Right wing Obaminator strikes again

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As I have said before, when it comes to certain issues (like... Freedom), Obama is distinctly conservative.

This latest quote, on the trail of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in civilian court in NYC:
"I don't think it will be offensive at all when he's convicted and when the death penalty is applied to him."

This is the necessary context for the quote, from the AP article:

'"(What) I think we have to break is this fearful notion that somehow our justice system can't handle these guys," Obama said in an interview with NBC News.

Asked if he understood why some people were offended by trying the men in U.S. courts, he replied: "I don't think it will be offensive at all when he's convicted and when the death penalty is applied to him."

He then backtracked, saying, "What I said was people will not be offended if that's outcome. I'm not prejudging" them.'


Even with the context, it is a very aggressive statement for someone who you would think should be against the death penalty. He is after all supposedly vehemently against torture - where is the line between those two? Whether you feel pain? Try to argue that killing someone holds an individuals rights in higher regard than torturing them. You will fail.

On another Obama note, it freaking kills me that he has to be deferential to China. I actually dont disagree with him being deferential to China, right now we need to be, but we need to be because of our staggering national debt (thanks to Bush and Obama), and what Obama needs to be doing in his domestic agenda is getting rid of that national debt, not simply pleading with out creditors for more time and more money while increasing the rate at which we spend.



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