There.s a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says

Ted Smith teddks at gmail.com
Sat May 28 01:15:17 PDT 2011


On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 22:48 -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote:
> On Fri, 27 May 2011, Ted Smith wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 06:43 -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote:
> > > Sounds like Obama hasn't just embraced Gitmo, he's embraced secret laws
> > > through "Opinions" written by flunkies of the Office of Legal Counsel as
> > > well.
> > >
> > > What a pity that a guy who we all expected would be one of history's
great
> > > presidents has turned into one of history's worst embarrasments.  I
would
> > > never have believed that GWB could be seen as a "moderate" standing next
> > > to Obama, but the truth is there for us all to see.
> > >
> > > So sad.
> > >
> >
> > What you mean by "we all" is "I", right?
>
> No.  What I mean is "we all": anyone who looks can see.  I don't know
> anyone [personally] who voted for Obama (and implicitly for his "change
> platform of closing Gitmo; ending the wars; ending renditions; looking out
> for the little guy over the big corporations; the so-called "no lobbyists"
> policy - which he has ignored completely; etc.) who is not completely
> *disgusted* by what has happened: we voted for "change",

There's your problem.

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