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ON THE SUNDAY SHOWS
The Page by Mark Halperin —
Meet the Press: Bill Cosby, Adrian Fenty, Rep. Maxine Waters. Video here, transcript here.
Face the Nation: Rep. Boehner, Sen. Durbin, Roland Burris.
This Week: Obama. ...
Obama: Gitmo Will Take Time to Close
TalkLeft —
During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama said he would close Guantanamo during his first 100 days in office. This morning, on ABC's This Week with Stephanopoulos, he backtracked: "It is more difficult than I think a lot of people realize," the President-elect explained. "Part of the challenge that you have is that you have a bunch of folks that have been detained, many of whom who may be very dangerous who have not been put on trial or have not gone through some adjudication. And some of the evidence against them may be tainted even though it's true. And so how to balance creating a process ...
Sunday Talk Shows Open Thread
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Some big names on the shows today, but Stephanopoulos has the biggest. He's got Obama. The transcript is up already. At the far other end of the spectrum, FOX is dedicating its news show to the Bush family and Cheney is on CNN. Haven't we seen enough of them already? It's OVER -- and there is no way to repair the legacy of destruction. Here's the lineup: ABC's "This Week" — President-elect Barack Obama ___ CBS' "Face the Nation" — Former Illinois Attorney General (and Senate appointee) Roland Burris, Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, ...
No one is 'above the law' but...
Political Animal —
... anybody is above the law." Obama said. "But my instinct is for us to focus on how do we make sure that moving forward we are doing the right thing. That doesn't mean that if somebody has blatantly broken the law, that they are above the law. But my orientation's going to be to move forward." When pressed by Stephanopoulos as to whether he will instruct his Justice Department to investigate such accusations, Obama deferred to his nominated Attorney General Eric Holder. Specifically, Obama explained , "When it comes to my attorney general he is the people's lawyer... His job is ...
Obama: Time to look forward, but Bush aides aren't above the law
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
Source: USA TODAY On ABC News' This Week with George Stephanopoulos this morning, George asks President-elect Barack Obama whether he might appoint a special prosecutor to look into actions taken by the Bush administration, including water-boarding and electronic eaves-dropping. Obama doesn't rule that out, but also says "my orientation's going to be to move forward." Here's their exchange: Stephanopoulos: "The most popular question on your own website is related to this. On change.gov it comes from Bob Fertik of New York City and he asks, 'Will you appoint a special prosecutor ideally Patrick Fitzgerald to independently investigate the greatest crimes ...
Obama refuses to rule out investigation of the left’s alleged ‘crimes of the Bush administration’
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
President-elect Obama, in an interview with George Stephanopoulos on “This Week,” would not rule out political retribution dressed up as investigations of the looney left-wing’s fanciful allegations of Bush administration war-crimes:
STEPHANOPOULOS: The most popular question on your own website is related to this. On change.gov it comes from Bob Fertik of New York City and he asks, “Will you appoint a special prosecutor ideally Patrick Fitzgerald to independently investigate the greatest crimes of the Bush administration, including torture and warrantless ...
Dear Leader: Everyone Must Sacrifice For the Greater Good
Gateway Pundit —
Dear Leader tells America everyone must sacrifice for the greater good. On "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos: Dear Leader readies America for massive social and political change. It's not just the "rich" people who will have to sacrifice. Get ready. It was just this week that Victor Davis Hanson just warned us about The New Animal Farm.
Obama: Waterboarding Is Torture-- We Will Not Torture
Gateway Pundit —
... But, Barack Obama said today on ABC's "This Week" program that waterboarding is torture and that he is not ruling out prosecution of Bush officials for interrogation crimes. ...
Outrageous!... ABC Host Stephanopoulos Asks Obama About Prosecuting "Gravest" Bush Crimes (Video)
Gateway Pundit —
... This exchange on ABC's "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos was outrageous and Barack Obama's response was equally disgusting. ...
