Obama to Palin: 'Don't Mock the Constitution'

[tekisui]

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/08/obama_to_palin_dont_mock_the_c.html

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. -- Sen. Barack Obama delivered an impassioned defense of the Constitution and the rights of terrorism suspects tonight, striking back at one of the biggest applause lines in Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's speech to the GOP convention.

It was in St. Paul last week that Palin drew raucous cheers when she delivered this put-down of Obama: "Al-Qaeda terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America and he's worried that someone won't read them their rights."

Obama had a few problems with that.

"First of all, you don't even get to read them their rights until you catch 'em," Obama said here, drawing laughs from 1,500 supporters in a high school gymnasium. "They should spend more time trying to catch Osama bin Laden and we can worry about the next steps later."

If the plotters of the Sept. 11 attacks are in the government's sights, Obama went on, they should be targeted and killed.

"My position has always been clear: If you've got a terrorist, take him out," Obama said. "Anybody who was involved in 9/11, take 'em out."

But Obama, who taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago for more than a decade, said captured suspects deserve to file writs of habeus corpus.

Calling it "the foundation of Anglo-American law," he said the principle "says very simply: If the government grabs you, then you have the right to at least ask, 'Why was I grabbed?' And say, 'Maybe you've got the wrong person.'"

The safeguard is essential, Obama continued, "because we don't always have the right person."

"We don't always catch the right person," he said. "We may think it's Mohammed the terrorist, but it might be Mohammed the cab driver. You might think it's Barack the bomb-thrower, but it might be Barack the guy running for president."

Obama turned back to Palin's comment, although he said he was not sure whether Palin or Rudy Giuliani said it.

"The reason that you have this principle is not to be soft on terrorism. It's because that's who we are. That's what we're protecting," Obama said, his voice growing louder and the crowd rising to its feet to cheer. "Don't mock the Constitution. Don't make fun of it. Don't suggest that it's not American to abide by what the founding fathers set up. It's worked pretty well for over 200 years."

He finished with a dismissive comment about his opponents.

"These people."

[mwb970]

1. Masterful. /nt

[geckosfeet]

2. Debates. Can't come soon enough.

[SeattleGirl]

3. Say it loud, Barack!!!

:applause:

[tekisui]

4. Why are these soundbites not leading every newscast????

[tomp]

31. because it's fascism. nt

[Miss Chybil]

32. Because it's cheaper to just show Palin spewing the same lies over and over?

I don't know...

[Chisox08]

135. Yeah because all they have to do is replay the R-CON 08

She has given the same speech everyday. When will she get some new material for us to rip to shreds.

[Indenturedebtor]

39. Because we don't have a free media. If McBush manages to steal the election

our token lefties - Maddow et all, will quietly be replaced with "good loyal Murkans".

Way to go Obama!

[Cosmocat]

64. Cause Bush/McCain are TOUGH on terror ...

and democrats want to have counseling sessions with terrorits.

SO sayeth the media, and nothing that does not fit into that meme is given the FIRST whiff of air.

[DeeDeeNY]

70. Because McLame was a POW

:sarcasm:

[The Craw]

108. McCain was a POW?

I never knew, it'sot liuke McCain ever mentions it... ; )

[polmaven]

112. Yeah, WOW!

What a surprise! Wouldn't ya have thought SOMEONE woulda mentioned it?

[lorijen]

79. Cuz the Rovians have created a MEDIA phenom

The viewers are eating up the McPain brand of "in your face LIES". People can't get enough of it. Even we Obama supporters are tuning in, ostensibly to make hash out of it...but producers know what people want to hear.

[SemperEadem]

82. because it doesn't fit into the narrow narrative the MSM wants to peddle

the truth doesn't mean shit to them. They are ALL tools.


as my sig line says:

[stevietheman]

85. Obama needs to repeat these winning lines over and over and over again...

and that's how the GOP makes their lines reverberate in the corporate press.

[AlbertCat]

98. Not just Obama, but all Dems need to repeat them!

THAT'S how it gets in the news....for 5 seconds.

[polmaven]

113. I'll bet

KO and/or Rachel will talk about it tonight!

[Arctic Dave]

5. That is the type of smackdown that leaves a welt for week

on the face of the person stupid enough to spout off to the big cheese.

[AspenRose]

6. oh HELL YEAH Senator Obama

:woohoo:

[Patchuli]

7. That's why I'm an Obama Mama!!!

GOBAMA!

