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Old 04-24-13, 06:34 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by Oberon View Post
It goes both ways and I think that politics don't really come into it as much as the sense of power that governing parties feel. After all, the Patriot act was put in through a red government and supported by red parties, so it's more of an individual thing than it is a political thing, after all I am sure that there were blues in favour of Patriot and reds against it.
FWIW it was a bit more lopsided than that. 98 vs 1 in the Senate and 357 to 66 in the House.
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