Your attitude plays right into the red vs blue football game mentality that prevents any meaningful change in American politics. "Oooh, oooh the other guys are

Your attitude plays right into the red vs blue football game mentality that prevents any meaningful change in American politics. "Oooh, oooh the other guys are worse" Politicians know that they have a powerful machine, or a durable demographic advantage in their district, and that all kinds of tribal "the other guy is worse" defenses will come to their aid. It's time to start going after the individuals in the government who allowed this to happen, because they have proven themselves to be treacherous, as opposed to any hypothetical rivals that who might not agree with you on the finer points of government. What congress has allowed the NSA to do is inexcusable, and far more important than your personal preexisting political inclinations. EDIT: totally misread your comment, I agree with you.