This is a far greater attack upon the United States Constitution and way of life than waterboarding terrorists.

Maybe Obama should have considered the ramifications of his statement before he made it?

Trial balloons, I remember Clinton doing a lot of that too, hey, let’s toss this out there, see how people respond, and then change our tune to be the Populist. They are finding out that their vocal left-wing-nuts are actually quite the minority.

Cheney 1, Obama zip

When has this president made ANYTHING clear?

Obama: “As I have always said…” (since yesterday)

Steve Z on April 24, 2009 at 10:42 AM

Thats one of the most irritating things about Ogabe’s speech patterns. He begins every boldfaced lie with “As I have always said.”, or “Let me be clear here.” Ever goddammed word that follows that is an outright LIE.

And don’t get ge started on the uhs and ums. What a dope this guy is…

Obama quotes; “I am not a socialist”,

Johan Klaus on April 24, 2009 at 10:42 AM

Which evokes memories of 1974–”I am not a crook”.

Methinks Obama is both.

It is going get real ugly.

getalife on April 24, 2009 at 9:31 AM

We all hope for the same thing. But it ain’t going to happen my wishful liberal friend because when Obama points a finger at those who he wants to demonize, four fingers point back.

There’s been talk and there’ll be more talk, but as were seeing now, in the end it’ll be a 180 reversal.

Two 180 changes equal 360. Sorry to dissapoint you.

Someone outside of the President’s administration appears to have influenced his decision. MoveOn.org and it’s chief financier George Soros is readying their version of the Tea Party protests with union/ACORN member paid demonstrators popping up at some predetermined date.

eigafan on April 24, 2009 at 9:16 AM

If you put the unions with ACORN does that make a unicorn? :)

“The president was very clear…that he believes it’s important that there’s not a witch hunt.”

When has this president made ANYTHING clear?

Obama: “As I have always said…” (since yesterday)

Tail chasing spin is complicated.

getalife on April 24, 2009 at 9:35 AM

Back to class, nap time is over.

Still, the left would call waterboarding avowed terrorists the thin edge of the wedge and the first step towards waterboarding people for jay-walking or speaking ill of the messiah.

Acutally the left would explicitly sanction waterboarding people who did the latter.

B.O.’s stand on anything depends entirely on which direction the wind is blowing at the time.
pilamaye on April 24, 2009 at 8:09 AM

Ahh, yes. The windy city school of politics.

nolapol on April 24, 2009 at 9:28 AM

Bwahahaha

But Obama endorses our Constitutional Rights to be applied to NON-CITIZEN ENEMIES OF OUR NATION.

“Spread the wealth” of human rights by denying rights to those who possess since there is only so much wealth in terms of human dignity, and it must be redistributed to those who abuse human rights.

By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to overrule a 23 year-old decision that stopped police from initiating questions unless a defendant’s lawyer is present, the latest stance that has disappointed civil rights and civil liberties groups.

Dems anxious about Af-Pak policy
David Rogers

Democratic fears over President Barack Obama’s Afghan-Pakistan policy House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-Wisc) threw a bucket of cold water on the Obama administration’s foreign policy agenda.

“We can’t approach problems as if we’re permanent President of the Optimist Club,” he said in what some saw as a dig at the White House. “We have got to look at realities.” “This will be a huge, huge uphill climb.”

“Federal Receipts Tank”
Tom Blumer
Chicago Daily Observer

This year, it’s shaping up to be the “Bailout Year Bummer.”

Uncle Sam’s fiscal year began on October 1 of last year, mere days before Congress passed the legislation that has come to be known as TARP, and a bit more than three months after Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, and Harry Reid promised to starve the economy of energy and punitively tax its highest producers, creating what I have since called the POR (Pelosi-Obama-Reid) Economy.