Obama's Presidential Poison

WALL STREET JOURNAL ^ | April 21, 2009

[adanaC]

Presidential Poison

His invitation to indict Bush officials will haunt Obama's Presidency.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009, is the moment that any chance of a new era of bipartisan respect in Washington ended.

By inviting the prosecution of Bush officials for their antiterror legal advice, President Obama has injected a poison into our politics that he and the country will live to regret.

[Venturer]

********By inviting the prosecution of Bush officials for their antiterror legal advice, President Obama has injected a poison into our politics that he and the country will live to regret.***********

Sounds good to me.

[colorado tanker]

This is very well written and really expresses what I think about that bunch of slimebags. I'm so p.o.’d that scum wants to do show trials and try to throw Republicans in jail over policy differences I could spit nails.

[alecqss]

It's a pure blackmail similar to the AIG fiasco. Desperate of losing politically, Obama Administration tries to scare opponents by the prosecution. That's all.

Result will be the same as an attempt to create a lynch mob against Republicans. a royal-ass size fiasco.

Otherwise, nicely done, Mr. Pres_ent with your post 9/11 policies - bow to Saudi King, prosecute American Administration!

[GonzoGOP]

that he and the country will live to regret.

Obama might well live to regret it. But I fear our once great country has few years left. Politics is poisoned. The people are being forced to support the least productive. Infrastructure, highways, electrical, water, fuel, are breaking down and less and less are getting fixed. Obama is playing close to the edge, and one false step could set off Civil War II. And Obama is very prone to false steps.

[JimSEA]

until now, the U.S. political system has avoided the spectacle of a new Administration prosecuting its predecessor for policy disagreements.

The end of the American political system. Criminalize your opponents just like the Burmese generals do and you stay in power for a long time if only you are ruthless and bloody enough.

[JennysCool]

Of course, in order to fully understand U.S. policy and precedent, we will have to go back and look into the Clinton Administration's policies and those responsible for suggesting and implementing them as well. A thorough investigation demands it!

[adanaC]

Obama probably wants to nail the Clintons’ past administration too.

That would be his way to keep Hillary and Bill in line.

[broncobilly]

As patriotic officials who acted in good faith are indicted, smeared, impeached from judgeships or stripped of their academic tenure, the partisan anger and backlash will grow. And speaking of which, when will the GOP Members of Congress begin to denounce this partisan scapegoating?

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As the saying goes — When your opponent is destroying himself, don’t interfere. Just sit back and let events take their course.

[Recovering_Democrat]

ha. do you hear anyone besides the WSJ and/or Fox decrying this?

Hussein is turning the USA into a Banana Republic. Only by the Grace of God will we keep our freedoms now that he and his ACORN and media lapdogs are running the federal government.

Add to that his sympathetic political lackeys in the so-called opposition party—people like Arnold Schwarzaneggar and Charlie Crist and Christine Todd Whitman and Arlen Specter and Susan Collins...

things look very grim indeed for the nation that stood against tyranny.

[Recovering_Democrat]

bingo, Gonzo. See my similar post, 10.

[TigersEye]

Yep. Give him all the rope he wants.

[gorilla_warrior]

None of this should come as a surprise. Barack Obama is a radical marxist and every action he and the Vicious Ballerina take is calculated, straight out of Marx and Machiavelli. The GOP wants to fight by Marquis of Queensbury and they should consult what happened to Czar Nicholas and to Hitler’s political opponents to see what is coming their way if they don;t wake up. You cannot beat evil playing by the rules. That’s what makes the phony outrage over bug-boxing so laughable. Obama’s crew will do anything necessary to destroy Constitutional freedoms.

[stayathomemom]

And speaking of which, when will the GOP Members of Congress begin to denounce this partisan scapegoating?

For all we know they are, but do you think the Obama Media is going to let us know it? I have NO DOUBT that we are getting nothing but propaganda from the MSM.
I just started reading The 5000 Year Leap. I'm only on page 65, but I can see that we have diverged greatly from what the founding fathers intended. They also saw in the European ruling class the type of elitism we are experiencing now on Capital Hill and in the MSM.

[livius]

Excellent observations! And while the following is true, it has me baffled:

Mr. Obama is more popular than his policies, due in part to his personal charm and his seeming goodwill.

I'm glad the author said "seeming," because Bambi is one vicious you-know-what. But what I honestly don't understand is the "personal charm" part. To me, he's about as charming as a cobra. I honestly don't know what people see in him.

[RipSawyer]

“And Obama is very prone to false steps.”
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But, but, they said he was a great dancer.