It was a sight to behold. President Barack Obama reverses himself on his promise to release interrogation (now redefined as "torture") photos and the entire leftwing blogosphere erupts in an explosion of anger. It was so bad that Cenk Uygur, the leftwing host of The Young Turks radio show, claimed that Obama was cowed into caving in to Dick Cheney as you can see in his Daily Kos post:
This is an unbelievable moment. Dick Cheney's PR offensive over the last month actually worked. Barack Obama just crumbled and will follow Cheney's command to not release the new set of detainee abuse pictures.
...And to add insult to injury, we have to reconcile ourselves to the fact that Dick Cheney still runs DC no matter how unpopular and despicable he is. He still has the Democrats eating out of his hand. Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic.
The disgust of Uygur with Obama was matched by that of the Kossacks as you can see in the comments section below his post. They run the gamut from mad to sad with many being inadvertently hilarious:
A hollow shell of a presidency. a stab in the back for progressive ideas and ideals.
Complicit, spineless Democratic leaders will have no more ratching up the rhetoric on torture, leaving the task of bringing the US to justice to others, like the World Court and Spain.
It's just gonna make Obama look weak, stupid, and totally in cahoots with the WAR CRIMINALS who committed and who authorized such dreadful things.
These are war crimes and Obama is participating in them by enabling them to be covered up.
The Kossack outrage with Obama also inspired this all-caps outburst of frustration:
G O D D A M I T P R E S I D E N T O B A M A ! ! ! ! ! !
WHEN I VOTED FOR YOU I DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THIS SH*T. YOU'RE A CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR. YOU TOUTED YOUR DEVOTION TO JUSTICE. YOU GOT ALL OUTRAGED OVER TORTURE. NOW LOOK AT YOU WITH YOUR LAME ASSED EXCUSE THAT IT MIGHT INFLAME THE ISLAMIC WORLD TO SEE MORE TORTURE PICTURES.
NEWS FLASH: THAT HORSE IS OUT OF THE BARN !!! WITH THIS DECISION YOU LOOK WEAK TO THE ISLAMIC WORLD !!!
YOU'D BETTER GET YOUR HEAD STRAIGHT AND RETURN TO LIVIN IT FROM YOUR GUT, OR YOU'RE GOING TO WAKE UP IN THAT BIG HOUSE AND REALIZE THAT THE WAVE THAT GOT YOU THERE HAS CRASHED !!!
Finally, the ultimate act of disillusionment with Obama:
removed my obama bumper sticker today. he is a false hope in the most central basic sense.
However, as bizarre as the responses in the Daily Kos, they are nothing compared to what was posted on the Democratic Underground thread on the same topic. Be warned that the DUer responses enter the realm of the mentally unbalanced so their responses are quite overboard including an unhealthy fixation on perversion:
the guys who shoved plastic flashlights up little boys rectums(until they screamed) are dancing for joy
Child sodomy child pornography
My personal theory is that some of the photos show. Pelosi & Reid on a Gitmo field trip, using cattle prods on detainees.
When pictures come out of children being sodomized in front of women, as is rumored, all hell is going to break loose.
Little boys screaming in agony as their anuses and rectums are savaged by CIA beasts
Yes, you will need to shower after reading the clinically insane outbursts above but it is important for rational folks to see just how unbalanced the left has become. Of course, the DUers are just as angry with Obama as the Kossacks as you can see below:
OMG, as each day goes by, I see that I HAVE ONCE AGAIN been DUPED!! I've HAD IT!!
Obama is enabling the "war crimes" of the previous Administration. I DIDN'T VOTE FOR THAT ... I VOTED FOR TRANSPARENCY!
f--- you, you stinking fake "consitutional scholar" and war criminal.
I want my campaign contributions back.
I will never vote for that f---ing fraud again.
From now on, when that charlatan is on the tube, I will do what I did with * and the rest of the monsters--reach for the remote as quickly as I can. I will not believe anything that comes out of his mouth.
Finally there is this post which must have come from somebody who has seen the new Star Trek movie a few times too many:
Hope? Nope. Just Rope-a-Dope. And we are the dopes. Hear that? That's the sonic boom created by the sudden and synchronous collapse of the optimism and hopeful enthusiasm surrounding millions reform minded democrats. It was caused by a massive and instantaneous right shift in the Obama space-time continuum trapping us in a changeless state of being for at least another 4 years. Such strong gravity fields are even pulling in dense unmovable planets like Specterus Uranus.
