re: #5 Petero1818

Well I think its hard to say whether or not it was intentional. I would guess no, simply because it was too easy to catch and makes him seem like an idiot. However he later twittered that he was actually thinking of Padilla when he said that, and he continued, that it is wrong for any president to treat a terrorist as a criminal. Huff Post actually then referred to a 2005 interview he gave to Fox News where he seemed supportive of Bush’s decision in that regard. So take your pick, deceitful moron, or partisan hack with little regard for truth. We report, you decide.

Yes, that was his excuse — he was thinking of Padilla. Except that Padilla wasn’t arrested on an airplane.

Anyway, if this is true, it actually makes his case even weaker, because Padilla was eventually tried and pleaded guilty in a civilian court and is now serving a long prison sentence.