More poll fun: 64% oppose super-president’s decision to close Gitmo
posted at 9:32 pm on December 16, 2009 by Allahpundit
65 percent opposed it six months ago, so hey — he’s making progress. Look past the pure schadenfreude of this one, though, and you’ll see the potential political issue that’s looming. Unless I’m mistaken, The One still needs Congress to fully lift the ban on transferring Gitmo detainees to the U.S. They’ve already lifted it with respect to detainees, like KSM, who are on their way here to stand trial. What about those who are being sent to Illinois for indefinite detention without trial, though? Given the political climate these days and the objections civil libertarians will have, I wonder how interesting this could get in the Senate if polls like this start trickling in.
Since we’re talking polls (again), have a look-see at the comparative job approval numbers for Obama, Hillary, Gates, and um, Robert Gibbs. 51/45 for The One versus 50/33 for his belligerent, oafish press secretary? This is the same guy who, on a day when NBC was teasing a poll showing more people now prefer the status quo to ObamaCare, stood up at the press briefing and said, “I don’t think any rational person would say killing a bill is better at this point.” Granted, the bar is infinitely lower for a mouthpiece than for the C-in-C, but really, America? Obama’s doing worse than someone who wracked his brain and simply couldn’t recall any Bush/Hitler comparisons over the past eight years? This really is Waterloo.
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He’s going to be reelected in a landslide.
True_King on December 16, 2009 at 9:34 PM
HERE HE COMES TO WRECK THE DAY!
EnochCain on December 16, 2009 at 9:34 PM
FIFY.
conservative pilgrim on December 16, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Any polls on what the Land of Lincoln residents think about Gitmo-Illinois?
conservative pilgrim on December 16, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Boss is on Sean Hannity.
I didn’t see the FoxAll Stars tonight – with all the bad poll numbers and news in the Senate today I’d be so disappointed to hear if Dr. Krauthammer is still “Oh, they’ll pass it anyway.”
Marcus on December 16, 2009 at 9:35 PM
I’ve never seen the wheels come off of anything this fast. I’m going to OD on schadenfreude.
DaveS on December 16, 2009 at 9:36 PM
It’s hard to hate the mentally disabled. Gibbs is cute that way.
AUINSC on December 16, 2009 at 9:37 PM
I agree. But I think this is inside baseball talk and most Americans don’t know who Gibsy is let alone his idiotic remarks.
conservative pilgrim on December 16, 2009 at 9:37 PM
I saw an interview yesterday with a couple of residents and they were all for it. Said that they could use the jobs ect. Nice to know there are still people in this country who are willing to sacrafice their families safety and security for the almighty dollar.
milwife88 on December 16, 2009 at 9:37 PM
FIRED UP/READY TO GO!!
canopfor on December 16, 2009 at 9:38 PM
“Bring the terrorists home!” Fauxbama has so stepped in Bo poo.
BHO Jonestown on December 16, 2009 at 9:38 PM
I’d like to see a poll of all the people that live around the future Gitmo is Illinois site~
HornetSting on December 16, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Yet, we have three more years of Teh One. There must be major pickups in the GOP (or Tea Party, i.e., Conservative candidates) in 2010 or we really are doomed.
conservative pilgrim on December 16, 2009 at 9:39 PM
How many minutes
After the terrorists land
For the first lawsuit?
Habeus Corpus
Filed on behalf of each one
Before the wheels stop.
Haiku Guy on December 16, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Just thinking, but could this be a move just so groups like the ACLU will have cause to get the indefinite detention undone? I mean, once they are on American soil things will change legally. This could be part of the plan from the far left, not because they really want terrorists let go, but because they think these detainees aren’t terrorists who were part of an act of war, and should have the same rights as a common criminal in America.
truetexan on December 16, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Its almost time,to bring out the violin!!!(sarc).
canopfor on December 16, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Me too. This location is within an hour of the only Navy Boot Camp at Great Lakes (North Chicago) and a large military presence. I can only imagine the terrorists licking their chops at the things they have planned for Chicago if this goes through.
conservative pilgrim on December 16, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Pillsbury D’oh-Boy’s
Jackassery knows no bounds.
Must be ‘Pubbie Plant.
