Have I been inconsistent, Bruce? I don't think so, not on the important things.

By important things I mean assessing actors, policies and actions against their large impact on the world. I mean supporting the key values of the Constitution and decrying efforts such as the Patriot act to erode them. Things of that order. If you are accusing me of inconsistency, it is probably because you believe I treat Obama with a different standard of performance than I did W. But there's an important difference which has to be figured into the equation. W was a dry alcoholic semi-infantile anti-intellectual uncurious partying fratboy with a "C" average. Obama was and is the opposite in all those things.

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