The Empire Strikes Back

President Obama spelled out his plan for closing Guantanamo Bay without ever actually stating what the plan is. Look, no politician is infallible to holding a press conference to share details while at the same time withhold the very details the conference was called for in the first place. Mr. Obama does share the secret about finger pointing, how it gets us nowhere and that he will continue to avoid it. He then later contradicts that by stating that the issue of closing the detention center isn't on him, but rather on those who opened it. 

Official White House Transcript

This all seems to comply with the idea of making campaign promises to never tax the lower class a single dime, then increase their taxes on sugary drinks, cigarettes, gas and "unhealthy" foods. It also sounds like promising to use a scalpel like a surgeon to go through the budget line by line to remove unnecessary spending like pork, only to knowingly and swiftly approve of billions of dollars in new pork projects. He lambasted the Bush Administration for using illegal military tribunals, and then just last week gave his approval of them.

I thoroughly enjoyed Mr. Cheney's comments on the whole matter. If you haven't watched the video of his speech, please do so. Although you may have many policy disagreements with the former Vice President, his intentions are clear. He used a method to make America safer, one that the current President has decided to personally attack, and he is receiving a response. Cheney said it best when he pointed out that attacking the method without releasing the results is foolish.

C-Span Video of Mr. Cheney's Response

Take a look at how concise and firm Mr. Cheney's message is. This should be the tone Conservatives and Independents need to use in order to win back citizen control of America. We need more, well thought-out, simply constructed, logical arguments without this feel-good, sugary image loaded nonsense in the current President's speeches. Simply having Robert Gibb answer every questioner with "ad hoc patchwork of laws" isn't going to show your intelligence. It is going to reveal why it takes Mr. Obama 2-3 days to "know what he is talking about." I am tired of hip teleprompter writers where experienced leadership is needed.

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