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rhiannon55

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39. I love President Obama, but he let Bush, et al off the hook

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 08:45 PM

22 hrs ago

For all their war crimes. I was sickened by the torture that was carried out at Guantanamo Bay, among so many other atrocities. He I was so hopeful that Dubya and Cheney and the rest of those monsters would face consequences for their crimes, but President Obama was all about “looking forward, not back”.

Democrats really are too nice. We have consciences and empathy and it can trip us up at times.

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Same. TheProle 2 hrs ago #96

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Like South Africa -- after all, Trmp has been trying to re-create their old gov't ! nt eppur_se_muova 16 hrs ago #61

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I love what you've written here... slightlv 20 hrs ago #50

Thank you. I agree with your response as well. Buddyzbuddy 18 hrs ago #56

I love President Obama, but he let Bush, et al off the hook rhiannon55 22 hrs ago #39

I think Dems want to govern slightlv 20 hrs ago #52

And the ATTORNEY GENERAL . . . AverageOldGuy 22 hrs ago #40

The party needs to adopt a new paradigm. yellow dahlia 21 hrs ago #42

Hear! Hear!! Please somebody, break us out of the Ivory Tower feedback loop!! littlemissmartypants 21 hrs ago #44

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