"Anyone who has ever run for office knows this: Running FOR an office is far, far different than serving IN an office if you win. ... During the recent campaign for President, candidate Obama pledged to close the prison at Guantanamo. The American Civil Liberties Union ran a full-page ad in the New York Times to remind one and all of that promise. In the accompanying press release the ACLU wrote: 'Obama, as a candidate, pledged to "close Guantanamo, reject the Military Commissions Act and adhere to the Geneva Conventions."'
The ACLU, also called for President Obama to foreswear anything stronger than reduced potty breaks in interrogations, saying, 'The ACLU calls on President-elect Obama to sign Day One executive orders banning the use of torture and abuse.' In case you didn't think they were serious, the ACLU wrote: 'There is no room for patience or delay in these areas. We have to hold President-elect Obama's feet to the fire if we're going to turn hope into reality.'
Let's take a moment to examine that phrase: 'Feet to the Fire.' In one sentence the ACLU's demands that unsavory techniques be banned from questioning suspected terrorists. In another, the ACLU urges putting the feet of the President of the United States into a flame to force him -- torture him, if necessary -- to do what they want.
Interesting, huh!?"
--political analyst Rich Galen, from The Patriot Post US
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