Ha, no. Save possibly Rand Paul, I still think the Republicans are way worse.
"I’m not for profiling people on the color of their skin, or on their religion, but I would take into account where they’ve been traveling and perhaps, you might have to indirectly take into account whether or not they’ve been going to radical political speeches by religious leaders. It wouldn’t be that they are Islamic. But if someone is attending speeches from someone who is promoting the violent overthrow of our government, that’s really an offense that we should be going after — they should be deported or put in prison".
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-06-08/entertainment/ba...
I think a Republican administration would have would have been way worse on those issues, and not much different on civil liberties or privacy.
I have a difficult time getting excited that one party changes their mind when 51% of voters support something, while the other party waits until 60% support it.
You can repeat that story with the drug war (fighting over the 18:1 or 200:1 disparity in crack:powder cocaine sentences without actually reexamining what the hell we're doing) or fiscal policy (should we cut taxes for 99% of people or 100% of people, and should we cut government spending by $1T or $1.1T) or even health care (where no one has the stomach to even mention the words 'single payer').
> I have a difficult time getting excited that one party changes their mind when 51% of voters support something, while the other party waits until 60% support it.
Okay, don't get excited then, that's your right. I just can't buy the argument that a McCain or Romney administration would have been no different than the Obama Administration on all the issues. That's painting with a broad brush.