[guns_for_liberty]

“before Obama gained the TOTAL power for which he lusts...”

According to the Bush/Cheney administration, the President has the power to imprison anyone he considers to be a terrorist, and that person has no right to learn the evidence or even the specific charges against him, to confront witnesses, to have a lawyer, AND, that person can be locked up so long as the President considers him to be a threat.

How many people complained then, when the President claimed that power? Does it seem a little scarier now? That’s why constitutions have to be followed all the time, not just when the dems are in power.

[Dick Bachert]

Agreed. I spoke out against those abuses when they went down.

Unfortunately, not enough did so, and here we are!

[ohioWfan]

The difference between Bush's using a power specified for enemy combatants who were fighting and killing our troops on the field of battle, and used to imprison those involved in terror plots against US citizens, and Obama's going after the previous administration for policy differences is rather significant, is it not?

We are not dealing with the same issue here. It is not the same "power" at work, IMO.

It was not a quest for power that resulted in the Bush policy to put terrorists in prison. It was a desire to keep America safe - which succeeded.