So Democrats and Liberals do not have to oppose Obama --by a liberal blogger
http://dissentingjustice.blogspot.com/2009/02/still-flip-flop-my-fellow-liberals-push.html >>> Liberals condemned rendition during the Bush administration because it >>> lacked judicial oversight, did not afford individuals access to counsel, >>> and because it often subjected persons to torture and longterm detention. >>> Because Obama has ordered governmental interrogators not to engage in >>> torture and has ordered the CIA to close its longterm detention centers, >>> liberals now say that rendition does not raise any problems. Apparently, >>> snatching someone without a court order, not giving them a lawyer, and then >>> placing them in a remote country were never too much of a problem after all. Admittedly, liberal opposition to rendition became most intense during the Bush administration because of the torture issue, but human rights activists condemned other aspects of the program as well. Perhaps they now believe they overreached in their criticism, but that's very different than having not taken the position in the first place. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
