Jim Webb (D-VA), John McCain (R-AZ), Lindsay Graham (R-SC), and Joe Lieberman (I-D - CT) have penned a letter to the President in an attempt to dissuade him from trying Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the mastermind of 9/11, in the United States. Hopefully, this won't be necessary, as commons sense dictates that what he did was an act of war and should be handled by the military as such, but just in case the ACLU and the like try to strong-arm the left wing of the White House:
“We write to you today to express our concern over reports that your Administration may prosecute Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the mastermind of the September 11 terrorist attacks, and other alleged war criminals in civilian courts in Virginia, New York, and the District of Columbia. Such trials would treat the war on terrorism as a law enforcement operation, rather than a war, and would treat its alleged perpetrators as common criminals, instead of violators of the law of war."
Source: http://lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=f0af834e-802a-23ad-47dc-13a1c834e1e6
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Thursday, August 6, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
Michael Bloomberg Made McCain Shortlist
Interesting news from the Washington Post:
Eventually, McCain narrowed his choices to six finalists.
In addition to Palin, they were independent-Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman; McCain's former rival, Mitt Romney; Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty; New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg; and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal have been a finalist had he not taken himself out of contention.
While Bloomberg would have certainly been a better pick than Lieberman or Palin, the other "maverick" picks, it's interesting how much of his very-serious potentials were high risk, high reward ideas.
Another interesting note is that, since the article points out that Jindal pulled himself out of contention, it implies that Mr. Bloomberg would have been happy to join the Republican ticket.
Hindsight is always very cool...
Hat Tip: GOP 12
Eventually, McCain narrowed his choices to six finalists.
In addition to Palin, they were independent-Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman; McCain's former rival, Mitt Romney; Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty; New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg; and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal have been a finalist had he not taken himself out of contention.
While Bloomberg would have certainly been a better pick than Lieberman or Palin, the other "maverick" picks, it's interesting how much of his very-serious potentials were high risk, high reward ideas.
Another interesting note is that, since the article points out that Jindal pulled himself out of contention, it implies that Mr. Bloomberg would have been happy to join the Republican ticket.
Hindsight is always very cool...
Hat Tip: GOP 12
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