Stephanopoulos Pushes Obama to Drop Tax Cuts and to Prosecute Bush's Crimes
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
Interviewing President-elect Barack Obama for Sunday's This Week, ABC's George Stephanopoulos zeroed in on criticism of including tax cuts in the “stimulus bill” and repeatedly pressed Obama about naming a special prosecutor, a 9/11-like commission or at least getting “your Justice Department to investigate” what an e-mail Stephanopoulos showcased on screen described as “the gravest crimes of the Bush administration, including torture and warrantless wiretapping.” On taxes, Stephanopoulos demanded: “Do you really believe those business tax cuts are going to work to create jobs?” He soon yearned: “But you might give up on some of the ...
Promises, Promises
Ace of Spades HQ —
... and lesbians to serve openly in the military. Other signature promises may be addressed in piecemeal fashion in the opening weeks of the Obama administration but then put on a long track toward more comprehensive resolutions. For example, Mr. Obama plans to include what aides call down payments on his promises to expand health care coverage and promote energy independence in the economic recovery package he is developing, as a sign of dedication to the broader goals. He's also going to put off closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay . I do believe I've heard this ...
Obama on No. 1 Change.gov Question: Let's Punt
techPresident —
Is there any chance that the incoming Obama Administration will pay much more than passing lip service to the top policy initiatives suggested by the citizen army it mustered to suggest and rank ideas for governance on the super-hyped Change.gov site?
Today on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopolous, the host asked President-Elect Obama about the number one-ranked question from Democratic activist Bob Fertik: "Will you appoint a Special Prosecutor - ideally Patrick Fitzgerald - to independently investigate the gravest crimes of the Bush Administration, including torture and warrantless wiretapping?" Obama's answer was far from ...
Obama Continues The 'Torture' Backpedaling
JustOneMinute —
Obama was asked a seemingly easy question about 'torture' by George Stephanopoulos on This Week - will the army field manual be the sole basis for interrogation procedures - but chose to sidestep it: OBAMA: For example, Vice President Cheney I think continues to defend what he calls extraordinary measures or procedures when it comes to interrogations and from my view waterboarding is torture. I have said that under my administration we will not torture. STEPHANOPOULOS: How about them taking that to the next step. Right now the CIA has a special program, would you require that that program -- basically every government interrogation ...
Closing Guantanamo
Political Animal —
CLOSING GUANTANAMO.... On ABC News over the weekend, Barack Obama sounded an encouraging note with George Stephanopoulos on a certain notorious detention facility: "We are going to close Guantanamo and we are going to make sure that the procedures we set up are ones that abide by our constitution. That is not only the right thing to do but it actually has to be part of our broader national security strategy because we will send a message to the world that we are serious about our values." Obama hedged, however, when asked when this might happen. Just how quickly will Obama ...
Ending the torture regime
Political Animal —
... military rules for questioning prisoners, according to two U.S. officials familiar with drafts of the plans. The proposal Obama is considering would require all CIA interrogators to follow conduct outlined in the U.S. Army Field Manual, the officials said. The plans would also have the effect of shutting down secret "black site" prisons around the world where the CIA has questioned terror suspects -- with all future interrogations taking place inside American military facilities. Obama said over the weekend that "part of our broader national security strategy" is to "send a ...
Closing Gitmo, restoring the rule of law
Political Animal —
CLOSING GITMO, RESTORING THE RULE OF LAW.... Two weeks ago, Barack Obama promised , "We are going to close Guantanamo and we are going to make sure that the procedures we set up are ones that abide by our constitution. That is not only the right thing to do but it actually has to be part of our broader national security strategy because we will send a message to the world that we are serious about our values." But questions remained. How soon would the president keep his promise? How quickly would he shut down the notorious detention facility? What about the secret prisons? ...
Protecting Pelosi, not America
American Thinker —
Democrat Jan Schakowsky of Illinois proved last week why President Barack Obama was right to threaten to veto a bill that could give more politicians access to classified briefings about covert CIA operations. Schakowsky took to the airwaves to accuse the CIA of misleading Congress on the orders of former Vice President Dick Cheney. According to Schakowsky and a handful of other Democrats, CIA director Leon Panetta told them at a classified briefing last month that the agency had practiced " systematic deception " for years. She demanded an investigation and suggested that charges could be brought against CIA officials. But the ...
