Craig, I'm not a liar. You're deluded.
Fact: The first vote for the Patriot act was for all intens and purposes, 100% bipartisan.
As I already agreed. It was a *Republican* initiative, with heavy pressure on the Dems, but Denate voted almost 100% for it (only two not yes were Dems).
The Patriot Act isn't all bad - it has some important provisions, along with the bad. It needs reform, not total repeal.
Dems led an effort in 2004 to modify it - which the Republican leadership blocked, when they were losing the vote, they held it open longer and twisted arms and switch ten Republican voted to change to no, resulting in one vote short of passage, with a 210-210 tie.
Of those, Dems votes 191-4 for it, and Republicans - a few conservatives joining - voted 18-206 against it. Ya, the parties are the same.
Fact: The extention vote was a stealth vote hidden in another bill by the Democrat leadership and voted for by a majority of Democrats. More Democrats voted for it than Republicans. AND the President supported it. In the Senate, a voice vote was taken specifically so that Democrats could hide their yes votes, but, yet again, a majority voted yes.
You're a liar. A much higher percent of Republicans supported it than Democrats, and even higher than that compared to progressives who were over 2-1 against.
There are problems with Dems on this - you are not honest about them.
Having said all that - you decided to behave as an ass and are now on ignore.