Comments on: McCain Wants to Kill Bin Laden (But He’ll Give Him Habeas Corpus Rights, Too)

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:29:47 +0000

The biggest problem with habeas corpus being granted to combatants has far reaching ramifications that you liberals just don’t seem to understand.
1. They now have more rights than those in our own military when it comes to the wheels of justice.
2. They now have access to the high powered crooked attorneys that find loopholes to get people free.
3. They are now innocent until proven guilty. This is quite different than in the Military Courts and quite significant.
4. Our court system is designed to let a few bad guys slip through. Better to have a couple guilty people go free than have 1 innocent person be incarcerated kind of thing.
5. They don’t belong in civilian courts with civilian lawyers. They are war combatants guilty of war crimes. Big difference.
To all you Bush haters out there. You really don’t realize how dumb you come off spouting platitudes perpetrated by the left wing media. Once the dust settles and some years go by people will look at what he has accomplished and he will be considered one of our better Presidents.
1. Liberated 80,000,000 Muslims
2. Wiped out two terrorist regimes
2. Prevented a repeated terrorist attack on American soil. For the last 7 years you have been safe. Clinton couldn’t manage to do that.
3. He inherited an economy in recession from Clinton and kept it from getting worse.
4. Provided one of the longest periods of growth this country has seen.
The truth is out there. He is unpopular at the moment, mainly from the bashings he gets from the media. He is not as hated as you libs think. He is my Commander in Chief, and I have great respect for him and his decisions. People claim oooh, 4,000 troops have been killed! In 6 years of war, that is all? That is nothing when you look at the battles of WWII or Vietnam. Nothing. More people die in car accidents in one state in one year than those who gave their life in the 6 years we have been at war. And it isn’t for nothing. We have liberated the oppressed.

By: Thinking

Thinking — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:48:13 +0000

So John supports Habeas Corpus , and the courts. Why as commander and chief he is supposed to. So why is he running against the Constitution?
I* just don’t know about this guy is he unamerican or what?

By: TheCory

TheCory — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:52:35 +0000

It is funny, everytime I read these blogs, I wonder that if we took out the ignorant and misinformed comments, what would be left? It would be the Obama supporters! Sorry, its true. I am embarrassed that our country is 29th in the world in education and always a century behind other 1st world countries in almost everything. Come on people! Lets stop being the laughing stock of the world! Enough is enough!!!!!

By: capable_reader

capable_reader — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:50:25 +0000

I think that some of you that have left comments need to re-read the article. No where does it say that Obama doesn’t believe in the death penalty for Obama, it states the he believes we should handle it in such a way to let the world know that we were not just on a bloodlust hunt for him. Afterall, hasn’t the war on terror enlisted many different countries, so it seems to me that the most notorious terrorist’s capture would be a more international issue. I agree completely with Tim, we’re all humans on this planet, and everyone needs to be afforded the same rights. Now, after saying that, I would fully support the death penalty sentence, and expect it if he ever is captured, but I would rather a civilized process be carried out, otherwise what separates the terrorist from the civilized world.

By: Javalation

Javalation — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:30:15 +0000

The only person I’ve seen suggest that Obama has “superhuman” intelligence is the Republican wanting to dispel the myth. What he does have is not only superior intelligence, but also the temperament of a rational, thoughtful leader, unlike ol John who graduated near the bottom of his class, then displayed how little he had learned about flying by crashing 2 or 3 planes. McCain gets mad at the drop of a hat and insults and tries to intimidate his target. It’s laughable for an ol codger to behave this way, even with his wife.

By: reaganfan

reaganfan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:27:35 +0000

cyrus the lyarus:
I Forgot Who was President 8 Years
prior to 9/11?
Whose Attorney General set up the
intelligece wall between the FBI and
CIA that prevented them from sharing
information, resulting in the 9/11
plot not being discovered in time?
Your Buddy Bill Clinton That’s Who!

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:21:36 +0000

We simply need to make all detainees Enemy Prisioner of War. Therefore, according to Geneva Conventions they can be held without trial until the end of hostilities.

By: cyrus the lyarus

cyrus the lyarus — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:13:19 +0000

I forget who was President on 9.11?

By: Honay Rogers

Honay Rogers — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:17:51 +0000

All of you with all the answers, remember that all the information given to us before entering Iraq was a lie. McCain or Obama will protect the American people. You have the intelligence to listen and decide and Barack is far more qualified for the tough decisions than a hot headed McCain that all Senators know is not fit to serve as commander in chief. He was a POW, hero, but not informed enough, not intelligent enough, and he is really confused and yes he’s old and that may be the reason he’s confused. Look at Joe when he corrected him. It was as if he was an old uncle you just agree with because you love him not agree with him. We need new leadership and a new direction, neither can John McCain provide. George Bush can be president any one has more experience and intelligence, you know that’s true.
It will be nice to turn the tv on and expect intelligent comments and policy from the lader of the free world, that has been missed.

By: El_Pajaro

El_Pajaro — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:04:09 +0000

Obama on the death penalty and bin Laden on July 20, 2007:
“The first thing I’d support is his capture, which is something this administration has proved incapable of achieving. I would then, as president, order a trial that observed international standards of due process. At that point, do I think that somebody who killed 3,000 Americans qualifies as someone who has perpetrated heinous crimes, and would qualify for the death penalty? Then yes.”