...where did the dem leadership come down on the war and the patriot acts?

They didn't come up with the idea for either of those items.
if they didn't oppose they are just as guilty...

Both are conservative promoted items. And to question them means people were called traitors, terrorists sympathizers, and hate America firsters.
you and i both shouted about that...where is the opposition among the leadership of the dems?

Which was an effective conservative fascist campaign.
those campaigns didn't silence paul or kucinich...the dem leadership is responsible for their votes and how they lead their party...they have lied to their faithful followers and sold them out...they danced to the tune of the pied piper and lead us into the gates of hell ...saying the repubs thought it up is not a very good defense...the dems a good game and deliver the same old war song...

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as Elohim for Yahushua the Messiah's sake hath forgiven you. Ephesians 4:31-32