Bush will soon be releasing an ad that attacks Kerry for "changing his mind" on the Patriot Act. The ad says that Kerry supported the act, and voted for it back in October of 2001, but now, "pressured by fellow liberals," he has changed his position.
Uh, news flash Bush -- plenty of Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives aren't happy with the Patriot Act. Especially conservatives who don't like big government having even more unchecked power.
Bush and company: How deep in your own extremism are you that you don't even realize that? Wasn't the fact that your even more extreme Patriot Act II got slapped down hard give you a clue? Just because people question the "Patriot" Act doesn't mean they aren't patriots.
The fact is that the "Patriot Act" was written and passed in a rush following 9-11, and was written in a way that a lot of it will automatically go away in 2005, Kerry or no Kerry. It was always meant to be changed and possibly even retired altogether.
Not only is there a lot of potential for general abuse inherent in the act as it stands, but there have already been cases of abuse and alleged civil rights violations that make people a little worried. People still want to find and capture terrorists. We just want to ensure we don't lose our rights and freedoms in the process.
The ad's tagline is, "John Kerry, playing politics with national security." Huh. Kerry is playing politics with national security. That's funny -- I could have sworn this was a Bush campaign ad. Kind of like the ads claiming Kerry hadn't supported the needs of our troops in Iraq.
Maybe I'm missing something here, but doesn't that actually mean that Bush is the one playing on concerns over national security to gain votes?
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