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The thing that makes me saddest about this is the many Democrats who screamed and hollered about these violations when Bush was in power, but who now suddenly think they're a-okay.
Obama, of course, must be counted among their number - to his everlasting shame, although he doesn't seem capable of recognizing that emotion.
I expected Republicans to be utterly two-faced and hypocritical; that's typical of the breed, these days. They really do seem to be insane (which may explain their "liberalism is a mental illness" meme; calling black "white" has been a major Republican theme for the past 20-odd years). It was no shock to watch Republicans flush their putative principles in obedience to their Dear Leader. But I hoped and believed that we Democrats would be true to the Constitution and our beliefs.
But a frightening number of Democrats, including many in Congress, have shown that they are just as hollow and hypocritical as the Republicans ever were. Which makes me feel even more alone than the long years of the Bush ascendancy did.
