11-04-2008, 01:48 AM
$tevie wrote:
[quote=Dakota]
[quote=$tevie]
Why did you leave out warrantless wiretapping, stripping detainees of the right to habeas corpus, data-mining of phone records, or allowing torture? Whoops, that's right, those are Republican accomplishments. And we all know that being allowed to smoke is a lot more important than being allowed one's constitutional rights.
Mark my words, Obama will do ALL of that, and more. Heck , he is poised to have his own surge in Afghanistan. DailyKooks type are in for a great disappointment.
Still not exactly germane to what I wrote. Did I mention any surge?
No, but the greater point is that to run this country a president, any president, has to do certain things that may not look pretty. We'll see if he closes gitmo. We'll see if he "ends the war" in Iraq. We'll see if he lets people retreat behind borders of a "sovereign" country and plan attacks on us. We'll see if he lets anyone call anyone here without intelligence agencies knowing about them. He'll do all that you and won't hear a peep from 90% of people on this side of the board.