Haiku Guy on December 16, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Dinner with Bill Ayers? /S
HornetSting on December 16, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Part of the reason I let Gibbs slide (and would rate him higher than Obama) is because his job is all about misinformation. I know that every day he must wake up and think, how will I lie today? and that’s fine, it’s why Obama put him there. Is he doing his pathetic job correctly, yep.
OTOH Obama’s job is be a good president. At this, he’s failing.
LastRick on December 16, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Has anyone suggested the Humpbot?
Chuck Schick on December 16, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Must be ‘Pubbie Plant.
Haiku Guy on December 16, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Haiku Guy: That ‘plant’ word reminds me,of all the planting,
seeding,and stacking they did at various forums
during the presidential elections as Leftys were
masquarding as conservatives!!:)
canopfor on December 16, 2009 at 9:45 PM
https://twitter.com/jimgeraghty/status/6748391744
Jim Geraghty on Gibbs’ approval rating:
Mark1971 on December 16, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Has anyone checked the water in Washington, DC.
GarandFan on December 16, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Humpbot!
HornetSting on December 16, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Allah, I think people just assume Gibbs is a puppet and all the stupid things he says are stuff he was told to say by his puppetmaster Obama. So Obama gets the blame for Gibbs’s stupidity. Which is fine with me.
Darth Executor on December 16, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Pretty much that’s what it was.
CK MacLeod on December 16, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Has anyone suggested the Humpbot?
Chuck Schick on December 16, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Chuck Schick: Can it play the violin!:)
canopfor on December 16, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Lol
conservative pilgrim on December 16, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Hey, he’s just some guy from the ‘Hood.
thomasaur on December 16, 2009 at 9:48 PM
A handful of jihadists enter a rural Illinois town, take over a school and we have an American Bezlan…and the jihadis demand the immediate release of their fellow jihadis from Gitmo-North.
OK, Mr. President…voting “present” won’t work this time.
A handful of ACLU lawyers enter a federal court in Illinois, and demand the immediate release of all jihadis from Gitmo-North, on solid legal and Constitutional principles.
OK, Mr. President…what now?
This move by the Obama Administration to remove the jihadis from the Guantanamo detention facilities and re-locate them to Illinois is not going to end well…for anyone…except for the jihadis.
[Side note: Once the detention facilities in Gitmo are closed, and Gitmo is finally BRAC'd, will Obama return Gitmo to Cuban sovereignty to placate his Leftist friends in Latin America? He made such a mess over that minor Honduran thingie...he needs to make amends somewhere.]
coldwarrior on December 16, 2009 at 9:48 PM
FTFY
Enoxo on December 16, 2009 at 9:49 PM
It’s the JOBS closing Gimo will create!
SouthernGent on December 16, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Do you think if we get a republican president in 2012 is there any way of shipping these terrorist out of the US again. Someone is going to have to come in with a steam cleaner or wet/dry vac to clean up Zero’s mess.
Brat4life on December 16, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Wow, at least my cat buries his turds after he lays them.
Slider dropped, mission accomplished…awwwwaaayyyyy!
BigWyo on December 16, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Technically they are still Prisoners of War. We had the few Japanese and the German Prisoners here in the CONUS back in the WWII and there were no legal problems.
Holger on December 16, 2009 at 9:50 PM
I’ve found a robot who plays the violin,its not a Humpbot,
so technically,I’m not infringing on AllahPundits thunder,
gawd,at least I hope not!:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzjkBwZtxp4
canopfor on December 16, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Of course, the 64% had better get used to this kind of ‘leadership’…they’ve got 3 more glorious years of it.
AUINSC on December 16, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Mmmm Mmmm Mmmoron.
hillbillyjim on December 16, 2009 at 9:53 PM
He’s going to be reelected in a landslide.
True_King on December 16, 2009 at 9:34 PM
True_King: But,the Liberal Party,will be in the wilderness,
lost,for quite some time!!(sarc).
canopfor on December 16, 2009 at 9:54 PM
hell, by the time all these gitmo dudes die of old age, he’ll be at like 50% or something…..
ted c on December 16, 2009 at 9:54 PM
cue my swedish music!
ted c on December 16, 2009 at 9:55 PM
They are not POWs. They never wore a uniform, they are illegal enemy combatants. Period. They are to be given a summary court-martial in the field and executed if found guilty.
