Its partisanship. Democrats were loud about surveillance and foreign wars during the Bush years. Then they got quiet once Obama came in and did the same. Republicans were super concerned about the deficit during Obama years and now the completely forgot about that. People adjust their opinions based on who is in power.

It's almost like 1984 " We've always been at war with Eastasia "

> Democrats were loud about surveillance and foreign wars during the Bush years. Then they got quiet once Obama came in and did the same.

I don't think so. Privacy activists and progressives have been outraged about the Democratic Party passive acquiescence on surveillance from the beginning (with the exception of a few individuals) - when did the party ever object to surveillance? Democrats in Congress supported the Afghan and Iraq wars under Bush Jr. Obama didn't do the same regarding foreign wars, he pulled the U.S. out of Iraq (implementing a deal negotiated by Bush) and reduced involvement in Afghanistan.

This is absurdly myopic. The only way it's 100% along party lines is if you ignore EVERYTHING else that happens in politics except the issue of Russian influence in the 2016.

I could go on and on citing examples of both parties doing absurd things, but you've already indicated you're done with this thread so I won't cut into your Rush Limbaugh listening time and won't mention anything about birth certificates.