Teabaggers & Democrats Join To Defeat GOP Patriot Act

[Matariki]

Haha, what?

The Los Angeles Times reports:

The Republican-led House failed to pass an extension of expiring sections of the Patriot Act on Tuesday, an unexpected setback for GOP leaders that shows the difficulty they face in controlling their majority and its “tea party”-inspired members.

Time is short: Key provisions of the terrorist surveillance law expire at the end of the month. A coalition of veteran conservative Republicans and new GOP lawmakers joined many Democrats in blocking passage of the measure, which many tea party activists see as federal government overreaching into private affairs.

http://wonkette.com/437463/teabaggers-democrats-join-to-defeat-gop-patriot-act

[inademv]

1. The real comedy of this is

The tiny number of Republicans that voted no.

[ixion]

2. In all fairness: It was Joe LIEberman who introduced the unPATRIOTic Act, in a Dem majority

congress, and which that congress passed with little to no debate.

[cali]

3. bullshit. a fucking handful of teabaggers joined old time repukes

I posted the list. The credit goes to the dems.

[Lard]

4. One Democrat wanted another Patriot Act extension

That would be Barack Obama.

[bluethruandthru]

5. It's nice that all those with an "R" after their names

don't always vote in lockstep with their leaders!

[mwb970]

6. This is the first time I have agreed with the baggers on anything.

"Many tea party activists see (the Patriot Act) as federal government overreaching into private affairs."

It's a grotesque understatement, but I do agree.