[renie408]

8. I love this man. I love him. I never loved Kerry...but Obama, I love. n/t

[tekisui]

9. Kerry would not have said this in 2004.

Obama knows when and how to turn his opponent into a puddle.

[politicasista]

111. Why is everyone putting down Kerry to praise Obama?

There is no Dem surrogate (or arguably Dem) that has worked hard in having Obama's back than Kerry. It would be nice if Obama's supporters would appreciate that more instead of tearing others down to promote him. The times are different. This is now post Iraq Civil War, post Katrina, bad economy, lame duck president/vp, etc.

Kerry is doing for Obama what Dems should have done for him in 04. Same with Gore.

[glitch]

129. I think they do it to justify not voting for him then, having now seen the light.

They did the same thing to Gore. Actually, they still do.

"if only Gore/Kerry had been like this in the election, I would have voted for him"

They give themselves a pass for not paying attention back then. Bright side: at least they are paying attention now.

[politicasista]

141. Well, Yes, True.

I just think it makes Obama look bad and doesn't help his or our cause. :shrug:

I agree with your post though. Better late than never. :hi:

[rucky]

11. jinx!

pinch, poke, you owe me a coke

[rucky]

10. I love this man.

He just gets better every day. Imagine him after 8 years in office. Holy cow!

[TooRaLoo]

12. CAN'T WAIT for the debates! nt

[ladywnch]

74. he's really not as good in debates as he is on the stump. He's still

the smartest guy on the stage but he stammers a bit too much trying to formulate and frame his response. Rethugs simply spew their stump for every answer. It may not answer the question but it looks stronger than Obama formulating an actual answer.

I'm just saying I worry a little.....

[SheilaT]

105. Well obviously his problem is

that he actually thinks about his answers. What an unpatriotic thing to do. She said somewhat sarcastically.

But your point about simply spewing a standard canned response every time is absolutely spot on. That and not actually answering whatever questions are asked. What I hate about the "debates" is that it's not a debate in any true sense of the word. And there's almost no follow-up and no attempt to make the candidate answer the question actually asked.

Climbs back down and puts soap box away for now.

[ladywnch]

116. while I agree with you it still leaves Obama looking bad and people

not trusting him.

[Cha]

13. "These people"!

rudypalin's lies gave Obama an opening that he could drive a mack truck through!

[amandabeech]

14. He is just so right on this.

I hope that this gets some positive coverage for those reasonable undecided voters.

And yes, I think that there are SOME out there, and we need to grab them.

[anonymous171]

15. Perfect response. Palin's little comment made my blood boil as well.

[AspenRose]

16. Is there a video of this somewhere?

[EffieBlack]

17. Sweet! n/t

[tridim]

18. Nice! I anxiously await the McCain/Palin response.

Which I'm sure will never come because they were just pwned.

[tekisui]

20. I don't think they will use that line again.

Obama knows how to shut them down.

[Bread and Circus]

19. I need a video. This sounds too good to be missed.

[Leftist Agitator]

21. Well, there goes the election!

"You might think it's Barack the bomb-thrower, but it might be Barack the guy running for president."

Game, Set, Match.

You fucked up, Barack Obama...

What's going to dominate the next Rightist (read: mainstream) news cycle again?

"Obama equates himself to terrorists! Film at 11!"

If they steal or otherwise cajole and manipulate the legitimate result of this election, I'm out.

In other words, I'm out.

Obama done fucked up. Irrevocably. Look for these words to haunt him come November.

Fuck...

[TheKentuckian]

28. Your reading comprehension sucks

he in no way equated himself to a terrorist.

[Hard Leftt]

34. That part you're right.

He didn't equate himself with a terrorist, but I will part company with most here about this being masterful. Talk about the constitution, please, fine, but did he have to bring it up in the context of protecting potential enemies?. This will be spun, spun, spun. I can see it now, Rush Limbaugh: Obama wants constitutional rights for terrorists! Yes, I know that's not what he meant, but damn. DO NOT leave the door open for the right wing media spinmeisters.

[tbyg52]

36. >>bring it up in the context of protecting potential enemies?

Uh, that's what the Constitution is *about*. Not letting ShrubCo, etc., declare who're the bad guys just on their say-so. Rule of law, not of men, and all that stuff.....

[Hard Leftt]

41. Did you read what I wrote?

It wasn't about the substance.

[tbyg52]

43. Yes, and the part I quoted is the part I was replying to.

I don't see how you can bring up habeas, etc., in any *other* context. The whole issue doesn't come up unless somebody declares somebody else a "bad guy."

