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Obama: Why I Might Not Vote For You In November / #17

December 31, 2011 at 8:22 PM Leave a comment

Here’s yet another act on President Obama’s part that (don’t forget, he’s a “Constitutional lawyer”) is making me think twice about how I’ll vote in November:

Obama Makes It Official: Suspected Terrorists Can Be Indefinitely Detained Without a Trial

Despite having once threatened to veto the bill due to controversial language about the treatment of suspected terrorists, the president signed the controversial National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law on Saturday. Barack Obama did not keep his lingering concerns about aspects of the bill law a secret, however. In justifying his decision to sign NDAA into law, Obama said in a statement, “I have signed the Act chiefly because it authorizes funding for the defense of the United States and its interests abroad, crucial services for service members and their families, and vital national security programs that must be renewed.” He continued, “The fact that I support this bill as a whole does not mean I agree with everything in it. In particular, I have signed this bill despite having serious reservations with certain provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation, and prosecution of suspected terrorists.”

Obama:  If you have “serious reservations” about a bill, you veto it.  Period.

And bear in mind — nut cases could become president who could abuse this new law to no end.

More on how you and I might land in indefinite detention as a result of this bill here and here.

Oh, and talk about Friday afternoon DC “document dumps.”  This is even worse.  It’s Saturday and it’s New Year’s Eve.  The White House is clearly worried about this yet hey, they think we’re idiots and we won’t notice.

Happy New Year!

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