Change We Can Believe In

I remember hearing people opposed to the Bush administration fussing about dissent being crushed by the heavy hand of demagoguery. Indeed! I wonder if these same beacons of liberty and American Democracy will still say things like, "dissent is the highest form of patriotism," now that the Dems are trying to ram their agenda through? O! promised to eschew the politics of fear, but with the impending financial 'catastrophe' the Pres has become a bit testy with dissent and legislative debate. It appears that dissent in this case has been redefined a partisanship which is bad...dare I say unpatriotic.