Pri: Excellent response and there is nothing in there that I disagree with.
I don’t hold Obama to any standards at all, actually. As you said, he’s a politician. But I’ll profess to a somewhat misguided and naive hope that he would’ve been somewhat different than Dubya. While I understand the American reaction, post-9/11, we’ve gone down a terrifying road here and I don’t think people truly understand that, once you’ve abrogated your rights and liberties, you don’t get them back easily.
This isn’t partisan, either. One of the reasons I take Brian to task is that he professes a certain set of beliefs, but is more than willing to look the other way if its “his guy” that’s now burning down the house.
This is a very different America than it was even under Reagan and I had some MAJOR issues with the shit that was going on THEN. Its way worse now, and people seem perfectly content to go about their business and not really care. As a conservative, I COUNT on bleeding-heart liberals to stand up and fight this kind of stuff (said sincerely). When the Libs and the Center-Left stop paying attention, well, now we’re really in the shit.