Anything beyond that goes beyond the laws of land warfare and only encouraged derka derka to muhammed jihad.
Blarg the Destroyer on December 16, 2009 at 9:56 PM
36% are ready to burn America to the ground….
He won……..
nondhimmie on December 16, 2009 at 9:56 PM
I heard a caller on Rush today, telling him there is a nuclear power plant really close to the prison in Illinois.
bluemarlin on December 16, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Good to know. I am still concerned because times have definitely changed since then. And, the country was united around WWII. We most certainly are not with this one.
truetexan on December 16, 2009 at 9:56 PM
This can’t be!! I see a C- in there somewhere.
DrStock on December 16, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Mmmm Mmmm Mmmoron.
hillbillyjim on December 16, 2009 at 9:53 PM
hillbillyjim:Here ya go!!:)
http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=9331
canopfor on December 16, 2009 at 9:56 PM
64 percent Oppose his decision.
64 percent out of 100 means only 36 percent support him. Grade Wise, isn’t anything below a 60 a solid F?
Must be a hell of a curve to get him a B+.
Holger on December 16, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Why would someone invent a robot that plays a violin when there are billions of legs going unhumped? That’s stupid.
Chuck Schick on December 16, 2009 at 9:59 PM
cue my swedish music!
ted c on December 16, 2009 at 9:55 PM
ted c: Awaiting at your Liesure!!:)
ABBA/Waterloo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu1q17rUkVU
canopfor on December 16, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Rasmussen did a poll over the weekend and it was posted here at HA. It said 51% of the folks here in Illinois are for it.
I’m not buying it, especially when my moonbat friends even think it’s a bad idea.
Knucklehead on December 16, 2009 at 9:59 PM
I can tell that B+ is going to be a caption under a lot of pics in the future.
INC on December 16, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Techically, they are
prisoners of war.
Explicitly described in the Geneva Conventions.
They are bandits, brigands, saboteurs, terrorists.
Technically, they are entitled to two things….they choice of a blindfold and the choice of a cigarette before summary execution is completed. The entire reason why Gitmo was chosen goes back to Johnson v Eisentrager [USSC 1950] that held that foreign combatants not of a national army engaged in hostile acts upon US forces overseas and captured overseas are not entitled to access to American courts nor the American judicial system, and cannot be brought to US soil.
Once any of these clowns arrives in the US two things happen. The first, they are under our present Constitution entitled to full access to the US judicial system as landed immigrants. Second, since the US government was responsible for their arrival on US soil, the US government is totally responsible for all their needs for the entire time they are within the US, and in certain cases, afterward. And, to add another, if released under a writ of habeas corpus, they cannot be deported from the United States without a full and complete judicial review of their status, a lengthy process at times taking several years.
coldwarrior on December 16, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Less than 20 miles away. Nice target, huh?
Knucklehead on December 16, 2009 at 10:01 PM
I still think the fear of being labeled a racist is giving Obama false numbers in these polls. I take the polls on his polices as a better indication of his personal approval numbers. Then people feel safer to be against his policies then him and not be called a racist
unseen on December 16, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Worst screenshot ever. His face looks like a pickled hemorrhoid.
chunderroad on December 16, 2009 at 10:02 PM
FYI, tonights Jesse Ventura’s conspiracy theory show is about the global warming hoax. It’s about following the money.
txag92 on December 16, 2009 at 10:02 PM
A lot of money and trouble could be saved by just changing the name of Gitmo to Disney World and the name of Disney World to Gitmo and leaving them were they are, then Obama could honestly say they are no longer at Gitmo, but then no jobs/contracts/graft/kickbacks/etc for Illinois, I guess.
MB4 on December 16, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Why would someone invent a robot that plays a violin when there are billions of legs going unhumped? That’s stupid.
