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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.<br><br>Meanwhile, the idea that 'It's Okay if the President does it,' is becoming a bipartisan truth.<br><br>Sunil<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:13:26 -0700<br>From: godshatter@yahoo.com<br>To: sunilramalingam@hotmail.com<br>CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Worse than Bush authorizing torture<br><br>
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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.<br>
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Paul<br>
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On 03/18/2012 06:42 PM, Sunil Ramalingam wrote:
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I'm glad Leonard Pitts addressed this in his column in today's
Trib.<br>
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<a class="ecxmoz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/13/2691941/where-is-the-outrage-against-obamas.html" target="_blank">http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/13/2691941/where-is-the-outrage-against-obamas.html</a><br>
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The voices that spoke up against Bush when he authorized torture
are largely silent, with a few exceptions. Glenn Greenwald has
been consistent.<br>
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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:<br>
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"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 <span style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold">inside the U.S</span>.
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“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..."<br>
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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.<br>
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There's some change for us!<br>
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Sunil<br>
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