>>Right now, About a 60% chance for John McCain, and 40% for Barrack Obama.
I think it will be much closer... And I am not picking a winner.
McCain is loosing it. He is too old. In a real debate, that may become apparent.
Secondly, he came out against Habeaus Corpus... in other words, if the government calls you a terrorist, McCain backs putting you away, and throwing away the key, with no right of appeal (unless you count military commissions).
That, and you do not have to be told the charges against you, or see the evidence (if any) for your conviction. All a little to Stalinist for my taste.
Not exactly "sort of a mainstream semi-liberal Republican" at least not one that believes in the reasons for which the original Revolutionary war was fought or the bill of rights...
There is not much more abusive than being thrown in the Gulag with charges unknown, accusers unknown, evidence unknown all by the executive with no restrictions or appeal... the same gulag where there is just a little bit of torture.
This is all fine for "terrorists"... but who is to say who the "terrorists" are... perhaps you will piss off some one who matters, and you will be considered the terrorist.
IMHO the door needs to be slammed on the potential for this kind of thing, and yesterday is not too soon. |