These were just a few of the unbalanced responses from the left over Obama's photo release reversal. A more complete compendium of leftwing rantings on this topic can be seen at the DUmmie FUnnies.
—P.J. Gladnick is a freelance writer and creator of the DUmmie FUnnies blog.
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Silly me.
May 14, 2009 - 07:40 ET by JWFI was just relieved. President Obama actually listens and respect those in the military.
Wow. Did I get it wrong huh?
Sincerely,
a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.
I'm relieved too, but...
May 14, 2009 - 08:00 ET by PA ConservativeI don't really think for a minute that our dear leader respects those in the military. That's just not his "style".
PAC
That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends,
it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to
institute new government...
"The courts can't stop the release"
May 14, 2009 - 08:12 ET by TexndocThat's what I read the news is today - that the release of the photos is inevitable and "the courts will order so." But President Messiah DID try to protect our fighting boys, no? (wink wink from O to Kos-kids)
Totally agree Texndoc.
May 14, 2009 - 09:55 ET by Dave in TexasThat's what I think too. As soon as he figured out that there was no way he could legally stop the release of the photos, he switched and tried to stop the release of the photos.
I would love to be wrong on this one and actually see him block the release of the photos though.
Yes he can
May 14, 2009 - 16:46 ET by Jerry MackObama can stop the releasing of the pictures by executive order.
Courts are Dem enablers
May 14, 2009 - 10:45 ET by picofaradpjfA often unnoticed Dem trick is to use courts to take all the heat while
they play the "moderate" or conservative when a radical agenda is
being pushed down our throats. They're doing it on gay marriage and I
have a feeling they're doing in this case too. When the photos are
ordered released by a court, Obama will do it, claiming he's being
"forced" by those dang courts to do this bad thing. If he puts up a
little bit of a fight before doing it, he can accomplish the
unpopular idea while gaining support among the people!
Total agreement.
May 14, 2009 - 11:13 ET by bubbasterpico,
NPR had a similar report on O being able to show his support of the troops by raising a legal challenge to the release of the photos. The ACLU lawyer (who wants the photos released, of course) had said the President's challenge was weak. I think O is playing us. A win-win situation seems to be unfolding...O gets the support of the troops and the release of the photos.
BUBBA
It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion. -Goebbels
Why do they need pictures?
May 14, 2009 - 07:56 ET by PoolPlayerThey seem to know every little detail anyway. When will the democrats figure out that aligning themselves with these kooks cannot work in the long term? No matter how much you give them, they want more, kind of like crack addicts.
Wow, these people are truly
May 14, 2009 - 08:05 ET by rimskyWow, these people are truly out of their minds, eh?
BHO's reversal is a move to deflect attention from something else going on, and I think I read here recently, that it may relate to Pelosi's continual loss of credibilty regarding what she knew and when she knew it, in terms of being breifed on enhanced interrogation methods just after 9/11.
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May 14, 2009 - 08:10 ET by motherbeltWow, these people are truly out of their minds, eh?
Yes, and they always say they're too nice...they have to learn to fight dirty like the Republicans!
And you may have a point about the CYA thing.
Talk about being hoist on your own petard! If true, nice to know that the principles only stretch as far as the point where they become uncomfortable for a powerful Democrat.
They might say "Wow, that sucks!" But at least they'll say "Wow!" -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes
Might it also be possible
May 14, 2009 - 08:21 ET by rimskyMight it also be possible that these pictures don't really show that much abuse, let alone "torture" and that releasing them therefore won't have any real affect on the whole issue, and might in fact just deflate it entirely? I'm just asking.
Good point, BUT...
May 14, 2009 - 08:39 ET by Prester JohnYesterday, on Special Report I believe, it was stated that this set of photos is much less "incendiary" than the Abu-Ghraib photos, HOWEVER, releasing the photos would serve to stir the pot once more so that the Leftists and MSM (am I being redundant?) would again rise in righteous indignation and call for the head of everyone who served in Bush's administration.
Now it might stir up the Arab "street", but given their history I'd guess they'd be more amused than outraged by what they'd consider child's play.
