Weekly Lack Of Standards

Neocon superstar William Kristol currently sees nothing wrong with the President's actions:

Was the president, in the wake of 9/11, and with the threat of imminent new attacks, really supposed to sit on his hands and gamble that Congress might figure out a way to fix FISA, if it could even be fixed? The questions answer themselves.

Apparently you also answer yourself, Bill.

Ignoring the fact that changes were made and, either way, it's hardly an excuse to continue to be breaking the law over four years later, ol' Mr. Kristol had a much higher standard in 1998 when it came to Presidential wrongdoing. From a May '98 issue of the Weekly Standard on the unconstitutional ejaculation of the then-President:

The lines have been drawn. What Republicans now need is the nerve to fight. They must stand for, to quote Helprin again, 'the rejection of intimidation, the rejection of lies, the rejection of manipulation, the rejection of disingenuous pretense, and a revulsion for the sordid crimes and infractions the president has brought to his office.'

I guess acceptance is the new rejection.

Lookin' forward to 2006!

[Hat tip- Digby]