols.

There's apparently a movement to free him.

[ComerPerro]

15. Imagine a Democrat in power on 9/11/01

Right wing extremists, and all their malitia-wannabe buddies out on their compounds, would have applauded the terrorists and would have declared it to be another victory in the war on the evil government.

Remember back in the 90's, when conservatives hated America and it was ok that they did?

They would have kept that hatred into 2001...