One of the many reasons that I dislike all politicians (particularly career ones) is that they never mean what they say or say what they mean. This character flaw obviously isn't just reserved for them, though. Loads of people are two-faced these days. One of the fantastic things about the political sphere since 2008 is that the masks have been melting away to reveal the true men and women that wear them.
Democrats have fallen victim to the unveiling - Anthony Weiner being a prime example. But, as luck would have it, not everyone has gotten on board the victim train. Republicans have actually embraced what they've been subtly hinting at for years. As Justin Rosario writes over at Addictinginfo.org:
"If there is silver lining in the greasy dark cloud that right wing politics has become it’s that the Right has dropped any and all pretense. We knew, years ago, that the fight over abortion was really about contraception for women. Rick Santorum and his fellow candidates have been kind enough to drag that one kicking and screaming into the light for all to behold. But more importantly, the core of pure racism that the GOP has thrived on for half a century has cracked the paper thin veneer of respectability conservatives have carefully constructed. With the election of a black man to the White House, that racial hatred has come pouring out so fast it’s almost impossible to imagine that only four years ago, people were referring to America as a post-racial country."
