tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860577477796758832.post8943460256226308572..comments2023-10-25T04:06:01.936-04:00Comments on The Guantánamo Blog: A WORD ABOUT OBAMAH. Candace Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15947267626405585323noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860577477796758832.post-23219261659943023382008-04-11T02:56:00.000-04:002008-04-11T02:56:00.000-04:00I have limited legal and moderate medical knowledg...I have limited legal and moderate medical knowledge but I have often considered “equivalent in intensity to the pain accompanying serious physical injury such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death” to be a weakness which could be legally exploited in attacking the perpetrators of torture. To the best of my knowledge most forms of organ failure in themselves are painless (guevarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12950030752394390333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860577477796758832.post-60135549105624085982008-02-25T18:30:00.000-05:002008-02-25T18:30:00.000-05:00Less than 100 attorneys signed the petition... out...Less than 100 attorneys signed the petition... out of the more than 600 attorneys that have or are representing prisoners at guantanamo. The fact that Obama... a year and a half later (and after he decided to run for president) signed on to the spectre habeas restoration act still does not make him the poster child for doing the right thing for the men at guantanamo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860577477796758832.post-17368403570975688102008-02-25T10:24:00.000-05:002008-02-25T10:24:00.000-05:00Well, actually, much more than your memory is flaw...Well, actually, much more than your memory is flawed. While he did vote for the bill itself (as did also Clinton and author McCain), he alone of the three was an original co-sponsor of a March 2007 amendment submitted by Republican Arlen Spector that specifically granted habeas corpus to foreigners. It was defeated 51-48, and resubmitted in July only to be withdrawn in the Senate.<BR/><BR/>The MKSinSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17664764724446726205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860577477796758832.post-68552012603321828802008-02-25T03:25:00.000-05:002008-02-25T03:25:00.000-05:00Who in your opinion, out of the Democratic preside...Who in your opinion, out of the Democratic presidential candidates that have since left the race, do you think would have been best for the men at Guantanamo? <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your blog, Candace. <BR/><BR/>- Jennifer, in Australia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860577477796758832.post-33425418097333774432008-02-24T22:17:00.000-05:002008-02-24T22:17:00.000-05:00You are right... he did vote against both... That ...You are right... he did vote against both... That is what happens when I rely on my memory!... but when I saw your post and reviewed his voting record I became even more disenchanted with his voting record.... and the things he didn't bother to show up for...<BR/>the funny thing is that I am certain I gave Obama a hard time about a supreme court vote that he made and he didn't correct me... so I H. Candace Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15947267626405585323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860577477796758832.post-29414878991790102752008-02-24T15:11:00.000-05:002008-02-24T15:11:00.000-05:00I realize this was not your main focus; however, O...I realize this was not your main focus; however, Obama voted against both Alito and Roberts<BR/><BR/>http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00002<BR/><BR/>http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00245Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860577477796758832.post-52593129352286866182008-02-22T22:09:00.000-05:002008-02-22T22:09:00.000-05:00Thank you for making me aware of one more reason t...Thank you for making me aware of one more reason to be unimpressed with Obama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860577477796758832.post-33488045573461434382008-02-21T23:20:00.000-05:002008-02-21T23:20:00.000-05:00I am so very glad that a person of integrity is fi...I am so very glad that a person of integrity is fighting for those tortured souls in Guantanamo.<BR/><BR/>My hats of to you Candance.<BR/><BR/>I suspect many do not say this to YOU, but should - I am so sorry that you must go through the TORTURE of being an advocate, too. I know how very hard that can be.<BR/><BR/>Please keep sticking up for your clients and keep on telling the truth the way it ladybroadoakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11525308772572314967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860577477796758832.post-85143464910834427002008-02-21T08:37:00.000-05:002008-02-21T08:37:00.000-05:00There is no poster child... that is not my point.....There is no poster child... that is not my point... the point is that he does not deserve any sort of recognition that suggests he is better on this issue then any of the other candidates... he isn't.H. Candace Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15947267626405585323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860577477796758832.post-23343827109780390612008-02-21T07:16:00.000-05:002008-02-21T07:16:00.000-05:00butObama is NOT the poster child for doing the rig...<I>butObama is NOT the poster child for doing the right thing for the men at Guantanamo</I><BR/><BR/><BR/>Which presidential candidate (McCain or Clinton) is best for the people at Guantanamo, if Obama is not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com