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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.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:46 PM

    Here's My Guess, chiefpayne

    If Obama DOES do this

    then if ANYTHING happens here in the US, HE gets the credit for it.

    So...the question is, is he willing to take the heat if something DOES happen???

    If he DOES (what, I don't know, since I'm not sure what you're referring to), and ANYTHING (?) happens in the US, well, HE (I'm sure) will get credit. Thus, the question is, apparently, about "heat" if something or other DOES happen.

    Gosh. Where we would be without capital letters, terrorism and just generally PARANOIA!

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