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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:00 AM

Criticisms, political pressure and Barack Obama

The president-elect's advisors respond to the firestorm created by Sunday's remarks on Guantanamo, illustrating the value of criticizing Obama when he deserves it.

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  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009 10:20 AM

    @farragut

    Have you picked out a large rock and and a pickle barrel you can hide in for the next 4 years? May I suggest Idaho? I hear there are still people hiding in the Wilderness who are waiting for the millenium. Amazing when the 'Fear Now, Fear Here' crowd gets handed their hats, they find smaller and smaller red pockets to crawl into. At least your buddy Joe went to Israel. Where he's clawing the truth out of some truly bewildered Israeli reporters. It isn't clear whether he has convinced any of them that they couldn't do their jobs before they met him. But there are a lot of pipes to repair.

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