09 February, 2012

Of Lawlessness and Temptation - Ricochet.com

Of Lawlessness and Temptation - Ricochet.com: Set aside the adorable liberal naivete (“I’m feeling really good about this set of rules, guys! We just need to tinker with the bureaucratic machine a little bit more and public schools will morph into palaces!”) and look to the heart of the matter. I submit that any true conservative should be outraged by the President’s egregious abuse of power—outraged to a degree where any policy improvements that we believe may emanate from the unconstitutional modifications should look like small peanuts by comparison. This is what distinguishes true constitutional conservatives from unprincipled progressives on either side of the aisle: ten times out of ten, we will take playing by the rules and losing over winning a policy battle via trampling on the rule of law