Comments on: Change Agent Hasn't Much Changed Law

Legal Analyst Andrew Cohen Examines The First 100 Days Of Obama's Presidency

[hologram5]

Those who just sit and point fingers are not part of the solution but part of the problem. The only REAL fix for this is to not vote in someone from EITHER party. They are BOTH crooked. The real solution is a third party candidate. Both parties can NEVER get anything done with them being so diametrically opposed.

[johndevinejr]

-----President Obama and his teleprompters have been stumbling and assaulting since he took office. He is an embarrassment.
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Posted by hwy71so


The republicans are always on this as a reaction to George Bush's inability to compose a complete sentence in the English Language.

For the past 30 years republicans have belittled education, knowledge and intelligence as elitest.

Obama speaks in complete grammatically correct sentences, often using multisyllable words. This confuses the average republican because they do not understand what those words mean.

NAME ONE THING GEORGE BUSH DID RIGHT


NAME ONE THING THAT BUSH DID RIGHT

[newerdeal]

We still have 2 wars going on 3 with no end in sight. We are are ready attacking Pakistan so that is #3.

Many women and children have died since Obama took over. In 4 years will he have to stand trial for war crimes ?

[promaclaura]

April 27, 2009
Slim Majority Wants Bush-Era Interrogations InvestigatedMost say use of harsh techniques on terrorism suspects was justifiedby Jeffrey M. Jones

PRINCETON, NJ -- A new Gallup Poll finds 51% of Americans in favor and 42% opposed to an investigation into the use of harsh interrogation techniques on terrorism suspects during the Bush administration. At the same time, 55% of Americans believe in retrospect that the use of the interrogation techniques was justified, while only 36% say it was not. Notably, a majority of those following the news about this matter "very closely" oppose an investigation and think the methods were justified.





These results are based on an April 24-25 Gallup Poll. The Obama administration recently released documents that revealed the Bush administration's legal justification for using so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques" such as waterboarding and sleep deprivation that many consider to be torture. Congress followed that release by issuing a report saying Bush administration officials in fact authorized the use of such techniques.

The release of the documents was controversial, and now momentum is growing in Congress for an investigation into the Bush policy on interrogating terrorism suspects.

Sixty-one percent of Americans say they are following news about this issue closely, including 26% who are following it very closely. Republicans and Democrats are about equally likely to be paying close attention to this matter.

While a slim majority favors an investigation, on a relative basis the percentage is quite low because Americans are generally quite supportive of government probes into potential misconduct by public officials. In recent years, for example, Americans were far more likely to favor investigations into the firing of eight U.S. attorneys (72%), government databases of telephone numbers dialed by Americans (62%), oil company profits (82%), and the government's response to Hurricane Katrina (70%).

Support for an inquiry into the Bush-era interrogation policy may be relatively limited because a majority of Americans believe the use of the techniques for questioning terrorism suspects was justified. Former Vice President Dick Cheney has probably been the most prominent person to argue that the information that may have been obtained from such practices kept Americans safe from further terrorist attacks. Cheney, not surprisingly, opposes an investigation.

To gain a better understanding of how Americans feel about the matter, Gallup combined the results of the questions on whether the techniques were justified and whether the government should investigate. All told, the greatest number of Americans, 30%, seem to agree with Cheney's position that the ends justified the means and that no investigation is necessary. Nearly as many (25%), though, would appear to side with many congressional Democrats who say the techniques should not have been used and an investigation is warranted. Twenty-three percent think the techniques were warranted yet still favor an investigation, while 10% think the methods should not have been used but nevertheless oppose an official inquiry.


-Get past the headline and you learn the "true gist" of the poll. 55% of Americans believe in retrospect that the use of the interrogation techniques was justified, while only 36% say it was not. Notably, a majority of those following the news about this matter "very closely" oppose an investigation and think the methods were justified.

In other words, those educated about the controversy do not want an investigation and feel the methods were justified. It's the fringe numbnuts that listen to their liberal biased stations that are in the minority.

[CLoverNYC1]

This is what happens when a president talks out of both sides of his mouth:

We pull troops out of Iraq but send them to Afghanistan

We close Gitmo, allow terrorists to go scott-free then prosecute elected officials for torture

We have an economic stimulus plan while millions of Americans are losing their jobs

The middle class is bearing the brunt of high taxes with no relief in sight

We bow to a muslim king while turning our back on Israel

The Dow keeps dropping, and the dollar is weak

We are in deep debt to China

Mandates put in place to protect the unborn have been reversed

2% of the population comprised of mostly affluent white males has been granted protected status and allowed to redefine the centuries-old institution of marriage

the bible is considered 'hate speech'

More young children are turning up dead than ever before

We shake hands with leaders who deny the holocaust and call us 'satan'

This is change.

[johndevinejr]

We followed your advice in 2004, when the right mercilessly attacked John Kerry and his military service. Look what happened. Well, never aqgain. We cannot let LIES go unchallenged. Otherwise, people start believing the noise.
Posted by rafterman1 at 11:50 AM : Apr 27, 2009

Here here!

Never let them off the hook. Never let their lies go unchallenged. When you have them down, keep them down.

Stop these Fascists from ruining this country

[rafterman1]

More telling than the whining the republicans do are the bites they get from the left. If it is of so little importance...why react? Only dogs hit with rocks yelp...only dogs hit make a sound.
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Posted by itsjustathought


We followed your advice in 2004, when the right mercilessly attacked John Kerry and his military service. Look what happened. Well, never aqgain. We cannot let LIES go unchallenged. Otherwise, people start believing the noise.

[rafterman1]

-----President Obama and his teleprompters have been stumbling and assaulting since he took office. He is an embarrassment.
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Posted by hwy71so


What is the neocon's obsession with teleprompters? Every president has used them since they existed. The petty things the right picks Obama on shows just what little they have to complain about. Now, if you want to talk about embarrassments, let's talk Bush.


----We are NOT arrogant, we are confident. And despite Mr. Obama's arrogance, while he looks down his nose at them, the VETERAN generals KNOW military, Obama knows meals on wheels.
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Posted by hwy71so


How has Obama looked down at the Generals? He's done nothing but respect their advice, from Iraq and Afghanistan, to Somali pirates. I know you righties hate Obama with a seething rage, but making up flaws that don't exist again shows how little of real substance you have to complain about. LOL.

[stillwaters6]

GUANTONAMO BAY ---CLOSED
AMERICAN INVESTMENT AND RECOVERY ACT--PASSED
LILLY LEADBETTER LAW--FIRST LAW PASSED

and you say no change???where have you been???

[hwy71so]

""Judging a government, any government, after only its first 100 days is like judging a baseball game after the top of the first inning or a dinner after the bread has come. ""

WRONG! Even in the first inning you can tell if the pitcher would be up to snuff and you can smell the fish from the kitchen.

President Obama and his teleprompters have been stumbling and assaulting since he took office. He is an embarrassment.

We are NOT arrogant, we are confident. And despite Mr. Obama's arrogance, while he looks down his nose at them, the VETERAN generals KNOW military, Obama knows meals on wheels.

Even I can make a speach on my convictions without having to read them off a panel. This guy messes his up while reading them off a panel. In for a rough ride when the TOTUS breaks down too.