--Jeffrey Pelt (The Hunt for Red October)
Hypocrisy and politics go hand in hand. Nonetheless, ZH reminds us that although politicians tend to speak from both sides of their mouths, some of the then-vs-now quotes from this president are still capable of raising eyebrows.
"This administration acts like violating civil liberties is the way to enhance our security. It is not."
Well said. It channels the ideas of great statesmen like Benjamin Franklin and Patrick Henry. The problem is that this statement comes from Barack Obama--before he became president and in charge of the most powerful civil rights aggressor in existence.
Of course, it is not just politicians but also their minions that flip lids. As Nick Gillespie demonstrates, if their guy is in the White House, then people are more likely to be ok with Big Brother policies.
John Dahlberg, better known as Lord Acton, once said, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolutely power corrupts absolutely.
It appears that power particularly corrupts capacity for reason and for integrity.
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Ha! I was just going to post something similar on your cartoon post about hippies and patriotism. I was just making the point elsewhere that under Bush, it was unpatriotic to question government activities. Now, you can only be patriotic is you despise government. I'm guessing that we'll see a flip back the next time a guy with an R after his name is in the White House.
This isn't the same as blaming Bush, by the way. In fact, to ignore that the Patriot Act was his legislation is foolish. That doesn't mean Obama is off the hook by any means on this. To me, both can be true. It just seems like that GOP didn't get to be so outraged by this until the D was in power. So I guess the hypocrisy depends on where you are standing.
Indeed. And we can be sure that R's will see things differently when one of theirs is back in the Big Chair.
I hate that man like the very Gates of Death who says one thing but hides another in his heart.
~Homer, The Iliad
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