"There are men, in all ages, who mean to exercise power usefully; but who mean to exercise it. They mean to govern well; but they mean to govern. They promise to be kind masters; but they mean to be masters."
Daniel Webster
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
The Jack Bauer Republicans
The Daily Beast has a good story on a couple of Republican congressional candidates running on their records of having abused prisoners in Iraq. They've become conservative superstars, which tells you a lot about modern conservatism.
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