Comments on: White House Facing Rebellion on Hill on Plan for Detainees (or Lack Thereof)

By: d

Wed, 20 May 2009 23:56:39 +0000

White House Facing Rebellion on Hill on Plan for Detainees (or Lack Thereof)
May 20, 2009 9:06 AM
Uncertainty and discomfort about President Obama’s plans for the 240 or so detainees at Guantanamo will come to a head today when Senate Democrats vote to block $80 million the President requested to close Gitmo. Seems to be some dissention among the ranks of the Dems and the gut in the White House..

By: DontGet818OnMeNow

DontGet818OnMeNow — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:40:03 +0000

Which way would Franken have voted?

By: DontGet818OnMeNow

DontGet818OnMeNow — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:31:38 +0000

F Hyena
All of that Bush Cheney stuff has been renamed..

By: Fascist Hyena

Fascist Hyena — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:15:26 +0000

Let’s see…there’s the Patriot Act, wiretaps, e-mail intercepts, military tribunals, Predator drone attacks, Iraq, Afghanistan, don’t-ask-don’t-tell, Bagram, indefinite detention and now Guantanamo. All of these vile Bush/Cheney measures that are now part of the Obama anti-terror strategy.
What great fun this all is to watch…

By: Plumber

Plumber — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:02:14 +0000

Poor Gibbs. Jake is handing him his hat.
Again.

By: Wonkish

Wonkish — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:02:13 +0000

The Obama mantra: Strike that, reverse it.

By: jcarob

jcarob — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:57:17 +0000

Time for a stroll down memory lane. One of the many promises made by Obama during his campaign for president was that he would close Gitmo. Ah, but no one (read news media) dared ask the hard questions that are being asked now. So we had an irresponsible candidate blowing smoke and the clueless sign on to his every invocation. Be prepared for more of the same, you who voted for this guy.

By: DontGet818OnMeNow

DontGet818OnMeNow — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:57:05 +0000

Detainees will be Tried? or Tribuned?

By: MayBee

MayBee — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:26:33 +0000

And no one has the integrity to point all this out.
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That’s what stings.
It’s also why we can’t have 2-year long Presidential campaigns. It was obvious 2 years ago that none of this would be easy, but it was so fun to listen to the platitudes.

By: jas

jas — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:12:08 +0000

The dems have turned on Obama faster than I thought. Me thinks he is going to take it out on one Ms. Nancy Pelosi!