Anybody else think that the first official act that Obama should do when he is sworn in

[zonmoy]

is to make sure that the bush cabal is prosecuted for war crimes or send the lot of them to the Hague if we cant do it here to be prosecuted there.

[begin_within]

1. YES

[babylonsister]

2. No. The economy is the major issue at the moment. Trust that he will

do what's right.

[Athens30603]

3. Nice fantasy but it would never happen.

Presidents don't prosecute other presidents.

[zonmoy]

19. At this point I would settle for a south african style truth and reconcilliation committee

just to get all the dirt out in the open.

[PDJane]

4. Yes........

And then someone needs to change his mind about unconditionally supporting Israel's occupation of Palestine.

[Why Syzygy]

5. We need election reform ..

and that might be an easier way to get them. That and tampering with the Justice Department.

[leftofthedial]

won't happen

not in one year

not in one term

not in two terms


it will be all nice-nice and kumbaya with repukes



then, in 4 or 8 or 28 years, when the uber-wealthy recreate the repuke party, they can send the same cast of criminals (or their proteges) back in for round three of the great national buttfucking.

[xultar]

6. ROFL. Y'all are totally not getting it.

[liberalmuse]

7. Close down Gitmo...

and let those men have a fair trial under The Constitution. Stop torture. Then lift the ban on showing coffins and the war. And then, prosecute these mass-murdering mother fuckers.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

8. Impossible

Chimpy Fucknuts will have pardoned everyone who ever worked for him, even though they will not have been indicted, including Chimpy Fucknuts.

Remember that "unindicted con-conspirator" thing that got Nixon a "Get Out Of Jail Free" card?

You watch.

[Lil Missy]

9. No.

[elleng]

10. Certainly could appoint capable Attorney General

who'd be inclined in that direction, but the whole ball of wax will take a long time; we'll read about it in 'history' books, if we're lucky!

[Webster Green]

11. Yes!

Then overturn every damn thing that the idiotic chimp administration forced upon us. :mad:

[Webster Green]

12. Dupe post deleted (n/t)

:shrug:

[curse of greyface]

13. Well trade with Cuba would be an easy first step. And good for the economy to boot. NT

[robinlynne]

14. and take back all the money from the banks and give it to the poor!

[shraby]

15. I believe he's capable of multi-tasking.

[TahitiNut]

16. Impeach. Remove. Indict. Convict. Imprison. (Rinse. Repeat.)

:grr:

[Jack Rabbit]

17. Not really

I'll settle for renouncing the Bush Doctrine on the first day. That's something he can do unilaterally. And then make plans to close Gitmo.

[emilyg]

18. Will never happen.

[upi402]

20. Obama has some work to do if justice is to be reinstated in America

but I have faint hope of that happening.

[madokie]

21. Yes by all means deal with the criminality of this mal-administration known by some of us as bushco

I can't believe that they will just walk away as free persons after all the murders and the destruction of a whole country or two. Bushco and some may think they are going to go live happily every after but I don't.

[Hippo_Tron]

22. Presidents are above prosecution for abuse of power

It's a tradition basically as old as John Adams and the Alien and Sedition Acts. Nixon started a secret war in Cambodia and illegally spied on American citizens because he considered them his "enemies". Yet none of that got him in trouble. It was his cover up of a petty crime that did him in.

If President Obama could change this tradition that would certainly be amazing. But I'm not holding my breath.