Abu-Ghraib was completely
May 14, 2009 - 09:29 ET by kgAbu-Ghraib was completely blown out of proportion and propagated to the people by the media. If these are "tamer" then they will look like fools for even bringing it up. I don't think Obama ever had any intentions to release them. He is out to keep the pressure on Bush while he pushes his agenda. The pictures were brought up only to add kindling to a smoldering fire of Bush blame.
"DumbAssity of Dope"
Some of the photos reveal
May 14, 2009 - 17:37 ET by general companySome of the photos reveal some pretty nasty stuff, like the one where the guy has a cocked right cross ready to go, the underwear, no sense in it. But yea the United States of American press corps made us to be the worst ever. This is what brought me here actualy. I new they were lying, because I know Americans.
That being said, I am torn as weather or not to release the photos. But folks are probably right, it would be inhuman to watch a bunch of loony Islamic nut jobs burn down there own homes and kill each other, all the while giving us credit?
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Re some of the photos
May 14, 2009 - 19:14 ET by slickwillie2001I understand there might also be some caterpillar-torture photos there. Maybe even (the horrors) -some spiders. This is gut-wrenching stuff folks.
Caterpillar?
May 14, 2009 - 19:40 ET by general companyI did not relieze! Thank goodness we did not release them. I suddenly got chills. : ]
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
NOW LOOK AT YOU WITH YOUR
May 14, 2009 - 08:06 ET by motherbeltNOW LOOK AT YOU WITH YOUR LAME ASSED EXCUSE THAT IT MIGHT INFLAME THE ISLAMIC WORLD TO SEE MORE TORTURE PICTURES.
You know, he's got a point, but not the one he thinks....
Does anyone think they were worried about "inflaming" us when they released the Daniel Pearl video? No, the purpose was to brag and intimidate.
But Obama's worried about making them angry.
They might say "Wow, that sucks!" But at least they'll say "Wow!" -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes
I just saw the Washington
May 14, 2009 - 08:08 ET by HelenSI just saw the Washington Post and on the first page, above the fold, is an article entitled "As Cheney Seizes Spotlight, Many Republicans Wince." That is so nauseating and disgusting that I went to the washingtonpost.com web page and added a comment to that article. (under the username "vikingwench") but so many of the comments were such typically vile and infantile liberal sort that I felt I had fallen into a sewer and needed to get rid of the excrement somehow so I came here for some sanity and fresh air.
These people disgust me beyond the ability to stand, sometimes. I can only - and literally - thank God for the likes of Rush, Mark Levin, Newsbusters, and such for keeping me sane and with my flickering flame of Hope not yet extinguished.
Me - "The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years - the cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil."
HA! HA! HA! All the libs
May 14, 2009 - 08:10 ET by QueenMumHA! HA! HA!
All the libs have left is that Cheney is still running things? Pres. Obama has proven conclusively that he is not fit to be Commander-In-Chief. He's incapable of making a principled decision based on any sort of real understanding of the enemy. Looks like the halo is beginning to lose its luster.
GO CAVS!!!!!
And just wait until they learn the details....
May 14, 2009 - 08:17 ET by Prester John...of BHO's plans to re-institute military commissions for terrorists, not to mention holding suspects indefinitely.
Closing GITMO isn't going to change a thing other than dumping a bunch of jihadists on U.S. terriroty. That should really help BHO's numbers when he runs for re-election.
Obama Considers Detaining Terror Suspects Indefintely
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is weighing plans to detain some terror suspects on U.S. soil -- indefinitely and without trial -- as part of a plan to retool military commission trials that were conducted for prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124223286506515765.html
This is for bigtimer.
May 14, 2009 - 08:20 ET by JWFI am disappointed. I was looking forward to all teh pictures of teh naked terrorists.
More pictures of naked terrorists please.
Obama gets it both ways
May 14, 2009 - 08:20 ET by totalkaosdaveTotalKaosDave
By claiming he does not want the photos released he appeases some on the right AND paints the picture that he is concerned with security. However, he positions himself this way because he knows he ultimately cannot stop the release of the photos. The courts are doing his dirty work while he keeps his hands clean. The left will always fall in line; this is about political capital with the right.
Wizened pragmatism...
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“It was so bad that Cenk Uygur, host of the leftwing host of
The Young Turks
radio show, claimed that Obama was cowed into caving in to Dick Cheney as you
can see in his Daily Kos post:…”
My though would be that; President Obama listened carefully
to his General’s and accepted their best advice to, “not publish” as the appropriate,
operational, decision he would take.
