Worst answers possible:
The South Carolina Republican Party and Fox News sponsored a debate last night. One of the candidates gave one of the worst answers possible. It is an answer that should disqualify the candidate.
Who is the candidate and what was the question?
The candidate was Mitt Romney. The question was the whether he would have signed the National Defense Authorization Act (The NDAA). The NDAA is very controversial because of a provision in it that allows for the indefinite detention of Americas at Guantanamo.
The provision concerning indefinite detention of Americans was included at the request of the Obama regime. It is blatantly unconstitutional and hopefully will be declared so shortly.
Mitt Romney was asked if he would have signed that bill as President. Romney said he would. Then he said he would not misuse that power and he believed Barack Obama would not misuse it either.
What?
This is so mind blowing you have trouble even trying to figure out where to begin.
Our nation does have the right to detain enemy combatants who are captured on the battlefield. Those combatants should not have the right to have an attorney or go to court to challenge their detention.
However, that is as long as they are not American citizens.
If someone captured is an American citizen, a different set of laws applies, including various criminal laws, such as treason. An American citizen does have the right to file for Habeas Corpus. But the down side for such a person is they should be indicted, tried and in appropriate, given the death penalty.
However, Mitt Romney thinks there is nothing wrong with the NDAA. We just need to take his word that he would not abuse that power that the NDAA gives the president.
I suppose we should all believe that the check is in the mail too.
Given the number of flip-flops Mitt Romney has had, I知 not comfortable with his reassurances and no one else should be.
The idea of indefinite detention of American citizens is repugnant to the American Constitution. That is why our founding fathers specifically included the right to a fast, speedy and public trial by a jury of your peers. The right to the writ of Habeas Corpus is also specifically mentioned in the Constitution.
Liberty is under assault. The government and political class members do not like criticism and do not like democracy. Democracy is a messy experience. It is not a great system; it is simply better than the alternatives.
The fact that members of Congress and a President think this law was a good idea, ignoring the issues of Constitutionality, is simply stunning.
The fact that any Republican candidate would say this bill is a bill he would have signed is simply stunning.
Any Republican who would have signed such a bill, like Mitt Romney says he would, should not receive any serious consideration.
The fact Mitt Romney says he would not only sign such a bill but has no problems with giving this kind of unconstitutional power to a President, means he should never receive a vote from anyone who believes in freedom and liberty.
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