Conservatives, liberals join to fight reauthorization of Patriot Act

[steve2470]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/03/23/patriot.act/index.html

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conservative and liberal groups normally at each other's throats over the direction of government are finding common cause in wanting to gut major provisions of the government's premier anti-terrorism law.

The American Civil Liberties Union, the American Conservative Union, Americans for Tax Reform and the Free Congress Foundation are among several groups that formed a coalition -- Patriots to Restore Checks and Balances -- to lobby Congress to repeal three key provisions of the USA Patriot Act.

Having people from all sides of the political spectrum working together will keep politicians from calling Patriot Act opponents un-American or willing to help terrorists, which happened during the original debate over the law, the groups said.

"We don't want this argument to be obscured by those who would suggest that anyone who is for more and more government power is somehow on the side of the right, and those who are against it or are skeptical of such grants are on the side of the wrong," said David Keene of the American Conservative Union. "This is an important question of all Americans on the left, the right or in the middle."

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[adwon]

1. Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!

[ixion]

2. it's good that everyone fight against fascism...

I guess * really is a uniter. :evilgrin:

[Leilani]

3. There was a big press conference held this week

chaired by Bob Barr. Only lib there...ACLU.

Too bad, another Dem missed opportunity.

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4. People on the right with a sane neuron left in their brians?

Impossible.