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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 09:24 AM

    GO TO CHANGE.ORG AND VOTE FOR BOB FERTIK'S IDEA

    Please go to change.org and vote for Bob Fertik's "Appoint a Special Prosecutor to Investigate the Crimes of the Bush Administration" idea. It's currently in 21st place and needs to get to 10th place in order to be presented to Obama at his inauguration. By the way, how in hell do you get a live or "hot" link embedded in a comment? I have never figured out how to do so.

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