nobama had to have someone explain to him what the constitution is. being a marxist he has no use for it, and therefore paid it no mind.
On Sep 9, 6:07 pm, PoliticalAmazon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Obama tells off McCain-Palin and tells them to stop mocking the > Constitution. He also notes that, thanks to the failed policies of > Bush-McCain, we first need to catch OBL before we worry about reading > them their rights. > > McCain-Palin, as usual, look like ignorant buffoons. > > ------------------------- > > Obama to Palin: ‘Don’t Mock the Constitution’ > September 9, 2008 by willpen > > From The Washington Post:www.washingtonpost.com > > By Peter Slevin > FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — Sen. Barack Obama delivered an impassioned > defense of the Constitution and the rights of terrorism suspects > tonight, striking back at one of the biggest applause lines in > Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s speech to the GOP > convention. > > It was in St. Paul last week that Palin drew raucous cheers when she > delivered this put-down of Obama: “Al-Qaeda terrorists still plot to > inflict catastrophic harm on America and he’s worried that someone > won’t read them their rights.” > > Obama had a few problems with that. > > “First of all, you don’t even get to read them their rights until you > catch ‘em,” Obama said here, drawing laughs from 1,500 supporters in a > high school gymnasium. “They should spend more time trying to catch > Osama bin Laden and we can worry about the next steps later.” > > If the plotters of the Sept. 11 attacks are in the government’s > sights, Obama went on, they should be targeted and killed. > > “My position has always been clear: If you’ve got a terrorist, take > him out,” Obama said. “Anybody who was involved in 9/11, take ‘em > out.” > > But Obama, who taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago > for more than a decade, said captured suspects deserve to file writs > of habeus corpus. > > Calling it “the foundation of Anglo-American law,” he said the > principle “says very simply: If the government grabs you, then you > have the right to at least ask, ‘Why was I grabbed?’ And say, ‘Maybe > you’ve got the wrong person.’” > > The safeguard is essential, Obama continued, “because we don’t always > have the right person.” > > “We don’t always catch the right person,” he said. “We may think it’s > Mohammed the terrorist, but it might be Mohammed the cab driver. You > might think it’s Barack the bomb-thrower, but it might be Barack the > guy running for president.” > > Obama turned back to Palin’s comment, although he said he was not sure > whether Palin or Rudy Giuliani said it. > > “The reason that you have this principle is not to be soft on > terrorism. It’s because that’s who we are. That’s what we’re > protecting,” Obama said, his voice growing louder and the crowd rising > to its feet to cheer. “Don’t mock the Constitution. Don’t make fun of > it. Don’t suggest that it’s not American to abide by what the founding > fathers set up. It’s worked pretty well for over 200 years.” > > ------------------ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