Chuck Schick on December 16, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Chuck Schick:Yes,I do feel your pain on this,but I want,
a violin playing when Humpbots do what Hump
Bots do best,I just want to hear,the weeping
violin,as the music,that sends the Liberal
Party done the swanny river,kinda like the
musuc on Godfather,the impending doom!!hehe:)
canopfor on December 16, 2009 at 10:03 PM
FYI, tonights Jesse Ventura’s conspiracy theory show is about the global warming hoax. It’s about following the money.
txag92 on December 16, 2009 at 10:02 PM
txag92:Well,that just sounds like crazy talk to me!!:)
canopfor on December 16, 2009 at 10:06 PM
I saw it. The concensus seemed to be it will pass. Krauthammer did a devastating rant on Obama’s handling of Iran,..it was a thing of beauty. Kondrake ran the sanctions thing up the flagpole and got bitch slapped.
a capella on December 16, 2009 at 10:08 PM
No one seems to have noticed that the prison Messiah wants to send the Gitmo crowd to is back home in Illinois. It’s a payoff to the gang back home, plain, simple, and clear as a bell.
n0doz on December 16, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Could be something like this: Beslan school hostage crisis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beslan_school_hostage_crisis
lovingmyUSA on December 16, 2009 at 10:12 PM
How long and how many times does the Fat Lady have to sing?
mobydutch on December 16, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Put that with the humpbot, and we would have kinky robot sex…
lovingmyUSA on December 16, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Prisoners of War as in prisoners taken in the act of engaging in warfare like activities in a situation considered warfare. Not saying they are entitled to the Geneva Conventions saying they do not fall under civilian law because German and Japanese POWs did not fall under civilian law.
Holger on December 16, 2009 at 10:17 PM
History repeats itself.
suzyk on December 16, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Related satire: Obama Brings “Terrorist Olympians” to Home State as “Consolation Prize” for His Failure to Bring Olympics to Chicago http://optoons.blogspot.com/2009/12/obama-brings-terrorist-olympians-to.html
Mervis Winter on December 16, 2009 at 10:28 PM
OPERATION DESTROY AMERICA IN FULL SWING!!!
Next thing you know they’ll be passing some kind of Trillion dollar Stimulus boondogle….uh, oh they did that?
Well, they’ll be trying to get all kinds of Climate crap passed thru EPA Mandates….uh, really done already?
You know they’ll probably get some guy at the FCC talking about Internet “neutrality” that would really quiet dissent and squelch free speech…..seriously? they did that too?
Let Iran get closer to Nukes?………check
Make overtures to Kim Jong Il that are really appeasement for the pot bellied dog eating dictator?…….check.
Bring American killing/hating terrorists back on American Soil so American courts will let them go free?….check.
Full speed AMERICA BE DAMNED……Yo Chickens comin hommmme to woost!!!!
PappyD61 on December 16, 2009 at 10:28 PM
For those who missed it, ABBA beat out KISS for a spot in the Class of 2010 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The others: The Stooges (7th time was the charm), Jimmy Cliff, and The Hollies (where Graham Nash toiled before that other band). Also a bunch of song writers.
Del Dolemonte on December 16, 2009 at 10:34 PM
canopfor on December 16, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Put that with the humpbot, and we would have kinky robot sex…
lovingmyUSA on December 16, 2009 at 10:17 PM
lovingmyUSA: Might need extra batteries,tee-hee!!:)
canopfor on December 16, 2009 at 10:34 PM
For those who missed it, ABBA beat out KISS for a spot in the Class of 2010 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The others: The Stooges (7th time was the charm), Jimmy Cliff, and The Hollies (where Graham Nash toiled before that other band). Also a bunch of song writers.
Del Dolemonte on December 16, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Del Dolemonte: As it should be,but I love KISS as well!:)
canopfor on December 16, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Even O’Reilly has figured out a point I mentioned months ago. Conditions for the terrorists will be a lot worse in an American prison than Gitmo, where at least the weather is very nice. The retarded liberal MSM won’t get this point until they visit the prison in frigid Illinois.
As we all know Gitmo was a
recruiting tool for al Qaedapropaganda tool for the Democrats.Basilsbest on December 16, 2009 at 10:50 PM
You are Canadian. lol -_*
thomasaur on December 16, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Dr K is a brilliant man. He knows, even as some of us with lesser intellects know, that the abomination will pass.
Neither Osama Obama, Harry Reid or Nancy Pelosi give a flaming rat’s hindquarters what Americans think. I’m coming to the conclusion that they have something in mind for 2010 that will seal the deal for their continued power.
