Isn't it amusing to watch people who have called Obama-supporters 'worshippers'

[muriel_volestrangler]

132. It's a bit harsh on Summer Hathaway to call her OP a 'right-wing plan'

though it's true that many of the people in the national security apparatus who are trying to get away with this (eg James Clapper) are right wing. Yes, SH is screaming all kinds of things, and doing her best to insult anyone with a worry about the extent of surveillance, but it's quite possible that's just because her understanding of how the truth is arrived at has been warped by years of watching personality-driven news reports. I don't think she wants a fractured party; she just wants one that agrees 100% with what she thinks.

The Republicans are, of course, split on this too - some of them are just as eager for a surveillance state as Summer Hathaway is (probably most of the senior people in their party, I'd reckon). Some of them see this as an issue to criticise Democrats on, but I can't see them getting a big electoral boost from it - a lot of Republican supporters are pro-snooping. The people who stand to win the most from OPs like this are the privatised surveillance industry - people like James Clapper. If he can get away with lying to Congress, and the firms he's worked for continue to get their contracts, they're in clover. And that's the right wing you need to watch out for.