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Monday, June 29, 2009 12:00 AM

Establishment view of Obama's civil liberties record

That Obama is replicating core Bush policies is acknowledged by everyone other than his most loyal supporters.
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  • Monday, June 29, 2009 06:19 AM

    GG, I'm pretty sure the only "response" you're going to get to this...

    ...

    Ever since Obama reversed himself on the question of whether to suppress the torture photos, I've been searching for an Obama supporter who (a) defends his decision to suppress those photos but also (b) criticized him when, two weeks earlier, he announced that he would release those photos. I haven't found such a person yet, but I'm still looking.

    will be something along the lines of

    "You're such a dick!"

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