I'm going to try to be respectful, even though the tone of your response to Caliberal was hardly so.

To quote you in the original post:
"You're just not paying attention, and your argument is akin to doubting the existence of sharks because you haven't been eaten by one yet."

It's funny how you can see that the theocratic arm of the Republican party as threatening us all because of global warming and signing statements and Terri Schiavo. You'll get no argument from me.

But if you cannot see that the right to privacy--which, if it's based on such small matters as, say the 4th amendment, or the 9th amendment--is also a bedrock of democracy, than you have not been paying attention, and when the sharks come to take away your right to privacy, then you'll know what it's like to be eaten. Right to privacy gets conveniently labeled a woman's issue, the right to abortion. I guess men don't need sovereignty over their own bodies.

By the way, I went and checked the vote on Schiavo. Um. Nearly 50 Democratic reps voted for it. How many voted for Alito's nomination? How many for Roberts? How many voted to authorize the war in Iraq? How many for the Patriot Act? How many voted for suspension of habeas corpus? Think torture is okay?

Yes, there's a difference between the Democrats and Republicans, and I hope you're right that the Democrats are going to defend the republic from those who seek to destroy it. Yes. The Republicans are theocratic fuckwads who need to be driven from office. There is a lot to admire in the Democrats, and no, there's no chance I'd vote for a Republican, but for you to assert that anyone who cares about a right to privacy is a single-issue voter who doesn't care about the republic, is patronizing.

And I love being patronized.