Not only that, but Ted Cruz is a poor choice of bogy in this case, since he has been above-average on civil liberties (again, a low bar.)
On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does it bother me less that the program is > > currently under the Obama administration? I suppose it does. Not > > because I think I’m an apologist, but because I know he’s not Ted > > Cruz. Of course, the scary part is that after expanding this program > > what would it look like under a President Ted Cruz? > > A newish version of the "lesser of two evils" approach. At least he > [Obama] is better than Ted Cruz. Anyone can look good if you compare > him or her to the worst possible. But remember that Ted Cruz can be > the lesser of two evils, since he's better than Bane, the bad guy from > "the Dark Knight Rises." And Bane is the lesser of two evils compared > to Satan. > > But what if supporting the lesser of two evils is helping the greater > of two evils? By legitimating the Bush/Obama administrations' > violation of 4th amendment rights (under the US constitution), that > gives more tools to President Cruz. > > And should we trust the lesser of two evils? after all, Obama has > assassinated US citizens without any kind of due process. > > -- > Jim Devine / "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, > doesn't go away." -- Philip K. Dick > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected]
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