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I elected a change from Bush, not Bush 2.0. Not only are prisoners continuing to be detained indefinitely, but even those who are acquitted can be held indefinitely to prevent them from possibly committing crimes in the future. This is absurd. If holding people for half a decade without a trial, only to proceed to kangaroo court show trials which prohibit the use of evidence by the defense for "security reasons", we can now keep people in prison even if they manage to beat the odds and get acquitted. Why? Because if they didn`t hate the US before, they have good reason to now. I imagine the administration fears all the innocent prisoners actually becoming combatants. Comments? I`m let down. I voted for Obama because he`d represent justice. Aside from abandoning torture (definitely a big plus), our human rights are continuing to decline towards Orwellian dystopian standards. I don`t think this is good. What if it was you that was arrested, found innocent, and then tossed in a prison to rot anyway? Why have trials if the only conclusion to said trial is prison: guilty, innocent, it`s prison for everyone.

Bush had almost no opposition instituting torture, detaining for years without trial, and devising show-trials. Obama is getting opposition at every step when reversing them. That says more about the country than the presidents themselves. 9-11 changed the nation. We`ll accept any and all injustices in the name of safety. Sometimes I think I stand alone believing the US is supposed to represent the higher moral ground.

My vote for Obama wasn`t based on the economy. I figure the economy was a lost cause no matter who was elected. McCain had no real plan either. Obama is continuing the Bush policy of stimulus. Bush did the first round, then asked Obama if he wanted a 2nd round initiated for when he took office, and Obama`s done a third. The economy carries no weight in my evaluation of Obama because nobody in the world knows how to fix it. Some European nations are mirroring our solution. Others are going the opposite direction and tightening the spending. My vote for Obama was solely on the moral issues of how to best wage a war, and foreign relations in general. 

I will say that Obama is doing fine on the foreign relations part - better than anyone in a long time. I`m not even sure the blame for the detainee issues are his fault. He`s being opposed at every step by congress who`s desperate to kill his rockstar hero status.