[RufusTFirefly]

122. We shouldn't be embarrassed or apologetic that the Constitution protects all people

.. until it's proven that they're guilty.

That's what makes that document -- and the country that adopted it -- great.

I for one am glad that Obama said what he said.

You don't take away someone's rights simply because you think they may be guilty.

[Zhade]

133. Unless, of course, they're 9/11 suspects. Then it's "take 'em out", and the Constitution be damned.

This is sickening to read here.

[RufusTFirefly]

137. I agree, but hey, I guess that means we're both "soft on terrorism"

In the same vein, I'm totally in favor of the First Amendment for all forms of expression, unless, of course, it's something that makes me uncomfortable.

:sarcasm:

[tomg]

73. I think he is waiting for someone to pick

up on it, and then will ram it down their throats. I watched the Q and A and saw the whole context. He used it as one of a group., "They think they've got Mohammed the terrorist, and they've got Mohammed the cab driver." It was said in a strong defense of habeas corpus. I will admit it is risky, but I'm really proud of him for it, for putting himself on the side of justice and human rights, and for using himself as one more illustration. It is the sort of thing he will use in the debates. I don't deny that it is risky, but I love it.

[ExPatLeftist]

54. That is true - he didn't equate himself to a terrorist

but the reading and listening comprehension of the entire RW spin machine sucks, too. I am not going to say this will be huge like the other poster, but the first thing I thought when I saw that part of the comment by Obama was, "Uh-oh!" At the very least, some unintelligent southerners may say, "wait, is there also a Barack the bomb-thrower???!?!"

The points were GREAT, but I hope he will avoid using his own name in future examples, because unfortunately, and due to the fact that so many in the US are so incredibly ignorant, his name already is an issue, without him making up a fictitious terrorist with the same name. He could have just as easily said "John the bomb-thrower" vs. "John the presidential candidate", and I think that the point would have been even stronger.

[AlbertCat]

99. but the reading and listening comprehension of the entire RW spin machine sucks

The RW spin machine is ALREADY calling him a Muslim terrorist because his name rhymes with Osama. Anyone who loves that logic will love this too. But who cares? You're not gonna get those types on our side anyway. This brings two stupid illogical points up. People's names don't reveal their actions and alliances, AND the Habeas Corpus point.

It will be another LAME GOP response and he can bring up "When are they gonna talk about the issues????" again.

We can't run around worrying about GOP smear tactics all the time, censoring ourselves and walking on egg shells. That has not served us at all in the past.

[SheilaT]

106. No he didn't, and we all understand that.

But some one determined to misinterpret what he said, gee, I wonder who that might be? would do so in a heartbeat.

[krabigirl]

50. This isn't 2004. People are tired of toddlers being pulled aside for special screening.

Just because their names might match someone on the "no-fly list." People are sick of this crap, and I like how Obama was showing that anyone could be mistaken for a "terrorist" by the TSA's mistakes.

[nini]

61. he was MOCKING her/them

relax

[kestrel91316]

83. You are a moran.

[stillcool]

102. We're doomed....again!

you didn't know his name was Barack and that the Radical Right has been making hay out of it since he started campaigning? Where you been?

[Fovea]

103. LOL

breath deeply. They will try to spin everything, but as any woman will tell you,
desperation is not sexy.

And Palin was the choice of desperate, not very smart egoists.

[Dudley_DUright]

22. Finally, someone standing up for the constitution

Bravo. :applause:

[SaveAmerica]

23. That line about Barack the bomb thrower vs Barack running for president is perfect...

Saying the crap they plan on saying takes the wind out of their sails and it gives me hope that Obama is little by little showing the discrimination and prejudice that fuels the Republican Party.

[Number23]

24. Obama's knowledge of and commitment to the Constitution

Means more to me than alot of other great things he's done. It has been too long since we had a President who was committed to the principles established in our Constitution - the document which is heralded by other countries as one of the things that makes the U.S. so great.

How it came to be such an object of hate and ridicule by the Republicans says all we need to know about them and their true feelings for this country.

[writes3000]

25. Slam-dunk! nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

26. Palin has her own constitution.

[Posteritatis]

30. Charisma, intelligence, and wisdom, on the other hand.. (nt)

[NoodleyAppendage]

27. FIGHT. FIGHT. FIGHT! n/t

J

[TheKentuckian]

29. GO GET 'EM OBAMA!!!!

Bring it home!

[lisainmilo]

33. Right On!

Go Obama Go... give em hell!

