Campaign in Poetry, Govern in Prose ...
And we all understand that, the reality ... or, some of us do. Liberals apparently do not because they really really believed him - after all, the war in Iraq would be over, we would be out of Iraq and Afghanistan, Guantanamo would be closed, and the US would restore the rights to poor and unfortunate individuals detained illegally by US forces. The above sentence summed up the over riding attitude of liberals, of those who opposed Bush and their reasons for supporting an inexperienced state legislator who turned US Senator for five minutes before running for president.
So ... where are we today. Well, we should look at what Obamaessiah had to say about Guantanamo and the US actions toward the murderers held in the palace of prisons in Guantanamo.
So what exactly did candidate Obama say in 2008 when it came to trying accused terrorists?
First, he was going to close Guantanamo, calling it an ineffective "legal black hole:" [For anyone keeping track - didn't happen]
"By any measure, our system of trying detainees has been a failure. Over the course of nearly seven years, there has not been a single conviction for a terrorist act at Guantanamo. There has just been one conviction for material support of terrorism," he said in June of 2008. "Meanwhile, this legal black hole has substantially set back America's ability to lead the world against the threat of terrorism, and undermined our most basic values. But make no mistake: we are less safe because of the way George Bush has handled this issue."
Then, he was going to restore habeas corpus rights to alleged terrorists [0 for 2]:
"Our courts have employed habeas corpus with rigor and fairness for more than two centuries, and we must continue to do so as we defend the freedom that violent extremists seek to destroy. We cannot afford to lose any more valuable time in the fight against terrorism to a dangerously flawed legal approach," he also said in June of 2008.
Promising to return America to the "moral high ground" in the war on terrorism, Obama issued a high profile executive order in his first official day as president that required the Guantanamo Bay detention facility be closed within a year. [0 for 3]
obama the useless
And we all understand that, the reality ... or, some of us do. Liberals apparently do not because they really really believed him - after all, the war in Iraq would be over, we would be out of Iraq and Afghanistan, Guantanamo would be closed, and the US would restore the rights to poor and unfortunate individuals detained illegally by US forces. The above sentence summed up the over riding attitude of liberals, of those who opposed Bush and their reasons for supporting an inexperienced state legislator who turned US Senator for five minutes before running for president.
So ... where are we today. Well, we should look at what Obamaessiah had to say about Guantanamo and the US actions toward the murderers held in the palace of prisons in Guantanamo.
So what exactly did candidate Obama say in 2008 when it came to trying accused terrorists?
First, he was going to close Guantanamo, calling it an ineffective "legal black hole:" [For anyone keeping track - didn't happen]
"By any measure, our system of trying detainees has been a failure. Over the course of nearly seven years, there has not been a single conviction for a terrorist act at Guantanamo. There has just been one conviction for material support of terrorism," he said in June of 2008. "Meanwhile, this legal black hole has substantially set back America's ability to lead the world against the threat of terrorism, and undermined our most basic values. But make no mistake: we are less safe because of the way George Bush has handled this issue."
Then, he was going to restore habeas corpus rights to alleged terrorists [0 for 2]:
"Our courts have employed habeas corpus with rigor and fairness for more than two centuries, and we must continue to do so as we defend the freedom that violent extremists seek to destroy. We cannot afford to lose any more valuable time in the fight against terrorism to a dangerously flawed legal approach," he also said in June of 2008.
Promising to return America to the "moral high ground" in the war on terrorism, Obama issued a high profile executive order in his first official day as president that required the Guantanamo Bay detention facility be closed within a year. [0 for 3]
obama the useless
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