It’s another good example of wizened pragmatism, on the
President’s part; before easy politics.
President’s highest priority is to keep the American people safe
May 14, 2009 - 08:25 ET by CANCON1yes, this is the first priority of any president. He just has to read it a few times to finally realize that in releasing this, he would not in any way be contributing to the safety of anyone. He has been sending mixed signals and is trying to juggle this thing in his mind.
He made have simply just removed his head from his ass momentarily.
Duplicity with be his undoing in the end.
Wrong. It was the LAST
May 14, 2009 - 08:34 ET by NL207Wrong. It was the LAST President's highest priority to keep the American people safe. THIS president's highest priority is to redistrubte the wealth so as to make all outcomes equal for the Americcan people.
Not all Americans NL
May 14, 2009 - 17:25 ET by general companyJust the ones that vote and think like him!
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Shock
May 14, 2009 - 08:46 ET by BDelaneyI was utterly shocked when I heard that Obama was going to start protecting his citizens and not release any confidential photos which could prove harmful. I think he was obviously told he couldn't or else he would have tried. Someone stopped him, I wonder who!?
hahahahaha wow- crazy is funny!
May 14, 2009 - 08:50 ET by aeroplaneI read Kos and HuffPo sometimes just to see what the kids think- but usually feel dirty and disgusted after. This was freaking great! These people are SO insane and confused it's just... I laughed out loud at work.
whattya think you get with hope and change as a policy?
what are the arguments against eit's?
May 14, 2009 - 08:51 ET by puredmashieand note that i don't say torture. if a medic or someone else concerned for the safety and well-being of the detainee is present during questioning, it is not torture. if all the prisoner has to do is towel himself off to be ready to attend morning prayers, it is not torture. if the marines administering the eit's have all endured the same as part of basic training, it is not torture.
i've heard some argue that information gained by eit's is unreliable. declassifying the documents cheney refers to would counter that point. liberals would then have to produce evidence to the contrary, more than just inkblotch garafolo stating what she feels must be true.
then there's obama's statement that the information could have been gained by other means, as specified in the army field handbook. oh really? the fact that eit's are even being used at all means that everything in that handbook has been tried and it failed, pre the cia's protocol. the only way that argument could be more ineffective is if it were written in ms word and dated 1971.
what chafes these kool-aid swigging moonbats most is that cheney is (to quote marisa tomei in 'my cousin vinny') dead-on, balls-accurate right on this issue and the libs know it.
swing hard in case you hit it.
tomei
May 14, 2009 - 10:07 ET by SickofLibsNow if Cheney could just find a way to "blend"...
that doesn't seem to be his style.
May 14, 2009 - 14:20 ET by puredmashiei think he prefers to stick the needle in them, and give it a twist as he smirks. bush 43 is just the opposite. i think the apple fell close to the tree and we'll rarely here from him, as we rarely here from his father.
swing hard in case you hit it.
Obama finally gets
May 14, 2009 - 08:53 ET by pcantidoteObama finally gets something right (although slightly belated) and the wack jobs go crazy. How about we just ignore the left wing blogs as a fringe element (left of Obama???? wow!) rather than as any sort of legit media outlet. Coverage like this only enables them. Anyone who cares more about the rights of enemy combatants hell bent on killing them more than their own safety and the safety of our troops is beyond comprehension.
Enforce Term Limits if They Won't: Vote Against ALL Incumbents in 2010.
We need more coverage
May 14, 2009 - 09:28 ET by PoolPlayerThese kooks need to be outed and I salute PJ for outing them. Since I don't browse these sites, it is informative and down right scary to me. Most of the electorate have no idea how insane these people are. Maybe the answer is to keep up the publicity so that Main Street America sees it for what it is. - the MSM (outside of KO) can't possibly side with these idiots, can they?
Your point is legit, but my
May 14, 2009 - 09:57 ET by pcantidoteYour point is legit, but my view is that there is nothing to out. We know these guys are biased and nuttier than squirrel sh*t. If someone does not know this it is only because they don't care. I just think newsbusters is better served outing bias where it is not supposed to be.
Enforce Term Limits if They Won't: Vote Against ALL Incumbents in 2010.
ROFL
May 14, 2009 - 09:02 ET by candanceSomehow, 'I told you so' doesn't quite say it.
