Sullivan on Alito on Obama on Citizens United at the SOTU (Bless their collective hearts)

Andrew Sullivan weighs in with a quotation from the Greenwald post I quoted earlier, followed by:

Andrew Cohen notes the president's important qualification, before his legitimate discussion of a political issue:

With all due deference to separation of powers ...

In contrast, I think Gordon Smith had the right take on that bit of Presidential throat-clearing:

"With all due deference to separation of powers ..." 

This sounds like the Presidential equivalent to a Southerner saying, "Bless his soul ...," right before calling someone a raving lunatic.

Except, with all due deference, I think the correct Southern expression is Bless Your Heart or some variation thereof:

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[Brant Hadaway]

One time at a hearing in which the judge wasn't getting my point, I said: "Your Honor, I hate to use the phrase, 'with all due respect,' but...."

Judge: "I usually duck when I hear it."