"When I was little, I grew up in 'hanging by a thread' land.
That is to say, I grew up in Utah, where half the neighbours seemed to
think that the Constitution was hanging by a thread and furthermore it
was all the fault of the godless, the liberals, and the gays. (Or
most, especially the godless, liberal gays.)
"So, I'm darkly amused to see so many fundamentalists and deeply
religious folk ready to chuck the Constitution under the bus, if it
means keeping their guy in power.
"Actually, no. Scratch that. Not really amused at all."
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pixelfish,
2008-01-05 (This is the entire text of pixelfish's comment, but
the entry to
which it is a reply says worthwhile things too.)