tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post9135039081309402423..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: You've Been Punked By Obama -- The Detainee EpisodeWilliam A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-82267886577944443612009-04-12T19:01:00.000-04:002009-04-12T19:01:00.000-04:00There's also trouble for Obama from the suicidal d...There's also trouble for Obama from the suicidal dove faction. Hard left Iraq Marine veteran Benjamin Lewis, who is likely to be court marshaled “for his intention to refuse reactivation,” is "against Obama’s Afghanistan" In the article (link below), after the usual peacenik screed, Lewis expresses his disappointment in Obama quite tellingly:<BR/><BR/>"If it was not evident before, it should be apparent by now that Obama is not our savior."<BR/><BR/>Betrayed so quickly by their Savior, The One Who Was to Usher In American Socialist Utopia? How CAN the hard left go on; whatever will they do now? <BR/><BR/>No more glistening pecs, squealing at His Touch, tears of joy, and leg shivers? Say it ain't so!<BR/><BR/>Honeymoon is over, undoubtedly.<BR/><BR/>http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/135492/iraq_veteran:_why_i'm_against_obama's_afghanistanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-65169647589800833002009-04-12T18:09:00.000-04:002009-04-12T18:09:00.000-04:00From a man who voted 'present' more often than not...From a man who voted 'present' more often than not, one does not expect any real depth of conviction on anything.<BR/><BR/>Strange that I always saw Barack Obama as a Chicago Machine Politician willing to do anything to pay off his friends and cronies, had at best very airy ideas about society, for being a constitutional law teacher had a relatively hazy understanding of the document, and who got loads of help from shady guys since the beginning of his career in the 80's. I had abysmally low expectations of someone who had zero executive experience and was used to having political plumbs handed to him, and who had no greater grasp of politics or the country outside his clique of friends. My low expectations have been surpassed in most venues and in only a few have they actually been met. In one or two he has done marginally better, but not enough to matter to me.<BR/><BR/>Surprised? No.<BR/><BR/>How could I be? I expected nothing better. It does help to be a pessimist as one is rarely unpleasantly surprised... life is always good one the surprises are good ones. It is the optimists that become manic-depressive with hopes going sky high and then dashed with the slightest bit of darkness. Time to get used to the dark and shadows around you... Iron Times are coming.A Jacksonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607888697879327120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-67461727560700085052009-04-12T17:54:00.000-04:002009-04-12T17:54:00.000-04:00But the real question is, why is he doing it?Does ...But the real question is, why is he doing it?<BR/><BR/>Does he really enjoy selling out his supporters?<BR/><BR/>Does he really enjoy being able to detail people?<BR/><BR/>Has he learned something from being in the White House (and having access to more info than before?<BR/><BR/>Or, did he really understand that Bush's detainee program was necessary, and merely said what his supporters wanted to hear?<BR/><BR/>Which of these would be the most embarrassing to those who supported him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-10668946499451284502009-04-12T17:50:00.000-04:002009-04-12T17:50:00.000-04:00Mr.Jacobson, With all due respect, th...Mr.Jacobson,<BR/> With all due respect, the left did'nt get punked. To be punked, the left first needs to actually believe in all those things that they so loudly proclaimed from their moral high horses. But it was NEVER about principles, for most lefties.<BR/><BR/>It was always about partisanship - they hated George W Bush right from the time the Florida recount decision went against them. The post 9/11 scenario only got worse because of this already existing sense of hatred and outright paranoia filled partisanship.<BR/><BR/>Now, Bush is gone and the seething hatred for having "eviscerated" the "moral leadership" of the country has also gone. It has been replaced with "disappointment".<BR/><BR/>Notice how Juan Cole is merely irritated by the failings of Barack Obama - but.. but.. are'nt these failings "tarnishing" the moral "standing" of the country and make the Europeans look at the US in even more contempt ?<BR/><BR/>Of course not ! Such things happen only when the name of the President is George W Bush.<BR/><BR/>Obama threw them bones by signing an executive order to close Gitmo, "banning" "torture" etc... this is then praised by the left, as "change".<BR/><BR/>In the end, the lefties got to attack George W Bush for failing us, got Obama elected and of course got to experience "change" !<BR/><BR/>What happened to the irreparable damage that Bush caused ? not to worry, Obama has erased all of it by embarking on a celebrity world tour.<BR/><BR/>The election victory of Barack Obama is the best thing to have happened to people who are not partisan in their politics - they can see and judge for themselves, how politicians promise the high heavens while running for office and how they truly ACT after getting into it.<BR/><BR/>They can also see how their partisan supporters and opponents react to the same decisions made by two different Presidents and how they are being spun.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately there are very few moderate citizens - most people in todays scenario are partisans who will back their "leaders" to the hilt.Nagarajan Sivakumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07680126957869924464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-33101368240294965332009-04-12T16:18:00.000-04:002009-04-12T16:18:00.000-04:00Psssst, Gitmo still open too. Not that anybody is ...Psssst, Gitmo still open too. Not that anybody is keeping count....Tucanae Serviceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11935170696138248693noreply@blogger.com