Sen. Benjamin Cardin's impressive feat - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com - 0 views
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thinkahol * on 31 May 11But what makes Cardin's conduct special is that he wasn't merely condemning exactly that which he does; that would just be garden-variety nationalistic hypocrisy. It's that he went a step further by specifically denouncing those who hypocritically defend values they simultaneously subvert: it's a double, meta form of hypocrisy that is really difficult to construct. That's what makes it impressive.