I remember, must be 8 years ago now, telling a conservative republican friend of mine that I truly believed that dead bodies could be found strewn about the White House lawn and George W. Bush could be standing between them with the bloody knife in one hand and a severed head in the other, and republicans would still support him and call anyone who criticized him a traitor. The Patriot act, unnecessary wars, torture, lies, graft, so on - just peachy.
Funny how now, 8 years later, it feels the same way with liberal democrats. Drone strikes, water-boarding, a lack of clear truth about Benghazi, seeming politically motivated surveillance by the IRS on "patriot" groups and the DOJ on AP reporters and zero transparency and if anyone speaks a word of question about Obama, they are right-wing conspiracy nuts.
Weird to me - because I have been on both sides of this. When I criticized W for becoming dictatorial, somehow every conservative around me thought I was a liberal. Now I criticize Obama just as vehemently and every liberal round me thinks I have turned into a right-wing extremist.
No, damn it - put your head out for a moment and look around - none of this is about me or my political persuasions - it is all about government over-reach and how it is inappropriate no matter who is doing it. Republican, democrat, liberal, conservative, libertarian, Tea Party, whatever you want to call yourself - you deserve no pass for your actions to strip the people of their rights.
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