Comments on: Oh, not like Bush at all — right, Mr. Straight Talk? http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/13/oh-not-like-bush-at-all-right-mr-straight-talk/ Firedoglake weblog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:59:55 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/13/oh-not-like-bush-at-all-right-mr-straight-talk/#comment-1494191 selise Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:15:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/13/oh-not-like-bush-at-all-right-mr-straight-talk/#comment-1494191 <p>thanks! imo, patrick cockburn is very good. (<a href="http://www.democracynow.org/" rel="nofollow">democracy now!</a> had a nice interview with him yesterday.)</p> thanks! imo, patrick cockburn is very good. (democracy now! had a nice interview with him yesterday.)

]]> By: jayt http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/13/oh-not-like-bush-at-all-right-mr-straight-talk/#comment-1494185 jayt Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:09:33 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/13/oh-not-like-bush-at-all-right-mr-straight-talk/#comment-1494185 <p>Michael Mukasey, ersatz Attorney General, says that yesterday’s S.Ct. ruling on habeas for Gitmo prisoners will not affect the “trials” of those detained.</p> <p>Interesting point. Seems to me that an unavoidable part of most habeas hearings is gonna have to involve prisoners saying essentially “look, all they’ve got on me, as evidence, came about as a result of my having been tortured and saying what they wanted to hear to make it stop.”</p> <p>So - the question having now been begged, if cases such as those are found in civilian courts (and they will be), do the District Courts have the authority to order the outright release of those detainees? I think that they do.</p> <p>Suck on it, Mr. “Attorney General”.</p> Michael Mukasey, ersatz Attorney General, says that yesterday’s S.Ct. ruling on habeas for Gitmo prisoners will not affect the “trials” of those detained.

Interesting point. Seems to me that an unavoidable part of most habeas hearings is gonna have to involve prisoners saying essentially “look, all they’ve got on me, as evidence, came about as a result of my having been tortured and saying what they wanted to hear to make it stop.”

So – the question having now been begged, if cases such as those are found in civilian courts (and they will be), do the District Courts have the authority to order the outright release of those detainees? I think that they do.

Suck on it, Mr. “Attorney General”.

]]> By: Elliott http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/13/oh-not-like-bush-at-all-right-mr-straight-talk/#comment-1494182 Elliott Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:07:08 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/13/oh-not-like-bush-at-all-right-mr-straight-talk/#comment-1494182 <p><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/13/lindsey-graham-gets-an-f-in-constitutional-law/" rel="nofollow">Scarecrow’s upstairscrow</a></p> <p>He’s got a few words to say about Lindsay Graham</p> Scarecrow’s upstairscrow

He’s got a few words to say about Lindsay Graham

]]> By: RevBev http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/13/oh-not-like-bush-at-all-right-mr-straight-talk/#comment-1494183 RevBev Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:07:08 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/13/oh-not-like-bush-at-all-right-mr-straight-talk/#comment-1494183 <p>Just like BRownie, dontcha know. And I just saw Chertoff reassuring us. That should take care of us all…just like Katrina</p> Just like BRownie, dontcha know. And I just saw Chertoff reassuring us. That should take care of us all…just like Katrina

]]> By: nonplussed http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/13/oh-not-like-bush-at-all-right-mr-straight-talk/#comment-1494181 nonplussed Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:06:27 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/13/oh-not-like-bush-at-all-right-mr-straight-talk/#comment-1494181 <p>Scarecrow’s upstairs!</p> Scarecrow’s upstairs!

]]> By: Elliott http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/13/oh-not-like-bush-at-all-right-mr-straight-talk/#comment-1494180 Elliott Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:05:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/13/oh-not-like-bush-at-all-right-mr-straight-talk/#comment-1494180 <p>Can’t wait!<br /> pass the popcorn</p> Can’t wait!
pass the popcorn

]]> By: Elliott http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/13/oh-not-like-bush-at-all-right-mr-straight-talk/#comment-1494178 Elliott Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:05:27 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/13/oh-not-like-bush-at-all-right-mr-straight-talk/#comment-1494178 <p>I lurrv kittens, there’s nothing cuter :)</p> I lurrv kittens, there’s nothing cuter :)

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/13/oh-not-like-bush-at-all-right-mr-straight-talk/#comment-1494176 SouthernDragon Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:04:02 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/13/oh-not-like-bush-at-all-right-mr-straight-talk/#comment-1494176 <blockquote><p>more fun than a barrel of monkeys</p></blockquote> <p>Yeah, one of my tigers was kind enough to cover the counter in the kitchen with the contents of a bag of puffed corn sometime during the night. I think I know who it was but he wants a lawyer. Sheesh.</p>

more fun than a barrel of monkeys

Yeah, one of my tigers was kind enough to cover the counter in the kitchen with the contents of a bag of puffed corn sometime during the night. I think I know who it was but he wants a lawyer. Sheesh.

]]> By: Marion in Savannah http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/13/oh-not-like-bush-at-all-right-mr-straight-talk/#comment-1494175 Marion in Savannah Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:03:53 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/13/oh-not-like-bush-at-all-right-mr-straight-talk/#comment-1494175 <p>And this is the creature who wants to have countless “town hall meetings” with Sen. Obama. Does he think he’ll have control over those audiences? It is to laugh.</p> And this is the creature who wants to have countless “town hall meetings” with Sen. Obama. Does he think he’ll have control over those audiences? It is to laugh.

]]> By: Elliott http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/13/oh-not-like-bush-at-all-right-mr-straight-talk/#comment-1494174 Elliott Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:03:34 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/13/oh-not-like-bush-at-all-right-mr-straight-talk/#comment-1494174 <p>I wonder if that last caller was his brother *g*</p> I wonder if that last caller was his brother *g*

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