Reply #42: Chess pipe dreams and pony cracks hardly rise to the level of

[No Elephants]

an excuse for real life conduct. Neither does "five months," when doing the correct thing does not take any more time, effort or money than doing the wrong and/or illegal thing.

Not proscuting Bush--a decision made much too hastily, probably in the self-interested hope of reciprocity from future administrations. Burying the rule of law as to the Executive Branch did save time in the short term, but what is the long term cost to America of that time saving generosity?

Closing Gitmo while using extraordinaary rendition and Bargram is deceptive, not a time saver. To the contrary, all the to do over closing Gitmo is a waste of time and effort, when torture/executions is the issue, not the buildings.

So is refusing to use power und 10 USC 12305 to suspend DADT discharges, while lying that only Congress can to anything at all about DADT. Suspending the discharges would have taken Obama a signature on Inauguration Day.

And so on.