Conservatives are only disregarding the constitution in order to defend the constitution.
Is that satire or are you actually attempting to make this argument?
Is it possible to defend principles by disregarding them....?
(and if that sounded sarcastic, you're reading it the way I wrote it).
Whenever I see Fox Conservatives preaching populist, reactionary right wing rhetoric I always wonder why there seems to be a correlation between right wing opinions and a lack of education.
Anyone who's ever read a book knows that suspending the constitutional rights of the worlds ten most unpopular people is exactly the same as suspending the constitutional rights of everyone.
If the powers that be can pick and choose who deserves the protection of the law and the constitution, then there may as well be no laws or constitution.
We may as well return to the times when the most powerful men decided what was and wasn't justice on an individual and arbitrary basis.
It's tyranny.
I hate the conservative right wing, pro gun, anti government, pro life, pro death penalty, suspicious of education, t-party types who bask in the glory of their own ignorance.
The idea that a nation as big and diverse and developed as the USA can manage without 'big' government is little more than the John Wayne, pioneering ruggedly self sufficient fantasy of individuals who have far more opinions than they have books.
"Taxes are the price a society pays for civilisation".
Oliver Wendell Holmes said that, a Republican from a time before the GOP was inundated with evangelical hypocrites and self righteous bigots.
Abe Lincoln, Dwight Eisenhower and many more must be turning in their graves.
Sarah Palin, Fox News and the 2% of the American population that have inspired international hatred with their bombastic and ignorant rhetoric - the idea of these people being 'Republicans' is disgraceful.
America was the shining beacon of freedom - an example that set the standards and goals that other countries attempted to copy.
Then came George W Bush and his not very bright reasoning, his arrogance and his disregard for the human rights of many of the worlds citizens.
He was a stupid man who pretended to be a fervent Christian and supported the use of torture.
Is it any wonder that the international reputation of the USA took a dip from 2000 to 2008?
In September 2001 America had the support and sympathy of 99% of the world.
Only a particularly dull witted President could've squandered such unprecedented levels of good will in such a spectacular fashion.
And only voting in a non-White President could change the opinion of many non-Americans that the USA was a bigoted society.
The electing of Obama did more to rehabilitate America's reputation than most thought possible.
The fact he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in his inaugural year was the worlds way of showing relief and gratitude that America had done a U turn away from the pseudo isolationist, sabre rattling and party of big business towards the policies of worldwide cooperation.
Conservatives.
Stick to polishing your guns and telling AIDS jokes.
When you actually try to argue political points you embarrass yourselves.