Sarah Palin on Terrorists: "Hang 'em High!"

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There is a very strange cowardliness coming from the right wing. Oh, sure, they talk a good game. George W. Bush was reknowned for his bravado, swagger and "shoot first, ask questions later" approach. But what's all this about right-wingers being so afraid of bringing terrorists to American soil? Sure, dumping them off in Central Park or at the local Dairy Twist would be a spectacularly bad idea. But nobody is talking about that. They're talking about putting them into supermax high security prisons. And trying them for crimes. There has never been an escape from a supermax prison, so what is with all the fear mongering? You'd think these prisoners were supervillains out of Action Comics or something.

This seems to me to be yet another case of exaggeration by the GOP to instill fear into the hearts of their knee-jerk base. It also gives them a chance to propose their alternative of torture, abuse and frontier justice. It really is bizarre. I even heard a few right-wing pundits (whiny Mark Levin among them) opine that these people can't be tried in a court of law because they were never Mirandized, possibly tortured, held without council for years, etc. Crikey! Where was all this concern when the Bush Administration was a-doin' all that crap?

Sarah Palin, in her never-ending quest to remain in the public eye (and to help sell copies of her sure-to-be unspectacular book, Goin' all Mavericky) has spoken from her throne atop Mount Facebook to let us know where she weighs in on the issue. Also.

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Palin Calls Decision To Try 9/11 Defendants In Federal Court ‘Atrocious,’ Wants To ‘Hang ‘Em High’

. . .But the U.S. justice system apparently isn’t good enough for former Alaska governor Sarah Palin (who believes that the White House has a “Department of Law“). Last night she went on Facebook and posted a message calling the Obama administration’s decision “atrocious”. . .

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