I guess that about sums it up.

[Gaspar]

WASHINGTON (AFP) - In a major about-face, the Obama administration said on Monday that 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators will be tried by a military tribunal at Guantanamo rather than a civilian court in New York.

At least he got his healthcare bill passed. . .or "a" healthcare bill passed. . .or something passed.

At least he ended the war. . .or "a" war. . .or something like that.

At least he quit smoking.

[Townsend]

WASHINGTON (AFP) - In a major about-face, the Obama administration said on Monday that 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators will be tried by a military tribunal at Guantanamo rather than a civilian court in New York.

At least he got his healthcare bill passed. . .or "a" healthcare bill passed. . .or something passed.

At least he ended the war. . .or "a" war. . .or something like that.

At least he quit smoking.

What is summed up?

[Gaspar]

I think that was the last 2008 campaign loose end.

Closing GITMO
Bringing the 9/11 trials to NY
New era of transparency
Ending the war
Passing healthcare
Saving the economy
Creating jobs

[Gaspar]

I miss one?

[Townsend]

I think that was the last 2008 campaign loose end.

Closing GITMO
Bringing the 9/11 trials to NY
New era of transparency
Ending the war
Passing healthcare
Saving the economy
Creating jobs

Ah, so this is about the change in leadership in the House of Reps.  How they've blocked all of these.

I was trying to figure out what you were summing up.  It's the House of No.

[Townsend]

WASHINGTON (AFP) - In a major about-face, the Obama administration said on Monday that 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators will be tried by a military tribunal at Guantanamo rather than a civilian court in New York.

At least he got his healthcare bill passed. . .or "a" healthcare bill passed. . .or something passed.

At least he ended the war. . .or "a" war. . .or something like that.

At least he quit smoking.

Why do you have such a hard time placing a link?

[Townsend]

You're Politics Discussion's Sauerkraut.

[Gaspar]

Ah, so this is about the change in leadership in the House of Reps.  How they've blocked all of these.

I was trying to figure out what you were summing up.  It's the House of No.

The guys that have been there for 3 months?

No.  I was talking about:

1. The retracted executive order to close GITMO.
2. The change of heart on trials due to, as Jay Carney put it today  "they must be brought to justice as swiftly as possible."
3. The fabulous new transparency of the White House or should I say Jackson Place (where the president currently meets with lobbiests to keep things off the register).
4. Ending the war, by redefining it, and/or moving it to a new venue.
5. Passing a junket that to this day, no one understands.
6. Completely turning the economy around by embracing private industry and the ingenuity of the american entrepreneur.
7. Creating an atmosphere of employment where everyone can reach their potential.

[Gaspar]

Why do you have such a hard time placing a link?

I assume you have The Google.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/04/gitmo-tribunal-move-the-latest-in-a-long-line-of-obama-shifts/

[Townsend]

Good thing you're so in middle politically.

[Gaspar]

If you want government to intervene domestically, you're a liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you're a conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere, you're a moderate. If you don't want government to intervene anywhere, you're an extremist. – Joseph Sobran

[nathanm]

The guys that have been there for 3 months?

I believe he was also referring to the Senate faction who filibustered everything in sight. Quite a dramatic about-face from their (and your, IIRC) pre-2007 position of filibustering being evul.

[guido911]

I assume you have The Google.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/04/gitmo-tribunal-move-the-latest-in-a-long-line-of-obama-shifts/

What is this "The Google" you speak of?

[guido911]

There were democrats against the federal trials also.

Congressional Democrats are increasingly concerned about the President's plan to bring Guantanamo detainees to the United States for trial, as a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday to block it.

Eighteen senators, including two Democrats and one Independent, unveiled a bill Tuesday to withhold funding the President requested to try terror suspects in civilian courts.

"It's an unusual thing we're doing here," said Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-CT. "We are trying to use Congress' power of the purse to stop these trials."

The move comes a day after the President requested in his budget a boost in homeland security funding to help pay for the transfer and trials of detainees on U.S. soil.

One of the Democratic co-sponsors is Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, who is facing a tough re-election battle this year.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/02/02/democratic-opposition-to-terror-trials-grows/

[nathanm]

Sometimes I hate that the Democratic Party is a big tent, rather than a collection of strident syncophants, but it is what it is, I guess.