Rice, Tancredo flipflop on Constitution

Remember back when Republicans were obsessively obsessed with a strict reading of our Constitution? You know, back when our President used to say things like "I'll put competent judges on the bench, people who will strictly interpret the Constitution and will not use the bench to write social policy." Back when the pro-gun lobby rested its entire case on an extremely fine reading of the 2nd Amendment.

Apparently those days are over. I noticed it on December 18 when Condi Rice was on Meet the Press, talking about how the President has broad Constitutional authorities to spy on U.S. citizens. And I noticed it again today on the frontpage of the print edition of Denver Daily News. There were the anti-immigration forces, including Colorado Repub. Repre. Tom Tancredo, talking about how, yeah, the 14th Amendment definitely gives citizenship to anyone born in the United States, but, c'mon, do we have to interpret it so strictly? Couldn't we add in something like, "except the children of non-U.S. citizens" or something like that because, hey, the framers wouldn't mind.

All I am asking for is a little consistency. The uber-right elects these folks based on catch prases like "strict constitutionalist." But then they govern however they please. Sooner or later, won't people wise up to this hypocrisy?