[Vision2020] Worse than Bush authorizing torture

[Sunil Ramalingam]

That's correct, except for Ron Paul, the Republicans running for office do not object to this latest power grab, just as they did not object to W when he did it. I think that makes the Democrats even worse now: Theirs was not apparently a principled approach.  The problem was not that W was violating the Constitution and doing wrong, it was that a Republican was wielding the power. Now that it's 'our guy' it's okay.

Meanwhile, the idea that 'It's Okay if the President does it,' is becoming a bipartisan truth.

Sunil

Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:13:26 -0700
From: godshatter at yahoo.com
To: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
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Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Worse than Bush authorizing torture



  


    
    
  
  
    

    I'd like to second this.  The fight, as I see it, is not between
    Democrats and Republicans, it's between power-grabbers and
    Constitution-defenders.  And everyone in this Presidential race
    (with the possible exceptions of Ron Paul and maybe one or two of
    the third-party candidates) is on the side of power-grabbing.  They
    dangle emotional issues in front of us to distract us from this
    one-sided contest and we fall for it as a country every single time.

    

    Paul

    

    On 03/18/2012 06:42 PM, Sunil Ramalingam wrote:
    
      
      
        I'm glad Leonard Pitts addressed this in his column in today's
        Trib.

        

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/13/2691941/where-is-the-outrage-against-obamas.html

        

        The voices that spoke up against Bush when he authorized torture
        are largely silent, with a few exceptions. Glenn Greenwald has
        been consistent.

        

        This is our government murdering US citizens overseas; since
        it's not supported by any  legal rationale, there's no reason
        they can't claim they can do it here also:

        

        "FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday said he would have to
        go back and check with the Department of Justice whether
        Attorney General Eric Holder’s “[criteria] for the targeted
        killing of Americans also applied to Americans inside the U.S.
        ***

        “I have to go back. Uh, I’m not certain whether that was
        addressed or not,” Mueller said when asked by Rep. Tom Graves,
        R-Ga..."

        

        

        I used to say that W was acting like a king with no restraint on
        his power. He's got company now, and Obama's doing even worse.

        

        

        

        There's some change for us!

        

        

        Sunil

        

      
      
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