Senate Nixes Obama's Gitmo Closure Plans

[falcon]

Think about it, all those liberal senate Democrats vited against closing Gitmo.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090520/ap_on_go_co/us_congress_guantanamo

WASHINGTON "“ In a major rebuke to President Barack Obama, the Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to block the transfer of Guantanamo detainees to the United States and denied the administration the millions it sought to close the prison.

The 90-6 Senate vote "” paired with similar House action last week "” was a clear sign to Obama that he faces a tough fight getting the Democratic-controlled Congress to agree with his plans to shut down the detention center and move the 240 detainees.

Last month, Obama asked for $80 million for the Pentagon and the Justice Department to close the facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by January. In the eyes of the world, the prison has come to exemplify harsh U.S. anti-terror tactics and detention without trial for almost all of its inmates, most of whom were captured in Afghanistan.

[burniegoeasily]

Rot Row. I guess the Demos are seeing a threat to their reelection next year.

[Canuck_Buck]

ORIGINAL: burniegoeasily

Rot Row.Â* I guess the Demos are seeing a threat to their reelection next year.

do you not think they will gitmo votes?

[Lanse couche couche]

"Harsh" anti-terrorism tactics. Imagine that[]

[Canuck_Buck]

ORIGINAL: Lanse couche couche

"Harsh" anti-terrorism tactics. Imagine that[]

<in my best tom hanks voice, from a league of their own> Are you crying? There's no crying in HNI politics...!

[Lubricious]

ORIGINAL: Canuck_Buck

do you not think they will gitmo votes?

Isee what you did there! Very clever.

[DougMD]

How about an apology to Bush for being right all along?

[burniegoeasily]

ORIGINAL: Canuck_Buck

do you not think they will gitmo votes?

Yuck yuck yuck. What a commodian.

[Canuck_Buck]

ORIGINAL: burniegoeasily

Yuck yuck yuck.Â* What a commodian.

I was a camuckian once....no, twice....ROFLMAO