[FrenchieCat]

35. Amen!

[Zombie2]

37. ENOUGH!!!!

"GET UP... GO GET EM!"

:kick: & Recommended

:dem::patriot::applause:OBAMA:applause:OBAMA:applause:OBAMA:applause::patriot::dem:

[Norrin Radd]

38. kr

[terrya]

40. "Don't Mock the Constitution" - brilliant. After the past 8 years, we've been waiting to hear that.

McCain/Palin IS more of the same. The same disregard, the same contempt for our Constitution that the present regime displays.

Obama was a Constitutional law professor. And his love for the Constitution is obvious.

[hvn_nbr_2]

51. I just wish he had added this:

"Don't mock the constitution. When you mock the constitution, you mock America. Why do you hate the constitution? Why do you hate America?"

[redqueen]

57. That's not a logical question... he knows they don't hate America.

I doubt he would deign to use their idiotic nonsense... despite the fact that they're grabbing anything they can off him to try to paint themselves as something other than the same old same old.

[Alexander]

42. K&R

[Major Hogwash]

44. Palin is the gift that keeps giving.

Someone on the radio said yesterday that she didn't write the speech she gave last week at the RNC.
I guess they're trying to walk that speech back now.

Good luck with that!!

It was one of the most vitriolic, hateful political speeches filled with smartass one-liners I've ever heard!!

[Bette Noir]

69. And delivered in that nails-on-chalkboard voice!

If anyone was born to be in silent pictures, it was Palin. The talkies would have done her in.

[Prophet 451]

45. Bravo, Senator

The writ of Habeus Corpus is the underlying principle beneath the entirety of your legal system and ours (England). Without the Great Writ, the whole principle of the rule of law breaks down.

[bdamomma]

46. yes, we had someone who used the Constitution as toilet paper

we will not take the trashing the Constitution lightly.

Good response Obama.

[gravity]

47. Obama needs more sound bites like this

Especially for the dabates. Something that people will be repeating for weeks

[musicblind]

48. That, my friends, is AWESOME!

That IS what we are fighting for. That IS what this is all about. That IS why we have to win this thing. Just reading those words makes me want Obama to win so badly that I can taste it.

I can't wait until we are in power and Obama, Biden, and Hillary can all start fixing what Bush, Cheney, and Condie have broken!

[Liberalatus]

49. This country needs more..

men and women like Obama. I will take a Nation full of men and women with Obama's values and morals over a Nation of McCain's and Palin's "traditional values" any day for eternity. This actually caused me to tear up and swell with pride.

[DBoon]

52. Palin's comment is proof that the Republican Party is Fascist

So she mocks due process, rule of law, and the presumption of innocence?

She seems to want a government where anyone suspected of being a terrorist can be hauled off without cause, kept in secret, and tortured.

Her position is that the US government should be a police state.

That someone in her position is saying this is absolutely frightening.

[redqueen]

53. "These people."

I love that.

LOVE it.

[AnnaLouise]

55. Palin's lines were written by Matthew Scully,

Palin's lines were written by Matthew Scully, who likes some animals
but not the ones being bombed in Iraq or Afghanistan, nor the victims
of Palin's aerial hunting.

He is now considered a traitor who will write anything for a big fee

www.matthewscully.com

[wryter2000]

56. LMAO

Did he really end with "these people?" :rofl: :applause:

[knitter4democracy]

58. Whooooooo-hoooooo! Finally!

Enough! We've had enough of these people trying to destroy the Constitution!!!

[Gman]

59. Bravo!

[vanderBeth]

60. Damn straight!

[FirstLight]

62. I want video!!!

THIS is the stuff we need to focus on...all those with concerns can just remind themselves we have a GREAT TICKET. I love that he is impassioned about the constitution. I want our country back!

I really can't wait till the debates and till he really shows thew country what he is capable of... and I just don't understand how anyone can even THINK of the other option...

GOBAMA!!!!

[BlueDonkey08]

63. What a man!

This just further shows what a prinipled man he is - we will be lucky and proud to have him as our next leader!

[Veruca Salt]

65. Beautiful!

:applause:

[GreenEyedLefty]

66. I was there and he was simply masterful.

He was answering an audience member's question about the Constitution.

But yahoos like Palin, et al. who mock the Constitution make me wonder if this country wouldn't welcome a dictatorship. We're *this close*, folks. Knocking on doors over the weekend left me so dismayed at how willing people are to be hoodwinked into giving up their rights. And for what?

[truedelphi]

95. Maybe your experience could make a good OP for this forum??

I'd be interested anyway.

