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Just...wow. As with 9/11, I find myself standing on the outside, watching the media and the public indulge in an orgy of emotion that I cannot comprehend.
He's a man. A politician. And one who has made it clear that he is more than willing to compromise away our Constitutional rights. So why is everyone talking as if this is the second coming?
I wish I could join in this riot of self-indulgent celebration. It must be fun. Unfortunately, I can't shut my eyes to reality.
When it turns out in the years to come that we're never getting our privacy or other civil liberties back, that Bush and Co. will never pay a price for their crimes, that the Republicans are the most powerful and dominant minority in the history of Congress (as they've already proved), and that the Democrats are as spineless and compromising as ever...saying "I told you so" will be cold comfort.
