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In reply to the discussion: Graph showing how Democratic support for closing Guantanamo changed after Obama backed off [View all]
ProSense
(116,464 posts)13. Wait,
"Graph showing how Democratic support for closing Guantanamo changed after Obama backed off"
...without context, two different polling organizations, two different years, and the most recent poll is from February 2012 (with all the bullshit election-year polling from 2012) , what the hell is this supposed to prove?
It's May 2013.
Here's a poll from 2009 showing people opposed to closing Guantanamo. Democrats at about 50 percent
http://www.gallup.com/poll/124727/americans-oppose-closing-gitmo-moving-prisoners.aspx
Still, based on the OP premise, is it expected that Democrats will now support closing Guantanamo based on the President's recent comment?
ACLU Statement on President's Guantánamo Comments
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022778127
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Graph showing how Democratic support for closing Guantanamo changed after Obama backed off [View all]
Jake Izzy
May 2013
OP
Obama is CiC of the military, he could have ordered trials at any poiint for everyone in Guantanamo
Fumesucker
May 2013
#5
They don't need trials. They have been there for nearly ten years, what trials are you talking
sabrina 1
May 2013
#19
Have you seen the bill that congress passed regarding the detainees at gitmo? If not, I suggest
okaawhatever
May 2013
#69
Yes, I am aware of the situation and do give credit to Obama for trying. My comment was
sabrina 1
May 2013
#117
bullshit there are a bunch of innocent people in there that could be released any time He wants. nt
limpyhobbler
May 2013
#7
They have been declared INNOCENT. And considering the wrong done to them by this
sabrina 1
May 2013
#24
"Help! We've imprisoned people illegally for a decade and don't know how to stop!"
Comrade Grumpy
May 2013
#105
That's how you interpret that? It shows changing opinion after three years. It doesn't say why.
stevenleser
May 2013
#4
The only significant difference in the situation is that Obama is now president rather than Dubya
Fumesucker
May 2013
#6
No, that is a clear example of the Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc logical fallacy.
stevenleser
May 2013
#11
Simply put without all the fancy footwork, it is called 'situational ethics', or more simply
sabrina 1
May 2013
#27
No. I'm not making excuses. I havent expressed an opinion one way or the other in this thread.
stevenleser
May 2013
#58
I wouldn't be proud of not expressing an opinion as something as important as this. I don't much
sabrina 1
May 2013
#73
Why do you always try to distort what I say? Do you think that wins you something? Nt
stevenleser
May 2013
#115
Who said no country will take them? Some countries have been demanding the return of their
sabrina 1
May 2013
#119
Funding? They are spending a fortune on illegally holding those people in Guantanamo. You must not
sabrina 1
May 2013
#135
It doesnt show that at all. The type of research you would need to associate the two is not offered
stevenleser
May 2013
#12
Yikes. Although it could be interpreted as for/against bringing it up for voting since it failed
JaneyVee
May 2013
#9
that is shameful. I don't believe Democrats are as robotic as Republicans - but
Douglas Carpenter
May 2013
#10
We can make up out of thin air all the stuff we want to without evidence. It doesn't mean anything.
stevenleser
May 2013
#60
Well then start demanding it be closed and the prisoners either tried or released
Fumesucker
May 2013
#33
These are not prisoners of war. They are more akin to the Mafia. They are soldiers of no country;
byeya
May 2013
#83
Prosense, what is really odd about you is that I did not even respond to your post. I responded...
Logical
May 2013
#75
Like I said, quit stalking me. I did not even respond to one of your posts. n-t
Logical
May 2013
#85
You tend to love attention I have noticed. Either bumping own posts to get responses or....
Logical
May 2013
#89
I love this. How long will you keep responding and whining about other posts? n-t
Logical
May 2013
#91
A book "How to Lie with Statistics" is owned by a number of propagandists,
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#29
Explain then the number of Gitmo defenders on DU when there were basically zero five years ago
Fumesucker
May 2013
#31
Obama has apparently never heard that it's easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission
tularetom
May 2013
#42