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In reply to the discussion: Holder should resign quickly, as should the IRS chief [View all]BlueCaliDem
(15,444 posts)closest to their own perfect ideology. I don't see Conservatives infiltrating the Democratic Party at all. I do, however, see anarchists, a Left/Libertarian fringe infiltrating it and weakening it with their own fears of "Big Gubment". Democrats believe, in their heart of hearts, that government has an important role to play in our lives. Fringies from the ultra-left to the ultra-rightwing distrust government.
And to assume and argue that no other Democratic president has done damage to our Constitution worst than Cheney/Bush is bullshit. One, of course, forgets those lovely Japanese concentration camps the esteemed and hailed FDR set up in a time of war. That's pretty damn damaging to our Constitution, wouldn't you agree? I mean, IF you were an American-born Japanese person - like George Takei.
You people need to wake up already. This ain't FDR's America anymore. Whether you like it or not, the assassination of JFK, the bombings by domestic AMERICAN terrorists {McVeigh, the Branch Davidians, 9/11, the "underwear bomber"}, and the rabid surge of domestic hate groups since President Obama became president, combined with easy accessible, unregulated gun-ownership has, sadly, made the Patriot Act necessary. Keeping America safe for all IS a Democratic value. Distrust of government is a Republican value. Remember?