2 out of 3 Republican candidates prefer dictatorship

OK, so that’s not entirely fair. But Glenn Greenwald has a terrific piece on why it’s not entirely unfair, either. The short version: When asked if the President of the United States should have the power to detain indefinitely American citizens without any sort of review, Mitt Rommey said he couldn’t form an opinion without consulting some “smart lawyers” — despite the fact that it clearly violated the Contitution, the upholding of which is the sworn duty of anyone holding the office Rommey had decided to seek. But it gets better. Guiliani doesn’t need lawyers; he knows he supports this sort of power trip, although (hilariously) he hopes to exercise it only “infrequently”.

How far we have sunk, in only six years! Who could have guessed that the American habit of liberty would prove so fragile?


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  1. One minor nit: I think you need to pick between “moonbat” and “wing nut”, though I like your neologism of “wingbat”!

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