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1. Birthers beware..... wow.... yes wow. n/t

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Wed Feb 6, 2013, 09:53 PM

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Wow... It Gets WAAAY Worse... 'Whom Can The President Kill ?' - TheNewYorker (We Are Now Nixon) [View all] WillyT Feb 2013 OP

Birthers beware..... wow.... yes wow. n/t 2on2u Feb 2013 #1

Na, Obama will just put you in his FEMA work camps. JoePhilly Feb 2013 #2

The New Yorker is hardly World Net Daily. sadalien Feb 2013 #4

So Obama can kill you, but not put you in work camps? JoePhilly Feb 2013 #5

Why Not... He Can Kill You... But Not Torture You... WillyT Feb 2013 #10

He probably won't, but what will the president following him do? nt sibelian Feb 2013 #38

Post removed Post removed Feb 2013 #3

Do You Remember Cambodia, Laos, And Vietnam ??? WillyT Feb 2013 #7

It's sad that DU doesn't have members who remember NIXON/Watergate KoKo Feb 2013 #6

Word !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #8

I'm no fan of the Occupy movement Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2013 #49

There are some of us who are old enough to remember... markpkessinger Feb 2013 #20

Beg to differ, alas! One of my best summers was spent watching the Watergate Hearings! Oh, and WinkyDink Feb 2013 #21

I damn well remember Nixon, and LBJ would have beaten him in 1968 graham4anything Feb 2013 #53

Well if I read you correctly, all our activism was a waste G_j Feb 2013 #56

Was it worth it to have Nixon/Ford/Reagan/bush/Bush and possibly Bush,jeb in 2016? graham4anything Feb 2013 #58

When Nixon bombed Cambodia there were demonstrations G_j Feb 2013 #54

has Obama's hit list been made public? quadrature Feb 2013 #9

LOL. Wow. Are you actually serious?? nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #12

Apparently Not... WillyT Feb 2013 #13

who defines what 'due process' is? nt quadrature Feb 2013 #15

Eric Holder... WillyT Feb 2013 #16

So... ReRe Feb 2013 #31

This article states that the policy goes back to the Nixon Administration, but guess what?.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #11

Are those to blame for this policy still president? bobduca Feb 2013 #14

When did Castro become an American citizen? WinkyDink Feb 2013 #23

Hmmm. I thought we were talking about the US policy of overseas assassinations.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #44

Eisenhower was president when CIA hired Mafia to kill Castro, not Kennedy. Octafish Feb 2013 #32

But, RFK continued that policy as JFK's AG. nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #43

No. RFK ordered CIA to stop dealing with the MAFIA Octafish Feb 2013 #47

Okay....appreciate the additional info. nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #52

When it comes to all-things-JFK, I defer to Octafish. David Zephyr Feb 2013 #62

Yes. We've been the bad guys for a long time now. So what? n/t Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #37

Exactly my point. Thanks for seeing it. Can't just blame the President for this policy. nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #45

Because if it was bad when dealing with foreign entities we were at war with Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2013 #50

How exactly has it been expanded? What "better alternatives"? nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #51

Have you lost all sense of reason? "They did it too" is what children say to excuse their bad acts. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #65

"let's just blame President Obama for a program he inherited, right?" sibelian Feb 2013 #39

It's morally acceptable to me to not have to send in US troops to do the same job.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #46

"he or she has forfeited any rights under the 6th Amendment" sibelian Feb 2013 #68

Unless the 6th Amendment has been rewritten in the last few seconds, the 6th Amendment.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #69

+1 n/t. okieinpain Feb 2013 #57

Cambodia was one of the articles of impeachment against Nixon (in committee) cthulu2016 Feb 2013 #17

THANK YOU !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #18

Worse, this policy puts such power in the hands of any future Nixon. MadHound Feb 2013 #19

That is the biggest issue . . . markpkessinger Feb 2013 #22

Because they've bought the Fear Propaganda. "In An Emergency, Shred This Document." WinkyDink Feb 2013 #24

Psst... I Lean Toward "Will Not"... WillyT Feb 2013 #25

I don't even understand those who put this trust in Obama. morningfog Feb 2013 #26

The "future Nixon" has already come and gone. His name was Bush II.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #70

How can we be sure this is not used in the US against any group deemed a terrorist organization? dkf Feb 2013 #27

What about Congressional Republicans?.......Can he kill them?? W T F Feb 2013 #28

This Insures a Permanent State of War for the U.S. triplepoint Feb 2013 #29

That's what I've been saying, it makes it easier to wage covert war Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #55

Wow... Just Wow... Hadn't Looked At It That Way... Until Now... WillyT Feb 2013 #59

This may come as a surprise to a lot of people, but we've been in a state of.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #71

DURec. bvar22 Feb 2013 #30

Huh? ReRe Feb 2013 #35

It MUST be a Right Wing Source. bvar22 Feb 2013 #60

Ah... ReRe Feb 2013 #61

During Campaign 2008, I rejoiced at the "Team of Rivals" declaration. bvar22 Feb 2013 #63

I was not fooled by... ReRe Feb 2013 #67

How quickly the President forgets tpsbmam Feb 2013 #33

K&R Solly Mack Feb 2013 #34

K&R Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #36

K&R woo me with science Feb 2013 #40

I wished this could be kicked for the next 4 years. Luminous Animal Feb 2013 #41

Du rec. Nt xchrom Feb 2013 #42

Ah, the last "liberal" President. ProSense Feb 2013 #48

it is interesting the writer brings up cambodia arely staircase Feb 2013 #64

...1 KoKo Feb 2013 #66

DURec leftstreet Feb 2013 #72

kick woo me with science Feb 2013 #73

kick woo me with science Feb 2013 #74