Comments on: Will Obama Really Give Up on KSM Trial Without a Fight?

By: woodworking project plans

woodworking project plans — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:38:36 +0000

Attorney General Eric Holder has gone very far out in recent weeks to defend the principle of civilian trials for terrorists.

By: President Lindsey Graham Soon to Announce New Terror Tribunals [War On Terror] | Trendy Gossip

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:32:35 +0000

[...] thing they’re sacrificing their principles to win the qualified support of one Republican Senator who actually has… Maybe if Obama just keeps compromising with people, Republicans will stop attacking him completely, [...]

By: strangely_enough

strangely_enough — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:33:09 +0000

Because he's the President, they're our laws and what we stand for, and meaningful health care reform was never going to happen.
If our legal tradition is hostage to a huge windfall for the insurance industry, we've already lost our country.

By: Sreedhar

Sreedhar — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:55:23 +0000

We should pour as much scorn if not more on the Democratic legislators who opposed trying KSM in New York.

FDR once said something to the effect of – “I agree with you, I am eager to do what you ask me to. Now make me do it.”

I don't indent to defend Obama's actions, but consider this: when it's clear that Democratic legislators would actively work to oppose him on this issue, why would any rational individual antagonize them and stand to lose even the Health Care issue?

By: strangely_enough

strangely_enough — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:43:23 +0000

“Will Obama Really Give Up on [anything Wall Street, PhRMA, the Blue Dogs, the GOP, Rahm, any Cheney, or Lindsay Graham doesn't want] Without a Fight?”

The discernible answer seems to grow daily…

By: Gerald Vandergrift

Gerald Vandergrift — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:54:20 +0000

Obama is the weakest Democratic President anyone alive can remember. He makes Jimmy Carter look like Vince Lombardi.

By: Advisers to Recommend Trying KSM in Military Commissions | NEWS Gate

Advisers to Recommend Trying KSM in Military Commissions | NEWS Gate — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:51:39 +0000

[...] giving up on the KSM trial would represent a triumph of politics over principle. Lindsey Graham has been reportedly negotiating with Rahm Emanuel over some “Grand [...]

By: Military Trial’s For 9/11 Plotters Considered « Read NEWS

Military Trial’s For 9/11 Plotters Considered « Read NEWS — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:38:40 +0000

[...] Lieberman Attempt to Ban Civilian Trials for ‘Enemy Combatants’ — FOX NewsWill Obama Really Give Up on KSM Trial Without a Fight? — Washington IndependentKSM Trial Reversal Will Be ‘Death Blow’ to Obama DOJ, ACLU Says [...]

By: fradiavolo

fradiavolo — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:13:12 +0000

When has the Chickenshit-in-Chief ever fought for anything? This White House has caving down to a fine art.

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unconquerable something or other « unconquerable gladness — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:15:27 +0000

[...] 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment ackerman: Every time Obama compromises on a matter of national-security and civil-liberties principle, his [...]