Liberals: Will you give absolute power to the next Right Wing President?

My comments relative to this story from the Atlantic

The Obama Surveillance Revelations Are Pushing Liberals Over the Edge "There have been concerns before about Obama's record on civil liberties and the security state, but people are genuinely shocked by the extent of this."

Stand for ideals, not a man. Men are fallible. Bush, Obama, etc. Hold their feet to the fire equally. I'll say one thing for a smaller-gov libertarian approach: There would just be less men/women to be corrupt, by sheer numbers. Less administrators, hopefully less corruption, and easier to see what they are doing. And I would ask every committed and passionate progressive, liberal, or democrat this: Would you really, in your heart of hearts, want Bush, Nixon, Cheney or some future right-wing president to have his hands on information that could be used to blackmail or thwart any citizen, any congressman, any judge, know every connection to liberal causes, know every donor, know exactly how fast your grassroots groups are growing, etc. It's TOO MUCH POWER, for either party, any president. George Washington had all the power to rule our country handed to him by the generals he just led, and he turned it down. He warned us against such power. Be your own Washington, and demand your liberal friends be strong as well. Recording every touch point of every American is not for our country, not for the land of the free. To accept this, would be to commit national suicide.