Senator McConnell Blasts Plan to Close Guantanamo

contracostatimes.com ^ | 04/21/2009 | ANDREW O. SELSKY

[kellynla]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—President Barack Obama came under fire Tuesday for including $80 million to close Guantanamo in a massive funding request to fight America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The $83.4 billion request to Congress was submitted on April 9, when lawmakers were on break over the Easter holidays. Tucked into the 99-page bill were a few paragraphs about Guantanamo—including a request for funds for foreign countries that accept prisoners. U.S. efforts to have other countries take in detainees have largely been a flop—stoking fears the men will end up in America.

"The administration needs to tell the American people what it plans to do with these men if they close Guantanamo," U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on the Senate floor Tuesday. He pointed out that two years ago the Senate voted 94-3 against sending detainees to the U.S.

McConnell opposes closing Guantanamo.

[kellynla]

Okay, works fine off the contracostatimes.com

Same article different newspaper website

So, it’s the Orange County Register website where the problem lies.

[randomhero97]

Okay, these journalists need to get it together. Is the “occupant” talking about closing the whole naval base or just the prison?

[Admin Moderator]

Good to hear.

[onedoug]

We should expect less from these characters?

[Admin Moderator]

lol, I was replying to kellynla’s post #2.

[skinkinthegrass]

Senator McConnell Blasts Plan to Close Guantanamo...

how long ago was that...2 month ago?
Where were you? Mitch....Hiding in the tall Grass?
during DHS "Domestic Terrorist" Memogate

A Kentucky Ping.

"When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators." - P. J. O'Rourke
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually, run out of other people’s money.” - Margaret Thatcher
"There are two sets of rules. One set for the rulers and another for the rest of us." —Richard Yancey, former IRS tax collector

[TheThinker]

I dunno, skink, one thing you can't fault McConnel for is his political timing. He was hiding in the tall grass until he smelled the fear from the Democrats. Maybe it's taken him this long to realize we're in deep sh#t.

Obama is engendering a primal fear in a lot of citizens, myself included. Humans don't forget a deep fear, however. It's not something easily let go of and living with it cultivates a type of controlled anger because we can't escape him. We know we have to oppose him and to not do so will have dire consequences. Opposing Obama is an easy decision and there's a type of peace that goes with it.

Yeah, I know, McConnel's no Michelle Bachmann, but we could have worse. He's a little slippery but I think he truly is conservative. You had to be proud when he fought for a trigger for offshore drilling. He is pro-life and pro Second Amendment.

[Nucluside]

Really. We have six years to deal with McConnel. Let’s work on pork asses like Hal Rodgers and the other ‘Rats first.

[Jimmy Valentine]

The DemocRATS keep screaming that we have to close the prison, but each and every one interviewed also says they have no idea what to do with them after that.

These idiots are hopeless.

[skinkinthegrass]

one thing you can't fault McConnel for is his political timing.
He was hiding in the tall grass until he smelled the fear from the Democrats...

Yeah, I know, McConnel's no Michelle Bachmann, but we could have worse....

...WAS it HIS fear, OF the 'Rats
Yhea, Who was that Twit, who ran against Mitch in '06
...His platform, "I luv Pork / Taxes....I'm a Sulkin' Yellow Dog Democrat!"

"When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators." - P. J. O'Rourke
“Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P.J.O’Rourke
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually, run out of other people’s money.” - Margaret Thatcher
"There are two sets of rules. One set for the rulers and another for the rest of us." - Richard Yancey, former IRS tax collector