A few years ago, Porkulus, a president bowing to terrorists and throwing away our ability to defend ourselves and the nationalization of major U.S. companies would have been considered tinfoil-hat stuff. Guess what? All those things have happened.
And I don’t think the traitorous thugs in D.C. are through with us. Not by a long shot.
MrScribbler on December 16, 2009 at 10:54 PM
POW status conveys certain guaranteed legal protections as well as certain rights, all a matter of recognized law.
Enemy combatant, terrorist, brigand, bandit, saboteur…none of these are offered nor owed any legal protections nor rights under Geneva.
Yes, they were scarfed up during military operations, war, but to even use the term Prisoner of War when talking about the detainees lends to the myth that they are, somehow, POW’s and thus, entitled under law to a panoply of guarantees and protections and rights.
Semantics? Legalisms? Neither.
Jihadis who have committed acts on US soil are to be adjudicated under our federal courts systems with all rights and protections implied or explicitly detailed as a matter of law. Hence, no jihadis captured on US soil has been sent to Gitmo, but reside instead in whatever appropriate federal facility stateside. That a few have ended up in a naval brig has muddied that necessary separation, but as a matter of expediency and protection of the populace as a whole, in certain cases naval brigs have been chosen. The dirty bomber guy, Padilla, I seem to recall, is in a naval detention facility.
Bottom line, if Obama believes that sending all or a select few from Gitmo to Illinois is going to stop a presumed “recruiting tool” for jihad, he is dead wrong. AQ and others were recruiting long before Gitmo became a common household name. If Obama believes that he, as president, can hold jihadis or presumed jihadis indefinitely in a stateside detention facility without there being serious legal issues raised, and serious Constitutional issues inviting challenge, he is, again, dead wrong. If a president can hold jihadis in a federal facility without federal charges and arraignment, and without benefit of the full scope of legal rights afforded all US persons, then what is to prevent a President, any President, from this point forward from detaining US persons, US citizens, indefinitely in federal facilities in the future?
And, Obama has offered the jihadis a an open and little protected venue for future actions within the United States. Be it a classic prison break, or a Bezlan-like scenario, rural Illinois is now a target set for jihad.
In his zeal to close Gitmo, Obama has opened a can of worms that will be with us long after he is gone from Office.
coldwarrior on December 16, 2009 at 10:59 PM
probably doesn’t help that the sleepy ole terrorist prison site is less than 25 miles from a nuclear power plant
tarpon on December 16, 2009 at 11:00 PM
I don’t think this guys on our side.
MCGIRV on December 16, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Close Gitmo…?
He’s just moving it to the graft, waste, and corruption just outside Chicago.
Can’t wait for the Law of Unintended Consequences…
Seven Percent Solution on December 16, 2009 at 11:26 PM
What will Gitmo North have that Gitmo South doesn’t???
SEIU.
Just wait and see; the UNIONS will build the buildings, cook the food, laundry service, hospice care…it’s the first step to having unions in our military!
TN Mom on December 16, 2009 at 11:42 PM
Waterloo!
wildcat84 on December 16, 2009 at 11:54 PM
I totally agree with you here. There is no way this is going to end well for the American people. In fact, this is a win for the jihadis. The sad thing about it is, obama knows this, knows that it’s bad for America, and that is precisely why he is doing it. Never let a good crisis go to waste! Socializing the economy, bringing capitalism to it’s knees, wrecking the pillars of our foundations and rebuilding some third world country in it’s place. That’s what Obama is all about. Those who fail to see that are either extremely naive, or are in on it. My 2 cents.
long_cat on December 17, 2009 at 12:06 AM
So does this mean that “only” 36% of our citizens are anti-American?
Connie on December 17, 2009 at 12:14 AM
You’re right.
Connie on December 17, 2009 at 12:15 AM
Careful, honey. I found a pic of you.
platypus on December 17, 2009 at 12:30 AM
With so little support for this why does he feel it is so important. Gitmo is really a non issue to most Americans.
Are we to believe that when the prisoners are moved to Illinois the Taliban will just say,”Well okay then, we won’t kill you anymore and by the way, it’s okay for little girls to go to school since the prisoners are in Illinois and all!
