Lindsey Graham wants ability to lock you up forever without trial

There's a clearly defined procedure for amending the Constitution.

"Whatever some government official wants to do" isn't the criterion.

I was speaking of amendments to bills, not amendments to the Constitution.

Before I say anything, let me first mention that I'm not trying to defend my right to post comments like this. I shouldn't have said anything.

That said, if you're struggling to find differences between Obama's administration and Bush's, you're looking in the wrong places.

I assume when you mention "the right to assassinate American citizens," you're referring to the case of the Yemeni boy who was killed by the drone? If that's the case, trust me when I say I don't disagree with you here: it's a horrible thing. BUT, just because it's horrible doesn't mean it wasn't avoidable. The boy knew that his father was on the "kill list" as a known extremist. In choosing to go and visit him in Yemen anyway, he would have accepted the possibility that he would be put in harms way by association. It was an avoidable risk that he knowingly chose to take. I don't find that nearly as offensive as say, Guantanamo bay, which I might add was created by the Bush administration.

But international politics is a messy area, and I think it's safe to say that no matter who is president, horrible things are bound to happen as a result of global economic climate, and independent of who's in office. What REALLY offends me, though, are the things that happen here at home.

When I hear conservatives say things like "We don't need more trees! We need more jobs!" I'm immediately offended that someone so short-sighted could even consider running for office. When important officials are making claims about women's bodies rejecting fetuses that are the result of rape, and others are refusing to teach the theory of evolution, I'm offended. These ideas are not healthy: they're toxic. They hinder the advancement of society.

So frankly, if I had to pick one thing about the Obama Administration that I do "care to discuss," it's gotta be the fact that never have I ever heard him suggest any such toxic ideas. I can't say so much for the other team.

Very valid. I just wanted people to know that I'm not unaware of how inappropriate it is. The fact that I chose to post it anyway should stand as a testament to how incredibly offensive this man's ideas are to me.