Party over nation and Constitution once again.

Seems like every aspiring dictatorial power needs a Republican Guard to pull it off. Bush’s continues to their roles as obedient servants to the boot of power once again. Cenk Uygur hits the nail on the head with this essay…

Pat Roberts has no regard for the truth. His only concern, as a dutiful, obedient member of the Republican Guard, is to protect his political leader. His loyalty to the United States is a distant second to his loyalty to this administration, to his political party and to his dear leader, George W. Bush.

And just today Senator Roberts struck again and said the Intelligence Committee will not investigate the President’s warrantless spying on Americans. Why bother investigating if the President is in clear breach of a federal law?

These are the same Republicans who had the audacity to pretend they cared about the rule of law when Bill Clinton was President. That was when we heard so much about how the law must be enforced, even if it is a matter regarding a private affair. I suppose it shoud come as no surprise that the people who were willing to so grossly violate the President’s privacy (when it was not their President), now have no problems violating your privacy.

Even stalwart conservative pundit George Will believes the administration is in clear violation of the FISA law. Some Republican Senators pretend to agree so that they can appear moderate. But when the vote actually came today, they voted in lock step as the Republican Guard — the party must be protected at all costs.

As if all of this weren’t bad enough, a score of retired senior military officers had to plead with Congress this week to launch an investigation into the abuses at Abu Ghraib. They think it has done untold damage to our reputation, our honor and to the safety and well-being of our soldiers.

The men asking for this investigation aren’t so-called liberals, they’re not from the United Nations, they’re not French, they’re not from the Red Cross. They are the leaders of the troops that the President pretends to care so much about. Here are their names:

Remember, its not fascism when we do it.

Read the full essay here