Bringing Bush's Constitution-free zone into the US (and to gulags around the world) isn't what "Grenwaldians" had in mind, and it isn't what Obama promised.
Relocating a base and changing its name only counts as "closing" it to children who haven't yet developed object permanence. Even if Republicans had let him do it, nobody but the most partisan observers would have been impressed by that technicality.
The Republicans who cheered Eastwood were exposed as hypocrites. But you have to acknowledge the same when it comes from your own side.
Obama never tried to close Guantanamo--he tried to move the whole lawless operation to the Midwest. The House was absolutely correct to block it, even if most of the Republicans did so merely to oppose Obama.
It was great to see GOP delegates being forced to cheer for things (ending the wars, closing Guantanamo) that few of them support.
I've seen reports that many Floridians with solar panels couldn't turn them on, due to grid connection requirements that FPL lobbied for:
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-frustrated-with-fpl-after-hurricane-irma-9666311
There's no technical reason they couldn't turn their power back on, but it would apparently have been illegal for them to do so.
Bringing Bush's Constitution-free zone into the US (and to gulags around the world) isn't what "Grenwaldians" had in mind, and it isn't what Obama promised.
Relocating a base and changing its name only counts as "closing" it to children who haven't yet developed object permanence. Even if Republicans had let him do it, nobody but the most partisan observers would have been impressed by that technicality.
The Republicans who cheered Eastwood were exposed as hypocrites. But you have to acknowledge the same when it comes from your own side.
Obama never tried to close Guantanamo--he tried to move the whole lawless operation to the Midwest. The House was absolutely correct to block it, even if most of the Republicans did so merely to oppose Obama.
It was great to see GOP delegates being forced to cheer for things (ending the wars, closing Guantanamo) that few of them support.