Obama On Torture Memos And War Crimes

[matthewf]

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[cooolandrew]

1. We have to keep it real if it don't make sense it don't make sense. We have to keep our guys honest>

so one day we're not wandering round in the same wilderness the GOP have chose to hang out. This is not only a great toon it would make a brilliant ad. Although I understand he doesn't wnat to antagoize Republicans to the point nothing gets done. It's a tricky one, but on the other hand honest is the best policy. It's important to detach from the politics game and always be playing the peoples game.

[rhett o rick]

2. First of all the republiCons aren't going to let anything get done anyway. When will the damn

Democrats stop yielding to the republiCons? You have to do what is right, regardless.

[cooolandrew]

3. I'm just being real and I know they work politically first. Yes, prosecution should be on the table>

realistically it may not be. And that isn't specifically down to democrats more there not being enough citizens demanding it. If the nation as a collective are not saying prosecution ... its never going to happen.

[rhett o rick]

5. I understand and I am not being critical of you. I am critical of the Democrats in Congress

that don't have the guts to do what is right even if public opinion is against them. That's how we got into the bush war. We don't live in a Democracy but a representative republic. Once elected the representatives are supposed to do what's right and not bow to public opinion. If they are going to bow to public opinion then we don't even need them, we could just vote ourselves.

[cooolandrew]

6. Yeah, prosecution is the right thing will they do it only if folks had elected DK and I did support>

him from the time he ran till his campaign came to a close. The next we got in line was President Obama who is moderate and left leaning. For prosecution forst and foremost Kucinich was the man. Anything more than that we've get a big fight for it, it would appear.

[ihavenobias]

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