Conservatives Barr, Keene, & Norquist have teamed up to urge the Gitmo detainees be taken to the U.S

[Are_grits_groceries]

Three prominent conservatives warned in a joint statement against Republican "scaremongering" on Guantanamo Bay detainees, saying the prison in Thomson, Illinois would be fine to handle them.

Former Republican Congressman and Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr, David Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union and Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, have teamed up to urge the Gitmo detainees be taken to the U.S.

"The scaremongering about these issues should stop," Barr, Keene and Norquist wrote.

"Civilian federal courts are the proper forum for terrorism cases," they wrote. "Civilian prisons are the safe, cost effective and appropriate venue to hold persons in federal courts."

"Likewise the federal prison system has proven itself fully capable of safely holding literally hundreds of convicted terrorists with no threat or danger to the surrounding community," they wrote. "We are confident that the government can preserve national security without resorting to sweeping and radical departures from an American constitutional tradition that has served us effectively for over two centuries."

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/conservatives-say-gitmo-detainees-would-be-fine-in-il-prison-warn-gop-of-scaremongering.php?ref=fpb

[cliffordu]

1. They must be on drugs.

[sharp_stick]

2. They simply realize

how pathetic, weak and gutless their buddies look trying to block the transfer. These assholes carry around pocket Constitutions that they don't even bother to read
(See Boner: http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/1109/Boehner_mixes_up_Constitution_and_Declaration.html )

I do like the pigs flying graphic but I think the only reason they decided to get behind it is because they look like the deluded partisan assholes they are if they don't.

[Me.]

3. Will The Real Republicans Please Stand Up?

These people are making my head spin

[Skinner]

4. I'm shocked.

Apparently there are some conservatives who see the scaremongering for what it is.

[Are_grits_groceries]

5. Norquist

was the one that really surprised me.

[annabanana]

7. He's just trying to stay out of that bathtub that's waiting

for him.

[Orsino]

12. Yeah. WTF does he care about detainees? n/t

[LLStarks]

9. Ron Paul and Bob Barr have been talking about it for years. nt

[ddeclue]

6. I never used to like Barr in the Clinton era but I've found new respect for him since the Bush era.

[krabigirl]

8. Well, they probably don't like the fact that we are spending so much money to keep Gitmo open.

[Sinti]

10. Anything that makes Norquist look sane is bad for America! n/t

[MrScorpio]

11. Wow.

I guess that this is just an example of how batshit crazy the right wingers have taken the GOP.