[Capt. America]

67. Thank you Barack for pointing out that the Rethugs hate the 4th Amendment.

However, that person earlier was right about them using Barack the bomb-thrower. To the wingnuts and the majority of Americans who are lazy mouthbreathers when it comes to voting, they will use that clip to equate Barack=Muslim=terrorist Manchrian candidate. Remember, the Rethugs never NEED TO BE RIGHT OR TRUTHFUL, ETHICS DONT APPLY TO THEM.

[Bette Noir]

68. That's why I want to vote for this guy.

My dad was a cop-- a dirty one. One of his friends once shot an innocent man, in the back, while he slept. Misread the address on the warrant.

We can NEVER give up our rights. The gummint isn't always on our side.

[Bluenorthwest]

71. Brilliant.

I welcome the debates.

[Willo]

72. Great response.

I emailed it around.

[AuntPatsy]

75. Thank you for posting this....it needs to be heard..

[Duncan]

76. Well said Barack.

Good to see this in a WaPo thing.

[Frisbee]

77. Now THAT'S the kind of statement that makes me proud...

to be an American and to back Barack Obama for president! I hope this was a sign of things to come in his campaign. Sadly, I can't attend Joe Biden's St. Louis appearance today, but I am really looking forward to watching on youtube. I am thinking the gloves are starting to come off, and I like it!

[felinetta]

78. Obama must keep his message simple

I love Barack, but when I heard him on Olberman last night, he was way too long-winded. He needs to really tighten his answers on TV. He has to have 4 or 5 bullet points or campaign slogans for these TV appearances. This is what people will take from these TV interviews. He has to relate his points to their own PERSONAL lives. We have all the issues won hands down, but only if he can be clear and succinct. Even Olberman tried to give him that hint twice last night, but Obama went off again with long-winded answers. He has to aim his answers to the undecided. He's great on the stump, but on TV he is talking to a much larger audience. Come on Barack. This is our last chance!

[Limelight]

80. God it's sad when you have to explain America

To other Americans!!! Barack is dead on and he needs to hit this hard. Start reminding this country WTF it's supposed to stand for.

You know it's not really the constitution they're mocking on the right... it's principle. We are a country that was founded to stand on, fight for and even die for principle. And think about it... What would the right know about having principles?

[TomClash]

81. IT'S THE ECONOMY STUPID nt

[nichomachus]

84. Palin to Obama: "The what?"

This woman is dumber than a bag full of dirty socks.

[butterfly77]

86. Hot Damn!...

that's how you do it..

[mimitabby]

87. wow, this is beautiful!

thanks Barack

[tomreedtoon]

88. He should have concluded, "These? PEOPLE????"

Because the Republicans are more like Daleks, kill-bots, Clone Troopers, or other non-human murder machines.

[amb123]

89. Finally! Obama in ATTACK MODE!

About time! Take no prisoners Democrats!

:woohoo: :applause: :patriot: :popcorn:

[nonoxy9]

90. God bless him!!!

And what about all those "worst of the worst" that have simply been released from Gitmo. Something like 400 out of 700 have simply been 'let go' after being held without charge and tortured!

[beac]

91. 100th K&R! GOBAMA! n/t

[baldguy]

92. The GOP always *conveniently* forgets that the most deadly terrorist attack before 9/11

was committed by a bunch of RW Christian white guys.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

93. Wow! go obama!!!

nice one!

i love the line " The reason that you have this principle is not to be soft on terrorism. It's because that's who we are. That's what we're protecting"

[WinkyDink]

94. I'm confused; is "take'em out" compatible with habeas corpus? Does Obama really trust that we KNOW

who plotted/carried out 9/11? Because that Miraculous Passport of Mohammed Atta's gives ME pause, at any rate.

[RufusTFirefly]

130. I'm confused about that too. But it wasn't Atta's passport

It was Satam Al Suqami's. That's a common misconception.

Atta's luggage was found sitting at Boston's Logan Airport. In it was his passport, instructional videos on how to fly a plane, an international driver's license, a prayer schedule, and a letter detailing his plans for martyrdom. But Atta's bags met the fate of so many airline travelers' luggage. They didn't make it on his flight with him. In fact, his were the only bags that didn't make it on to Flight 11. What a truly lucky break for us! As a result, we had the evidence we needed to prove who was behind the plot.

[Zhade]

134. Yeah. Lucky. No way that could have been easily planted. Nope.

After the countless lies this administration has told us over the years, don't people ever QUESTION this shit?

