How long was the bill debated after being introduced to congress before it was voted on?
Rants about terrorism were not the topic, but major bills pushed through with a sense of great urgency and little debate is.
It does not make one a terrorist sympathizer to observe that the bill was off-the-shelf-ready waiting for opportunity and pushed through with almost no debate.
The point about having something shoved down ones throat is that one gags on it. RICO passed, if I recall, without so much as a gulp. My point was that RICO abridged the freedoms of Americans more than the Patriot Act yet umm went down smoothly. The Patriot Act got overwhelming support from Congress. Neither was shoved down our throats. A good example of a piece of presidential/congressional throat gagging would be the stimulus bill which is being forced down our throats as fast as it can with everyone and I mean EVERYONE(msm included) choking on it. And on immigration, the census, and the fairness doctrine, well we barfed the 1st and the 3rd up already, and will do so again on the census issue.