Obama is insane.
petunia on December 17, 2009 at 12:40 AM
Now there’s something I wish I didn’t know!
petunia on December 17, 2009 at 12:42 AM
Chucky Schumer should be sent to Gitmo immediately, since he is a threat to airline safety.
Really Right on December 17, 2009 at 12:44 AM
Yeah I seriously doubt that if the American Left had not seized the issues Al Qaeda would have thought about it for more than a month. They knew it hurt American moral that is why it became a issue for them.
America’s worst enemies are now in the Whitehouse.
petunia on December 17, 2009 at 12:45 AM
Heck, I wouldn’t be surprised if some deal were to be worked out so that SEIU was the union for the guards. How wonderful it would be to know that the people in charge of keeping these animals locked in their cages couldn’t get a job with the TSA.
By the way, if Obama is intent on filling empty prisons with Gitmo detainees, where is he gonna put all the people who don’t buy health insurance?
Left Coast Right Mind on December 17, 2009 at 1:31 AM
To the extent that Gitmo is a recruiting tool, it is the Democrats’ fault.
Imagine all of the civilians within the judicial system and connected to this dibacle that will now be marked for death over the next 10 or more years. This is a horrible decision and will take decades to discover the full and yet unknown affects.
Youngs98 on December 17, 2009 at 6:41 AM
Robert Gibbs is the result of Obama reaching out to the brain-dead demographic and hiring University of South Carolina graduates.
Previously, Gibbs was valet parking cars at the Mustang Ranch in Vegas, which was his entree into the political world.
At U South Carolina, he was the second-place Homecoming Float named “Porky Pig”, sponsored by Johnsonville Sausage.
He is looking forward to his first date sometime soon.
bradley11 on December 17, 2009 at 7:46 AM
Should “Obamaturism” be renamed B+?
marklmail on December 17, 2009 at 8:13 AM
He says that every night, or rather he pronounces it, as if he had read it chiseled in stone somewhere.
Charles is a DC insider. He gives the insider’s view, and cannot fathom that people on the outside can make a difference.
And don’t forget, Dr. K thinks nat’l health ins. is a “moral imperative,” so there is at least a little bit of advocacy in his insider’s pronouncements.
james23 on December 17, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Buy popcorn, kids.
And all the upcoming televised trails will NOT be a recruiting tool?
And there is a nine hundred pound gorilla in the room which the most have forgotten about but left is quietly giggling about, and nobody is talking about:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boumediene_v._Bush
IlikedAUH2O on December 17, 2009 at 9:37 AM
I think people are a lot more practical and commonsense than the politicians realize.
People wanted the shady CIA junk to stop at GITMO. That embarassed a lot of people.
But GITMO cleaned up its act, and the storm has passed. Now, it doesn’t make sense to spend millions in IL when we have GITMO.
Oh well, maybe this is a case where money will flow into IL for jobs, etc. That’s worth something.
AnninCA on December 17, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Emergency – I’m out of popcorn. Help.
t.ferg on December 17, 2009 at 9:54 AM
Worth something?
This will be gold for the WH — or that is what they hope.
They haven’t had a half dozen goups working on this for a year just for the sake of the ‘lil darlings we have locked up.
At a minimum, they have a nice, shiny object for the media to focus on. Which, compared to the real situation the country is in, is a good thing. As Martha Stewart might say.
They placate their base. (A single!)
They show the international left that The One deserved the NPP. (A double!)
They are hoping to put the Bush administration on trial. (A triple!)
They staunch the poll bleeding and hope that the Republicans fall flat while running to the ball. (An ‘in the park’ home run!)
Yea, but I don’t know anything about all this stuff. I am just guessing.
IlikedAUH2O on December 17, 2009 at 10:14 AM
I’m curious about this as well. Even my most lefty friends out here in Chicago think this will be a complete disaster.
As someone else mentioned, the Great Lakes Naval Base is not far from Thomson Correctional. Great Lakes is one of the largest Navy training spots.
Illinois also has 6 nuclear power plants, more than any other state.
Not to mention Sears Tower, Wrigley Field, Soldier Field, and a whole slew of other possible targets.
I can’t imagine any sane Illinois resident wanting the Gitmo detainees transfered here. I hardly think the couple hundred jobs it will bring to the area will be worth it.
Meezles on December 17, 2009 at 12:22 PM
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