1. A reminder of what so many forgot these past eight years: the executive branch’s first duty is to protect and defend the Constitution, not the territory, of the U.S. On that score, Bush and Cheney did not keep us safe. They did to the Constitution what Osama bin Laden could never have done.
    British-born American journalist Andrew Sullivan
    (from his blog, the daily dish) (via davidmaddox)

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