Joe Biden: no plans to prosecute Bush

The story first broke in London's Telegraph newspaper, under the headline "Barack Obama would consider charging Bush administration over Guantanamo." The article described a campaign event in Deerfield, Fla., in which, according to the Telegraph, vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said:

"If there has been a basis upon which you can pursue someone for a criminal violation, they will be pursued, not out of vengeance, not out of retribution, out of the need to preserve the notion that no one, no attorney general, no president -- no one is above the law."

Asked about the comment this morning on Fox News, Biden said it is Congress -- not a potential Obama administration -- that is investigating the White House.

And he denied today that an Obama administration would launch criminal investigations against the 43rd president of the United States.

"The Obama-Biden administration is not going to start off saying, "God, let's go take a lot at what [happened]." The American people want to know what we're going to do, not what happened."

Biden also had some things to say about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's speech to the Republican National Convention Wednesday night, calling it "impressive" but lacking in specifics. And he called the media's treatment of Palin's family life "sexist."

-- Johanna Neuman

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[Jeugenen]

OBAMA EXPOSES SCHEUNEMANN’S MARXIST PROPAGANDA TACTICS

Neo-Con McCain’s foreign policy adviser, Neo-Marxist Scheunemann, is notorious for his role in successfully provoking the War against Iraq; and his failure to provoke total war against Iran, and his failure to defeat Russia in Ab-khazia and S. Os-setia. The illegal and un-patriotic Neo-Con Bush Iraq War sacrificed over a trillion dollars and the priceless lives of more than 4,000 young patriotic volunteers, for the sole benefit of the World condemned Judeofascist Israeli land robbers.

When Obama discovered that Scheunemann had been paid nearly $300,000 by Saak-ash-vili to provoke bellicose American opposition to Russia, in collusive support of Georgia’s bloody military offensive against ethnic Russian Georgians, he exposed this conflict of interest as motivating McCain’s insane outbursts of bellicose treasonous deception, "John McCain’s top foreign policy adviser lobbied for, and has a vested interest in, the Republic of Georgia and McCain has mirrored the position advocated by the government.”

That Neo-Con Bush now demands a billion dollars from Congress, to compensate Saak-ash-vili for starting his utterly disastrous war, suggests that this was part of the crooked deal. Tragically, these high crimes might get the Georgians a billion dollars in exchange for Ab-khazia and S. Os-setia, and burden the Americans with greater debt and inflation.

[American for McCain/Palin]

SPECIFICS
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"Biden also had some things to say about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's speech to the Republican National Convention Wednesday night, calling it "impressive" but lacking in specifics..."

Those specifics are what we would like to see in the "CHANGE" and "HOPE" campaign...

While there may be corruption all around–the SPECIFIC PLANS I heard from Gov. Palin last night were one of the STRENGTHS of her speech, compared to others, SOLUTIONS for PROBLEMS the AMERICAN PEOPLE FACE!

When we talk of change, we need specific plans.

READ HER SPEECH, and SEE PROPOSED SOLUTIONS FOR THE ENERGY CRISIS, WAYS TO GET OUT OF DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL, ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS, INCLUDING NOT INCREASING GOVERNMENT SIZE/SPENDING/ TAXATION AS PROPOSED BY DEMOCRATS...

ALSO READ ABOUT HER PAST DECISIONS/ACCOMPLISHMENTS (COMPARED EVEN TO OBAMA'S)..

Americans like to see ACTIONS, not just WORDS. :-)

Mitt Romney would have been even better!

But, Palin is a strong individual.

I agree w/Gov. Palin’s comment that she would rather have McCain as Commander-in-Chief leading her son than the alternative choice we have before us. I would feel the same way about my own son if he were to be deployed at this time.

I agree w/Palin that INCREASED TAXATION does not lead to increased prosperity–liked the story about her sister and brother-in-law’s small business…

I enjoyed the story about McCain as POW, his fellow POW there–although I had read these in a biography about him years ago–the “thumbs up” and smile after interrogation in Hanoi. “We can make it through”–any challenge!

From POW cell to White House.

With possible war on every front, problems in Russia, China, Iran, Korea–still in Afghanistan and Iraq–if we have to choose between these current candidates, do you want Obama/Biden facing those challenging decisions, leading America–or McCain/Palin?
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LOOK AT THE ISSUES.
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We need a LEADER–not a “rock star” as some have labeled the smooth politician without a history–or his running-mate from the CFR.
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McCain/Palin