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Obama reverses on releasing photos
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Posted on 05/13/2009 10:00:18 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver
I call this the Cheney Effect.
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posted on
05/13/2009 10:02:19 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
("Mr. President, I support you but not your mission. I'm showing my patriotism through dissent.")
To: Sub-Driver
The Associated Press is reporting that President Obama has changed his mind and decided to oppose the release of photos showing alleged abuse of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan,
Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell had said military commanders had raised concernsabout the release. Some lawmakers had also objected, saying the release would only aid al-Qaeda propaganda efforts.
The Justice Department had told a federal judge it would not oppose release of 44 photos at issue in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union. The photos are slated for release by May 28.
Press secretary Robert Gibbs will likely provide more at his briefing, scheduled for 1:30 p.m.
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posted on
05/13/2009 10:02:21 AM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: Jeff Chandler
Way to go CHENEY!!! God, how I wish Cheney were our POTUS!
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posted on
05/13/2009 10:04:21 AM PDT
by
EnigmaticAnomaly
("Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.")
To: Sub-Driver
How long ‘till the Moonbats scream for the Messiah’s head over this? After all, He promised!
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posted on
05/13/2009 10:04:27 AM PDT
by
Afisra
To: Sub-Driver
the President met with his legal team and told them that he did not feel comfortable with the release of the DOD photos because he believes their release would endanger our troopsThis is, of course, the least likely explanation.
To: Sub-Driver
Some of the damage has been done, all in his plan to trash America, its military, our missions in two theaters, and the Bush Administration, ie, all patriots.
To: Sub-Driver
Just another day in the make-it-up-as-you-go-along presidency.
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posted on
05/13/2009 10:05:41 AM PDT
by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(Mr. Bernanke, have you started working on your book about the second GREATER depression?")
To: Sub-Driver
Maybe he’s worried the photos will show such shocking abuses such as:
Men in handcuffs.
Men in a cell.
Men being fed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Men being forced to take a bath (with soap no less.)
In other words, maybe what he is really worried abouot is the pictures won’t look (to the average American) like someone being tortured/mistreated, but rather similar to the treatment someone gets in prison.
To: Jeff Chandler
Yep Cheney’s fault ... LOL
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posted on
05/13/2009 10:06:57 AM PDT
by
Tarpon
(You abolish your responsibilities, you surrender your rights.)
To: Sub-Driver
They'll get leaked anyway and bambi can feign anger and say he was against it....best of both worlds
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posted on
05/13/2009 10:07:12 AM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(zer0 is doing to capitalism what Kennedy did to health care)
To: Sub-Driver
The wheels are really starting to come off the cart now...
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posted on
05/13/2009 10:07:18 AM PDT
by
Jack of all Trades
(Bait and Switch - that's change ain't it?)
To: Sub-Driver
Maybe Obama finally has concluded that its
his WOT, like it or not.
And, like it or not, he'll be held responsible for its conduct.
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posted on
05/13/2009 10:07:50 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Jeff Chandler
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posted on
05/13/2009 10:08:23 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Sub-Driver
Obama believes their release would endanger his popularity numbers and slow down his socialist takeover of our United States.
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posted on
05/13/2009 10:08:28 AM PDT
by
TurtleUp
(So this is how liberty dies - to thunderous applause!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Press secretary Robert Gibbs will likely provide more at his briefing, scheduled for 1:30 p.m. The story was entirely believable up until this line.
To: Sub-Driver
Just another example of Obama behaving foolishly. He reminds me more and more of an earnest but callow teen-ager.
His actions to date tell us that his first instinct is always to go for the grand gesture; and then he backtracks once his actions turn out to be stupid.
You can be sure that if we can notice that tendency, it will also be noticed by clever folks who want to take advantage of this characteristic in order to make him do something really stupid. Iran, for example, or Russia.
It would be the same game Hitler played with Neville Chamberlain....
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posted on
05/13/2009 10:11:23 AM PDT
by
r9etb
To: TurtleUp
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posted on
05/13/2009 10:16:22 AM PDT
by
A message
(3 years 8 months 7 days)
To: EnigmaticAnomaly
I’m wondering...did anyone in the RNC even ask him?
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posted on
05/13/2009 10:16:29 AM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
05/13/2009 10:18:16 AM PDT
by
mojitojoe
( Idiots elected a Marxist ideologue with narcissistic personality disorder & America is dying.)
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