democrats.com - 1/11/2009
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Sunday evening I spoke on a panel in Washington, D.C., about war crimes, and in walked a group of spirited activists led by Laurie Arbeiter wearing "Arrest Bush" sweatshirts and carrying "Arrest Bush" signs, and they were absolutely dumfounded by what they had just experienced. They'd spent the ...
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Stephanopoulos Pushes Obama to Drop Tax Cuts and to Prosecute Bush's Crimes
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... including torture and warrantless wiretapping.?” As Obama expressed reticence, Stephanopoulos pushed for alternatives to drag national security officials into the legal process: “So, no 9/11 commission with independent subpoena power?” Not giving up, he offered another way to go: “So, let me just press that one more time. You're not ruling out prosecution, but will you tell your Justice Department to investigate these cases and follow the evidence wherever it leads?”
Fertik's blog now features how Stephanopoulos posed his question.
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... of Bush administration officials, calls for the closure of Guantánamo Bay and the demands of the usual suspects . However, disappointment may reign supreme as the left wing fringe attempts to cash the checks issued to it by the Obama Hope Machine. Dreams of Cheney in the hoosegow will be dashed by the reality of international terror threats that have only recently begun to consume the attention of The One. It is reasonable to ask in all of this transfer of power dynamic if we will actually see any change in US foreign policy. I can't help but recall President Bush's comment ...
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