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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 11:23 AM

    Truth or Consequences?

    One of the main reasons I am a conservative is because the consequences of liberal empathy are almost always disastrous for the victims of that empathy.

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    Oh, assuredly!

    I never realized the profound truth in this opinion until I saw what that liberal bastard George W. "President Unitard" Bush did to those poor NOLA residents after the catastrophic flooding caused by those defective levees during Hurricane Katrina!

    And his empathy towards the wretched populace of Iraq suffering under Saddam Hussein's brutal dictatorship! Don't get me started!

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