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Dear Friend,
Thank you for contacting me in support of core constitutional principles, such as support for basic civil liberties and opposition to torture and indefinite imprisonment. I strongly agree with these views and you can see that in my record. As a constitutional lawyer, law professor and public servant, I have been clear, consistent and outspoken in defense of these core principles. And I will work hard to restore our constitutional traditions as president. This Administration has put forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we demand. When I am president, there will be no more illegal wire-tapping of American citizens. No more national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime. No more tracking citizens who do nothing more than protest a misguided war. Our Constitution works, and so does the FISA court. By working with Congress and respecting our courts, I will provide our intelligence and law enforcement agencies with the tools they need to track and take out the terrorists without undermining our Constitution and our freedom. My Administration will once again show the world that we are not a country that ships prisoners in the dead of night to be tortured in far off countries, that we are not a country that runs prisons which lock people away without ever telling them why they are there or what they are charged with. When I am President, America will reject torture without exception. I will also reject indefinite imprisonment without trial and close Guantanamo, reject the Military Commissions Act, and adhere to the Geneva Conventions. Our Constitution is not a nuisance. It is the foundation of our democracy. I will continue to fight against the assault on our nation’s most treasured document.
Sincerely,
Barack Obama
Originally posted by slipknotrules2009
We really need some kind of online voting system for all laws and bills that every United States citizens to vote on by the people and not the goverment we should have say over everything, as we have seen congress can not vote on anything the right way, this is ridiculous.
Originally posted by Smokey420
reply to post by slipknotrules2009
He's not the antichrist, a socialist, or any other name idiots want to call him, but he's no different than any other schmuck who has screwed us over in the last however many years.
Originally posted by AnnieNakki
oh how I long for a person with real ethics and morals to come along that we could ALL get behind! A dream we shall never see, I fear.....
Annie