Comments on: Al Franken: This Senator is Experiencing Constitutional Difficulties. Please Stand By. http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2009/10/06/al-franken-experiencing-constitutional-difficulties/ A politically independent journal of the campaigns and legislation of the United States Congress. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:46:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2009/10/06/al-franken-experiencing-constitutional-difficulties/comment-page-1/#comment-55348 Peter Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:01:31 +0000 http://thatsmycongress.com/?p=1780#comment-55348 He did it again just this past week --voted to reauthorize the PATRIOT Act extensions and so once again stood up to be counted with the authoritarians. Mr. Franken is no friend of liberty and neither are most of the so-called "Tea Partiers" who caved less than 20 days into the new Congress. When it comes to taking away our rights and liberties, both parties march in lockstep. Shame on you Mr. Franken. I sincerely hope your constituents take strong notice of your apparently easy-changeable "principles." He did it again just this past week –voted to reauthorize the PATRIOT Act extensions and so once again stood up to be counted with the authoritarians.

Mr. Franken is no friend of liberty and neither are most of the so-called “Tea Partiers” who caved less than 20 days into the new Congress. When it comes to taking away our rights and liberties, both parties march in lockstep.

Shame on you Mr. Franken. I sincerely hope your constituents take strong notice of your apparently easy-changeable “principles.”

]]> By: Al Franken, Will You Stand With the Patriot Act or With Civil Liberty? http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2009/10/06/al-franken-experiencing-constitutional-difficulties/comment-page-1/#comment-37739 Al Franken, Will You Stand With the Patriot Act or With Civil Liberty? Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:41:54 +0000 http://thatsmycongress.com/?p=1780#comment-37739 [...] the public wasn’t watching, Senator Al Franken twice acted to support the Patriot Act and to keep warrantless surveillance, search and seizure of Americans’ communications and [...] [...] the public wasn’t watching, Senator Al Franken twice acted to support the Patriot Act and to keep warrantless surveillance, search and seizure of Americans’ communications and [...]

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