-Will Smith
Hope? Nope. Just
May 14, 2009 - 09:04 ET by dscottHope? Nope. Just Rope-a-Dope. And we are the dopes. Hear that? That's
the sonic boom created by the sudden and synchronous collapse of the
optimism and hopeful enthusiasm surrounding millions reform minded
democrats.
Ah, the Rubes have finally got it, they were hoodwinked by a double dealing politician, he got their money and their votes and they now have nothing to show for it. SUCKERS!
Now they know how the rest of the independents felt being lied to from the campaign. All that hope and change was about pulling a fast one.
Interesting how Obama seems to being agreeing with our position on a number of issues even if he didn't come by it honestly. He had to struggle to come to those decisions. But it is satisfying to see the left's dreams crushed one by one. To borrow a Star Wars analogy, Obama is walking down the path of the dark side, once you start, there is no turning back because to accept the logic in making those decisions you begin to operate on a different level. Muhuhahahaha, muhuhahahaha, muhuhahahaa...
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
are we seeing the Democrats eat their young?
May 14, 2009 - 10:02 ET by JIMMY1660okay, the Democrats have turned on BHO and his decision to keep the faces of detainees secret-a violation of International Law. Does this mean all Democrats will now leave the country in disgust.as we all knon governing make some folks happy, some not. Funny i think.
one thing is for sure BHO is not a constitutional scholar-his inability to speak without a prompter speaks for that misnomer.
BHO- the one term DIMOCRAT
What is pathetic is that these loons have taken over...
May 14, 2009 - 10:33 ET by ThalpyWhat is pathetic is that these loons have taken over the Democrat party and that the rage represented in the following quote might be considered normal by some:
Laugh or cry
May 14, 2009 - 10:44 ET by picofaradpjfI don't know whether to laugh or cry. Some of those DU comments are pretty nuts even for internet standards.
you can laugh!
May 14, 2009 - 13:02 ET by reality vs libsThe DUmmies are hilarious! Here is a link to a site I read daily for pure enjoyment at DU's expense.
http://www.conservativecave.com/
All newsbusters should visit this site and click on the DUmpster on the left side of the page for comic relief.
"Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong."
Calvin Coolidge
Now if only we can get 'em
May 14, 2009 - 10:54 ET by HockeyKidNow if only we can get 'em to turn in their ACORN cards and quit supporting ballot fraud...
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Simple Incompetence
May 14, 2009 - 10:56 ET by slickwillie2001I don't see any coherent strategy from the Bamster on this. It looks like simple incompetence and bumbling inexperience. He could have quietly continued the court fight against the release of these photos, simply following through. That would have barely registered in the news compared to this.
Now he has the worst of both worlds. He looked weak and appeasing to conservatives and independents in the USA and the West by putting the political release of the pictures over our security. Our islamic enemies overseas can say that this 'new evidence' must be so horrible that even the Bamster is trying to block them. He's enraged his most loyal followers by looking like he is covering up. He has contributed to the collateral damage in Congress that may take down Pelosi. He has destroyed his own (phony) image of transparency and 'change'.
They told me if I voted for
May 14, 2009 - 11:59 ET by eaglewingz08They told me if I voted for McCain/Palin I would get George Bush's third term, and maybe they were right.
A fool and his vote are
May 14, 2009 - 16:01 ET by George S PattonA fool and his vote are soon parted.
Stop the pictures
May 14, 2009 - 16:42 ET by Jerry MackObama can stop the issuing of the pictures with an executive order.
School Yard Bullies
May 14, 2009 - 17:06 ET by melpolSchool yard bullies graduate into the big time when they gain a position of power in the workplace. A sadistic boss can make the lives of his employees miserable by constantly threatening to fire them. But unfortunately some bullies get absolute power when given the job of torturing prisoners of war. Their first job is to make sure their victims are well fed and kept healthy. This gives them the opportunity to interrogate them endlessly. Confessions of guilt do not end the torture. The sadist stays with his victim until there is no resistance. A broken prisoner is of no use to the grown up school yard bully
http://www.associate...
are you writing short fiction
May 14, 2009 - 17:09 ET by botgthese days?
“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” -- Chief Justice John Roberts
Like my bud says
May 14, 2009 - 17:23 ET by general companyNext time you get a thought, just let it go. : ] BTW, that is what he says to me.
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg