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Some of what gets bypassed when the Media Heathers fail/refuse to take 1-30 minutes to do a modicum of research:
April 8, 2007
(CBS's) SCOTT PELLEY: Would you close Guantanamo Bay?
JOHN MCCAIN: Yes. I would close Guantanamo Bay. And I would move those prisoners to Fort Leavenworth. And I would proceed with the tribunals.
PELLEY: Why? What's wrong with the way it was handled?
MCCAIN: Guantanamo Bay has become an image throughout the world which has hurt our reputation. Whether we deserve it or not, the reality is Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib have harmed our reputation in the world, thereby harming our ability to win the psychological part of the war against radical Islamic extremism.
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UPDATE: Note McCain/MiniMcCain took a pass on the closing Gitmo issue: i.e., they talk/dance all around it, but never really answer that question. Heh.
One of the rhetorical questions asked was "Where will we house them (the detainees)?" Of course, McCain answered that 2 years ago: Ft. Leavenworth was what he advocated then. Have they become more dangerous or Leavenworth less secure in the mean time? Really? Please explain how, in what ways, exactly when that happened, Senator.
Just to name a few...
"It happens that I also regard the prison in Guantanamo as a liability in the fight against radical extremism and as president of the United States I will close it."
John McCain. June 21, 2008.
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Mike Huckabee said:
"If we want to see this country rise up, we must do the right thing: We must elect John McCain."
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George W. Bush on September 3, 2008:
"Speaking from the White House via satellite, the president told Republicans at the national convention in St. Paul, Minnesota that voters must elect John McCain because of 9/11. . . 'I know the hard choices that fall solely to a president.' He then stated that McCain has 'the judgment, the experience and the policies" to continue on the same course.'"
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Chip LaMarca, Broward Co. FL Republican Chairman, July 2008:
"Nationally, we must elect John McCain as President of the United States."
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John Bolton, February 9, 2008:
"I whole-heartedly endorse John McCain for President because when he takes office in January 2009 he will be prepared immediately to lead us. John will not need on the job training.
"American conservatives will have a President they can be proud of in John McCain."
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And there's this, from May 8, 2006:
"Obviously, the Guantanamo issue is a sensitive issue for people," (President George W.) Bush told ARD German television. "I very much would like to end Guantanamo; I very much would like to get people to a court.
"And we're waiting for our Supreme Court to give us a decision as to whether the people need to have a fair trial in a civilian court or in a military court," he said in a transcript released Sunday.
So, I will leave it at that. For your reference. Res ipsa loquitur.
BenGoshi
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