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Home Front: Politix
White House Drafts Executive Order for Indefinite Detention
2010-12-22
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Or: the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Discovering the uses of the 'unitary executive', is he ...
Posted by:Beavis

#5  Now, now. He said he would close it within one year of taking office.

We didn't ask what office, so it's all flyover country's fault. Or Bush's, 'cause he opened it up in the first place and put Obummer in this difficult position.

/Legacy media off....
Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2010-12-22 18:19  

#4  What happened to that executive order Obumbles signed right after taking the oath? The one about closing GITMO within a year.

As I recall it was practically his first order.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2010-12-22 14:46  

#3  The WhiteHouse was trying to spin this as a 'providing more quasi judicial review' order but the ACLU, etc. saw through this in less than 15 minutes.

Sort of like when the Taliban trys to spin a loss and Al Q calls them out on it.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2010-12-22 14:33  

#2  I distinctly remember "Close Guantanimo"
Lying bastard.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2010-12-22 13:48  

#1  ...Good thing TOTUS isn't a Republican, or this would be a Bad Thing(TM).



Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2010-12-22 11:26  

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