The one universal trait of Leftism is blatant, unabashed, shameless
hypocrisy. It isn't hypocrisy the way that ordinary people
experience, with a twinge of guilt and self-justification. It is
a deep seated character trait that allows for any expedient ,
self-serving position to be adopted at the drop of a hat, with utter
conviction. This freedom to re-write rules and history to suit
has come to full flower during the filibuster debate. It allows
Juan Williams to really really really support the "senate rules" that
halt the confirmations of conservative judges but hate the same
time-honored "senate rules" that blocked civil rights legislation for
decades, just to give one tiny example.
We won't even go into the Cirque du Soleil-worthy
contortions of our elected officials. If you want an excellent
example of this, go to a very timely item on John Cornyn's website here.