[RufusTFirefly]

136. Shame on you, Zhade! Using memory, history, context, and common sense

I thought all four had been outlawed by now.

[Zhade]

132. THANK YOU. Reading the lavish praise, I wondered - doesn't anyone else see it?

Killing suspected terrorists on sight - and they're suspected until they're tried and convicted in a court of law - is a VIOLATION of the Constitution!

[dana_b]

96. God, he's good

great comebacks - glad he's hitting back with reasoned responses and his big ol' brain

[AlbertCat]

97. Games at school

In the 8th grade, we played this "game" called "Brown Eyes/ Blue Eyes": for 1/2 the class people with brown eyes were treated like 2nd class citizens and the teacher was most rude, cruel and unfair to them. Nothing you said was listened to and you were unfairly called out and even laughed at.

Then for the 2nd half of the day the blue eyed 9and hazel and green) students became 2nd class.
It was an exercise in prejudice....and how arbitrary and awful it was.

(I was made to sit in the hall because I wanted to know why my right answer to a question was sneered at and the same answer by a Blue Eye was not. The Principal's secretary saw me in the hall and wanted to know what I'd done. I told her we were playing a game. She took me to the principal's office for lying to her. The teacher later had to come and explain! talk about your Habeas Corpus!)

Now they should do this with Habeas Corpus. Accuse a student of something and then do not let him even get a chance to explain. "If you're not doing anything wrong....." That argument would go right out the window.

[Turner Ashby]

100. Her comments made me ill .

As an attorney, I have seen this country go downhill in the past 8 years. I have pinned my hopes on Obama. But, I have little belief in the American people understanding Obama.

I also post on conservative forums. I shake my heads at their frothing over the 2d amendment (which I strongly believe in) and I ask them how they are going to be Johnny get your gun, when they are thrown in the brig as an enemy combatant, or have no rights under Habeas Corpus, or when the 4th amendment is stripped of all meaning under the Patriot Act? Foolish.

[BaracudaCrusher]

101. Palin mocks the Bible she pretends to love too.

Especially where lying is concerned.

[Bucky]

104. "Barack the bomb-thrower" --that is smart on several different levels.

Most importantly, it's useful to remind swing voters that we did not nominate a bomb thrower.

[BlooInBloo]

107. It reflects so poorly on the American electorate that the race is even close....

If only idiots (ie Americans) wanted to be something more than stupid.

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

109. YouTube LINK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqE3j10keLc

[tekisui]

119. Great! Thank you for adding this to the thread!

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

120. No Problem

Piece of cake. Actually was surprised it hadn't been yet.

[Sanity Claws]

110. They took oaths to uphold the constitution

Shows how much faith to put in their oaths.

[northsongs]

114. It's time like this that remind me why I'm for Obama

Tell 'em like it is, Senator Obama!

[The Wielding Truth]

115. Proud to be an American when Barack Obama leads.

[Roland99]

117. *That*, my dear DU friends, is the voice of experience!

[happygoluckytoyou]

118. MOOSEHUNTER PALIN "badgers, we don't eat no stinkin' badgers"

[Bernardo de La Paz]

121. True Conservatives respect & defend Constititution; Faux Conservatives shred it. Guess which McPalin

True conservatives respect and defend Constititution; faux conservatives shred it. Guess which kind McPalin is ....

[Dystopian]

123. Another KandR!!! Wow! n/t

peace~

[1corona4u]

124. Great!

Go Obama!!

[mirrera]

125. Taking out Usama without a trial isn't who we are either. Sorry...

Go to the FBI site and Usama isn't even listed as being charged with 9/11. (http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/terbinladen.htm). Either we are a country of laws or not. I hate when Barack goes against what he knows is proper by calling for the assassination of a SUSPECT...
Flame away.

[jpertello]

126. GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!

I love this guy! The American people don't deserve him! Maybe he should run for president of a more intelligent country.

[APPLE_PIE]

127. I see the footprints in the sand.

He's found his backbone.

APPLE_PIE

[ClassWarrior]

128. Beautiful.

Never Give Up.

[Zhade]

131. Um... how can suspected terrorists file ANYTHING if they're taken out on sight?

That doesn't wash. Sorry. That's fucking bullshit.

[endthewar]

140. He's obviously referring to Guantanamo Bay and the Supreme Court decision earlier this year.

Let us know when you awake from your political coma. :rofl:

[JBoy]

138. They mock what they do not understand.

[Imagevision]

139. Like Obama said once; "I may be skinny but I'm tough...!