CapitalistSwine Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 (edited) Obama signed a 4-year extension of the Patriot Act last night. He is currently in France, the White House said the president would use an autopen machine that holds a pen and signs his actual signature. It is only used with proper authorization of the president. Minutes before the midnight deadline, the White House said Obama had signed the bill. The Senate voted 72-23 for the legislation to renew three terrorism-fighting authorities. The House passed the measure 250-153 on an evening vote. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/27/patriot-act-extension-signed-obama-autopen_n_867851.html The sad thing is, a lot of the Democrats in the comment section said that this was pretty much the nail in the coffin for them not to vote for Obama in 2012, but most of them are saying that they will have to anyways because the Republican field of nominees is such a pathetic disgrace. I hate this party system. Edited May 27, 2011 by CapitalistSwine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D'Ippolito Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Even if the republican field were not a disgrace, they would be as far as the dems are concerned. So basically threats on their part not to vote for the Democratic presidential nominee are empty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Even if the republican field were not a disgrace, they would be as far as the dems are concerned. So basically threats on their part not to vote for the Democratic presidential nominee are empty. I would agree in the case of the majority, however I know several very hardcore Democrats that have already told me they will be voting Republican this time, but that they had to really mull it over, and that they would have more likely decided to sooner if the Republicans field wasn't so awful. I think that was what he was getting at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2046 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 I like how all the MSM can talk about is whether or not Obama ordering some machine to be used in the signing of the Patriot Act is constitutional, but not one word about whether the Patriot Act itself is constitutional. aequalsa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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