So who’s gonna be the first Republican Candidate to make some political hay by promising to repeal this? Any guesses?
The questuion is, do any of them know about it?
I really hate to say it, but it was Democrat Dianne Feinstein who introduced an amendment to exclude US citizens from the NDAA’s detention authority. Of course, that may have been a ploy to deflect political heat from ACLU types who also oppose indefinite detention.
On the NDAA legislation, only 3 Republicans and 3 Democrats and Bernie Sanders voted against. Thus, the yeas had it 93-7.
Of those few Republicans opposing this usurpation — not only of the Constitution, but also the rights of Englishmen under the Magna Carta — Rand Paul stands out as the most vocal.
See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_fv6Nw2jwg for Paul’s Senate debate.
Among those supporting, McCain was enthusiastic, so this isn’t an Obama-only abomination. Instead, it’s fully bipartisan treachery against the Bill of Rights.
— @2:00 Note Lindsey Graham and Carl Levin discussing how much time the Republicans need to debate the usurpation of the Bill of Rights.
— @3:00 McCain cleverly rebuffs Rand Paul’s criticism of the NDAA’s usurpation of basic liberties.
— @4:00 Lindsey Graham uses his intellectual arsenal to expound on why government must be empowered to deprive Americans of their basic liberties.
Forty-four Republican Senators voted for NDAA. Republican leadership said it only needed a few minutes to debate the Act’s indefinite detention language. Rand Paul was one of the dissenting Republicans. I am really surprised that Rush and the Freepers are critical of something opposed by the Pauls and enthusiastically supported by the countryclub Republicans and Democrats alike.