The Left Confuses Me

posted at 9:13 pm on April 16, 2009 by
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Help me understand. If I’m a liberal — or progressive, whatever — I believe that:

For the first time in history, a terrorist captured on the battlefield has all the rights of an American citizen including the right to a trial in federal courts.


Elian Gonzales, however, had to be expelled from the country by Democrat Attorney General Janet Reno despite a pending court-ordered asylum hearing.


I‘m confused. Why do I feel like a ship passing Somalia?

Cross-posted at: Doug Ross @ Journal.

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It’s easy. Terrorists captured on the battlefield are trying to impose totalitarian control. Elian Gonzales was trying to escape totalitarian control. You do the math.

alteredbeat on April 16, 2009 at 10:11 PM

You’re confused because you haven’t taken a sip of your Koolaid yet. Go ahead, try some. You’ll feel better.

Laura on April 16, 2009 at 10:39 PM

They should at least come up with some irony covering platitudes. Or better yet, maybe it would be fun to have a media that would point out the irony.

Cindy Munford on April 17, 2009 at 5:25 AM