I like how Obama has the appropriate attitude towards today's Republican party. It is a mix of amusement and dismissal. That's different than being dismissive of every Republican. But the party, which cheered Bush casually throwing out what Obama correctly describes as "the foundation of Anglo-American law," deserves scorn. And Palin's jeering at Obama's support for habeas corpus (to applause, I might add) during the Republican Convention, also deserves scorn.
"The reason that you have this principle is not to be soft on terrorism. It's because that's who we are. That's what we're protecting. Don't mock the Constitution. Don't make fun of it. Don't suggest that it's not American to abide by what the founding fathers set up. It's worked pretty well for over 200 years."
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