Posted on 05/16/2009 8:40:00 AM PDT by AJKauf
We’ve heard the cliché: there is a difference between campaigning and governing. But in the last few weeks the contrast between the two could not have been more stark. And the gap between President Obama’s effectiveness at the former and shakiness at the latter is coming into focus.
Guantanamo is the most vivid example. As a candidate, Obama pushed the notion that George W. Bush was a constitutional Neanderthal and destroyer of American values. Now he’s discovered that it is really hard to figure out what to do with these really bad people. And he’s even discovered the virtue of the Bush-created military tribunals.
Republicans have kept up the drumbeat, forcing Democrats to include limits on funding and demands to “show them the plans” before funding a Guantanamo shut-down. And it may be that there is no plan, no viable one to allow Guantanamo to be closed. ...
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That's what I've been doing.
Everytime I think of the hijacking of our Republic I go out and buy more ammo.
It’s hilarious how Slo-Joe Biden is berated by his boss for being a demented idiot.
Most of what I’ve heard from Slo-Joe has been more truthful than BHussein.
It's been going on a long time, since before Reagan, but Reagan seemed impervious to the puppet strings.
I think you’re right. I expect more
from my government “leaders”.
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