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As Sundays midnight deadline for renewal of key provisions of the controversial Patriot Act approached, former Florida governor Jeb Bush said Senator Rand Paul was wrong in his efforts to end post-9/11 surveillance laws used against suspected spies and terrorists.
Paul said on Saturday that he would force the expiration of what he called an illegal spy programme.
Speaking at a Tennessee Republican Party fundraiser on Saturday, Bush unlike Paul, who has declared his campaign for the White House, still only a presumed GOP presidential candidate in 2016 called for the reauthorisation of the Patriot Act that was enacted under the presidency of his brother, George W Bush.
What I admire most about my brother was he kept us safe, said Bush, the son of President George HW Bush. And I believe people will respect him for a long time because of that.
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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/31/jeb-bush-rand-paul-surveillance-nsa-deadline
Hey numbnutz- Tell that to the families of those who died on 9/11 and the families of those who died in your brother's illegal war of aggression in Iraq. And who drowned in Katrina. Somebody needs to throw a shoe at JEB.
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)A lot of us died that day.
But we were pretty safe beyond that, well, other than the soldiers he sent to their deaths.
Indeedy.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)CanonRay
(14,097 posts)That is exactly what he means, and all that really matters.
malaise
(268,903 posts)and it does not matter how often you or other lying ReTHUGs or the hacks in the media say it.
9/11 happened during his tenure as President. Repeat after me - the United States had its worst attack on the mainland while your brother was President and not one fucking thing you say will change that fact.
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Wait, I already am
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)"Mommy I don't want to play president anymore".
3catwoman3
(23,970 posts)...is exactly what that buffoon did.
GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)and then he attacked Iraq while letting OBL get away.
Heckovajob Dubya!
napkinz
(17,199 posts)truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)oh, and in the war he started with lies, and the wars he perpetuated for the profit of his pals, and the perpetual war he launched--surely that will make us safer.... Other than a few minor glitches like that, a spotless record of safety.
YvonneCa
(10,117 posts)...
Hoppy
(3,595 posts)we have had no tiger attacks in New Jersey since our hero, George W. Bush implemented his wiretap program.
johnnyreb
(915 posts)When he classified the money-trail chapter of the Joint Congressional Inquiry.
Let me see if I can find an icon to adequately express my anger.... ..ah yes, all better now.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)"Us" has a very narrow definition on the lips of a Bush.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)spanone
(135,816 posts)i admire nothing about his fucking brother.
kentuck
(111,076 posts)...how did you like the play?
undeterred
(34,658 posts)Maybe he kept you safe when you were a kid?
ZX86
(1,428 posts)is he kept us safe. And I believe people will respect him for a long time because of that.
Makes about as much sense.
moondust
(19,972 posts)Confirmed.
Skittles
(153,142 posts)he did the exact opposite
Cha
(297,123 posts)magical thyme
(14,881 posts)He made the world a lot more dangerous. All those people he killed had friends and families who hate us now. Not for our "freedoms." For our bombs.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)And the Anthrax deaths.
John has an interesting way of remembering history.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)DAMN, that's rich!
lpbk2713
(42,752 posts)My ass.