Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely

And it seems that even the prospect of absolute power is enough to get John McCain to ditch his long-held beliefs in the rule of law.

So, as McCain signs onto more and more of the policies that has brought George Bush to an approval rating of 25%, he really is demonstrating that he is the same as Bush. McCain has flip-flopped now on torture, wiretaps, and whether the president has to obey the law.

He really is the same. So if you liked George Bush, you'll love John McCain.


The Republicans laid supine on the side of the road while George Bush accumulated unprecedented power as president, declared himself to be above the law and the Constitution and that whatever he did was legal so long as he uttered the phrase "great war on terror" or "innagodadavita" or something like that. But now, it may be that those powers may be handed over to Barack Obama.

Any Republican from here on out who now starts to complain about the "imperial presidency" or the "elected tyrant system" or any of that will be told to shut the fuck up, for that person will be demonstrating not principle, but naked partisan interests. Because the Republicans only care about their party, they don't give a damn about the country. If they did, they might have shown some interest in reining in the excesses of the Bush presidency. But they did not.

That is not to say, however, that there is still not a problem with the elected tyrant system that George Bush has created. But it will be up to Democrats, not Republicans, to fix it. Truth be told, there will be enough Democrats who think that a powerful Democratic president is a fine idea.

That will be the problem, for the saying "absolute power corrupts absolutely" is not limited to one political party.