Deafening Liberal Silence as the Senate Moves to Extend the Patriot Act

via my.firedoglake.com

Under President Bush, liberals would never have been as silent as they are now. There would have been rancorous opposition especially in the blogosphere to extending PATRIOT Act provisions. Liberal talk radio and MSNBC would be talking about the government’s push to maintain extraordinary powers. But, for liberal activists, bloggers, pundits, and politicians, Obama cannot be hampered by any campaigns to defend democratic society, which might make it difficult for him to run for re-election.

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This entry (permalink) was posted on Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 at 12:34 PM by crasch and categorized in libertarianism, politics.

Comments (2) left to “Deafening Liberal Silence as the Senate Moves to Extend the Patriot Act”

  1. danlyke wrote:

    I can’t speak to talk radio and MSNBC, but I’ve gotten quite a few email pleas for funds and online petitions in the past few from liberal organizations using making sure the Patriot Act doesn’t get renewed as their thesis.

    Posted on 25-May-11 at 11:18 am | Permalink

  2. crasch wrote:

    Thanks, good to know. I don’t think it changes the basic point though, that liberals have been far more quiet about Obama’s violations of civil liberties than they were about Bush’s.

    Posted on 26-May-11 at 12:08 pm | Permalink

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