Comments on: Obama Says: Don’t Politicize Guantanamo

By: JohnMG

JohnMG — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:44:02 +0000

Remember the ‘Unknown Comic’? The guy with the paper sack over his head? Obama could learn a lot from that guy. Whenever making such proclamations, Obama could always claim it was somebody else inside the bag saying those things, and not him.

By: Confucius

Confucius — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:32:46 +0000

Whenever speaking of morals or moral authority, Mr. Obama should have to state which moral he’s referring to.

By: Liberals Make Great Speedbumps

Liberals Make Great Speedbumps — Fri, 22 May 2009 07:29:06 +0000

Putting these dirtbags in American prisons will only transform our prisons into terrorist training camps. No longer will a trip to Pakistan or Afghanistan be necessary, just some time in the clink. Drug cartels are run quite well from inside prisons in this country. A sleeper cell will be even easier to run successfully after training jihadists familiar with American society and customs who will definitely be released back into society eventually after their time is served. This is insanity!

By: 12 Gauge Rage

12 Gauge Rage — Fri, 22 May 2009 05:54:15 +0000

The only reason that Obama wants to put these animals into U.S. prisons is because he knows no other country will take them. He has no other place to keep them. If Obama had half a brain he’d ship them all out to that desert tent prison in Arizona. We’ve coddled these thugs for too long.

By: jrmcdonald

jrmcdonald — Fri, 22 May 2009 04:32:32 +0000

My Mother worked at a hospitial in the 70′s, and would have dinner parties with our neighbours and several of the Doctors and Nurses. One of the local louts once started to carve up a turkey, and asked the Chief of Surgery if he could get a job as a Doctor? The Surgeon said “Sure, just put that bird back together.”

I think this is the same situation with Obama. It’s a lot harder than it looked from Chicago.

By: philipspace

philipspace — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:01:10 +0000

He’s open to discussion as long as his side can decide on the terms of debate.

That, and redefine your words for you mid-stride.

And morality, they like to mess with that one, too, without ever really defining it.

By: David

David — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:10:20 +0000

So putting people in prison in Gitmo recruits terrorists but putting them in prison in San Quentin won’t? If the issue was treatment, that has already been settled. There is no justification except to further radicalize the Muslim prison population (if that is even possible).

By: proreason

proreason — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:47:23 +0000

“intense hatred for the …. system that put them behind bars”

The system that put them behind bars is called “crime”. It includes murder, assault, rape, and theft.

Their misfortune lies in the fact that they are not members of Congress, in which case they would be living like emporers instead of behind bars.

By: 12 Gauge Rage

12 Gauge Rage — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:34:32 +0000

The politicizing of Gitmo was being done by the left long before Obama was even on the radar. He just happened to conveniently come along with his smooth talking, snake oil selling charm to further the left’s grip of power. To take these hardened killers and place them into U.S. prisons would only swell the ranks of the incarcerated who already have an intense hatred for the country and system that put them behind bars.

By: caligirl9

caligirl9 — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:36:18 +0000

And Bush inherited problems from Clinton and Company, and so on, and so on. Well, except for George Washington, who inherited problems from the British, who inherited problems from the Romans, or whomever was their boss before that. My knowledge of history escapes me at the moment …

By: Petronius

Petronius — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:25:09 +0000

LOL. Hey, hey, hey. What a hoot. Mercy. This is all too true, Pro. Reminds me of that bit from Shakespeare, “As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.” And so Nerobama stands there in the National Archives, the bearer and privileged interpreter of our Constitution and morality, laughing at all of us, rubbing his middle finger up and down the side of his face, nose in the air, wearing his shopworn sneer as his answer to the universe, dealing out destruction. “I won.” I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim. (“Endure with patience and toughness; someday this pain will be useful to you.” Ovid)

By: proreason

proreason — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:39:32 +0000

Hey Kids!! I’ve got a really great idea.

You know, we’ve had a really swell time running the country and all. Hey, I know I’VE had a blast wrecking the auto industry and giving dad fits about his credit cards and taxes and lots of other neat stuff too.

But, you know, it’s really getting to be a DRAG having to pay attention to these goofy prisoners, and all this legal razzmajazz with prisons, and torture and that downer stuff. Myself, I had a LOT more fun last year spending afternnoons at the kos malt shop and poking fun at the old farts and the frumpy old ladies. Now THAT was fun.

What if, you know, we like gave the country BACK to the adults. We could go back to having fun at koz and at the end of a day, you know, we could like, get high instead of talking to gasbags on the telephone.

Whadayasay kids? Are you up for that!!!!

By: Reality Bytes

Reality Bytes — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:31:14 +0000

How about 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? It’s got lot’s of room. The best security in the world & the tenants won’t mind.

By: Liberals Demise

Liberals Demise — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:35:07 +0000

33 years and more than a few dead brain cells here, John. I remember he was a A-hole and not that much more of a leader (failed Tehran rescue) and God yes he sold us out……..A flood of memories just shot through me!
He was as bad as “Billy Beer!!”

By: Right of the People

Right of the People — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:20:28 +0000

I would be in favor of moving them all to Fort Richardson in Alaska if we have to keep them on US soil. I bet they’d all love that.

By: proreason

proreason — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:52:51 +0000

“how to keep these guys out of the US judicial system and out of circulation at the same time.”

I doubt The Creature cares about that part, including any damage they could wreck. It’s more likely he would view chaos in the judicial system and national security as a good thing.

The reason he has backed off on his looniest ideas is that he hasn’t yet siezed 100% power and is still dependant on the support of the people.

Unless and until he manages to gain power over the military, we won’t see the full extent of his mania.