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Please Tell Me More About How It Was Obama Who Failed To Close Gitmo [View all] MrScorpio Oct 2014 OP

Dear Mr. Scorpio, there are some DU'ers who are impervious to political reality KittyWampus Oct 2014 #1

+ 1000. Thank you! BlueCaliDem Oct 2014 #7

+2 nt brer cat Oct 2014 #12

Well said...nt SidDithers Oct 2014 #15

+1 LostInAnomie Oct 2014 #17

i can tell when people think posting on DU and other sites is activism JI7 Oct 2014 #30

Well said! zappaman Oct 2014 #40

Perfectly stated flamingdem Oct 2014 #44

Much of the posting on DU is discouraging and defeatist IronLionZion Oct 2014 #63

The sad part is no one who blames Obama will admit they wrong davidpdx Oct 2014 #2

DU's Loud Crowd are not that interested in facts or truth emulatorloo Oct 2014 #3

Of all of the Obama "failures" this one... TreasonousBastard Oct 2014 #4

Everything is Obama fault madokie Oct 2014 #5

I've posted the story of not only this guy, but others for a long time. I don't bother anymore. The freshwest Oct 2014 #6

Hopefully historians will be more informed about what is going on in Congress today than most of jwirr Oct 2014 #8

If some loud ones on DU refuse to understand the vital role Congress plays in our government, BlueCaliDem Oct 2014 #9

Thank you. I'm glad you brought this up Jack Rabbit Oct 2014 #10

Wall Street Journal, Oct 10, 2014 JayhawkSD Oct 2014 #11

Exactly. Closing the camp isn't the problem, it's what to do with the existing prisoners. hughee99 Oct 2014 #13

I missed that. Did he stand for hours on end? PADemD Oct 2014 #14

K&r... spanone Oct 2014 #16

So now GOP campaign rhetoric is now taken as 'facts' and 'truth'. former9thward Oct 2014 #18

That's not where the problem lies. Igel Oct 2014 #19

A lot of people like to ignore that deficit issue. This is often ignored: Raine1967 Oct 2014 #39

Obama can't close it AgingAmerican Oct 2014 #20

The problem is that "I couldn't do (whatever) because Congress said no" Nye Bevan Oct 2014 #21

Nye Bevan post grammiepammie Oct 2014 #64

He could have done it by executive order, citing human rights violations AgingAmerican Oct 2014 #77

78 year old senator was going to talk for hours scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #22

Couldn't have President Obama pulled Gitmo's funding without Congress? nt ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #23

Wouldn't have the funds to send them elsewhwere. If the President could do this without the assholes Cha Oct 2014 #24

Wouldn't need the funds to send them elsewhere. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #25

From the link.. Cha Oct 2014 #27

Sure, but if President Obama said no more funding for Gitmo, ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #29

President Obama wanted Gitmo CLOSED and Congress wouldn't Give him the MONEY. Cha Oct 2014 #31

Yes, but you're not understanding what I am saying. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #33

You don't get it. President Obama wanted Gitmo CLOSED and Congress wouldn't Give him the MONEY. Cha Oct 2014 #34

He doesn't need money to stop funding Gitmo. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #42

They need money to send the remaining ones who haven't passed review and been released.. Cha Oct 2014 #48

There are two things here that cost money. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #58

Who doesn't "get it"? If President wanted it closed, it'd be closed. He has a lot of options as rhett o rick Oct 2014 #55

You don't get it. Cha Oct 2014 #57

That would be political suicide Hippo_Tron Oct 2014 #68

Americans wanted Gitmo shut down. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #71

Picture a TV ad... Hippo_Tron Oct 2014 #72

If President Obama was dumb, ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #74

There is no way to frame your proposal... Hippo_Tron Oct 2014 #75

Frame it this way: ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #76

I will say that I agree he should've proposed location X Hippo_Tron Oct 2014 #78

If you send the prisoners, some of whom have been held without charges for more than a decade hughee99 Oct 2014 #45

President Obama is releasing some of the prisoners after they have been reviewed. YOu don't just Cha Oct 2014 #47

They've been down to about 150 prisoners for quite some time now. 86 are cleared for release, hughee99 Oct 2014 #53

I've been saying the same thing, MrScorpio.. it's one of those things that's claimed by the Cha Oct 2014 #26

Willful ignorance or something else? Why would people from the supposed left lie about this LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #28

Seems like they want it to be the President's fault.. no matter what the facts are. Cha Oct 2014 #32

They want him to be Mr Magic Man.. presto it's closed! Doesn't work that way and you can't explain Cha Oct 2014 #37

Obama was not attempting to close the Gitmo prison. Maedhros Oct 2014 #35

Shush. progressoid Oct 2014 #56

They are only worried about the D-R scorecard, Maedhros Oct 2014 #61

That's quite a hit piece on Obama you've got there. Major Hogwash Oct 2014 #62

yup. this. nt m-lekktor Oct 2014 #65

Let him talk... kentuck Oct 2014 #36

Who Are the 55 Cleared Guantánamo Prisoners on the List Released by the Obama Administration? Cha Oct 2014 #38

Kick Cha Oct 2014 #41

Well someone here told me... sheshe2 Oct 2014 #43

Some facts, she.. "The Left and Right Are Both Wrong About Obama’s Bergdahl Prison Swap" Cha Oct 2014 #49

Yes Cha! sheshe2 Oct 2014 #52

Congessional cockroaches fadedrose Oct 2014 #46

Congress is a non-starter. The fact that the POTUS has had to go it alone because Rex Oct 2014 #50

I've seen that excuse used here by people who should know better. nt MADem Oct 2014 #51

No one made him make that promise. What made Obama think he do it? morningfog Oct 2014 #54

Who Are the 55 Cleared Guantánamo Prisoners on the List Released by the Obama Administration? Cha Oct 2014 #59

"The Left and Right Are Both Wrong About Obama’s Bergdahl Prison Swap" Cha Oct 2014 #60

John Boehner Wigs Out and Calls Obama Lawless For Trying to Close Illegal GITMO Prison Cha Oct 2014 #66

I'm fairly critical of the President, but this is one instance he was screwed by his own party Hippo_Tron Oct 2014 #67

Obama is far from innocent on Gitmo Reter Oct 2014 #69

((weeping)) Bully Pulpit!!! ((sobs)) Bully FREAKING pulpit!!!1 Number23 Oct 2014 #70

Well, its not like Congress promised to close it. aikoaiko Oct 2014 #73