Graham’s Gitmo
Lindsey Graham is clearly working on a deal with the Obama administration to close the detention facility at Guantanamo and move the terrorist detainees to the United States. It is a terrible idea in itself and Senator Graham cannot possibly secure any consideration from the Obama administration that would justify it.
Andrew McCarthy [...]
Lawfare v. Gitmo
Senator Lindsey Graham still has his heart set on closing Gitmo; Andy McCarthy has written a very well argued response.
Here's a snippet, but you'll want to read the whole piece, as usual:
By contrast, if Gitmo is closed and the detainees are brought into the U.S., judges will hold that their presence within the territorial jurisdiction [...]
A Futile Constitutional Exercise, But a Nice Shibboleth Nonetheless
I would love to see Republicans in House and Senate propose the following amendment to the United States Constitution; it’s short, simple, and substantive:
The rights, liberties, privileges, and immunities protected by this Constitution shall apply only to United States citizens and legally resident or visiting aliens, not found to have taken up arms against the [...]
Only One GOPsmacked Fool!
Today, the House of Representatives passed the aptly named SqueakerCare bill… “aptly named” for two reasons:
It was introduced, and the favorable vote extorted, by Squeaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Haight-Ashbury, 100%);
It squeaked by with 220 Ayes to 215 Nays… 218 being the bare minimum needed for passage.
The bill stalled out until Pelosi was forced [...]
Squirmer of the House Nancy Pelosi Doesn’t Have the Votes… Yet
I picture Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Haight-Ashbury, 100%) writhing and twisting in frustration; with all those Democrats, surely she can scrape together 218 to vote for SqueakerCare!
Surely not, at least not yet:
House Democrats acknowledged they don’t yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system, and signaled [...]
Critical Condition: The Insanity of the House Bill
To sum it up:
… the House bill is nothing but a massive, uncontrolled federal entitlement expansion — at a time when the central, looming threat to the nation’s long-term prosperity is the unaffordable health-care entitlements already on the federal books. To create the impression of fiscal responsibility, the bill is jury-rigged with budget gimmicks, [...]
