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Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) said today that the Obama administration is "bribing" economically suffering towns across the country as it attempts to relieve itself of the political problem of closing Guantanamo Bay.

"They're going into communities that are hard-pressed economically and holding out a pot of gold," he told reporters. Hoekstra was referring to the White House plan to bring terror suspects to prisons across the country. He said that the administration was taking advantage of hard-hit towns across the country by promoting the jobs that would be created by adding Guantanamo Bay detainees to their prison populations.

Hoekstra said that before prisoners are transferred to any town in the U.S., the state legislature and the governor should have to approve the move.

Hoekstra, who is the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, joined fellow GOP members from national security committees in sending a letter to President Obama calling on him to explain "why you have effectively declared that your administration will revert to a pre-9/11 mentality" by bringing terror suspects from Gitmo to New York to face federal trials, which the group calls a "law enforcement approach" to terrorism. The group announced the letter at the press conference today.

House Republicans are also pushing to force a vote on their "Keep Terrorists Out Of America" Act, which they say would prevent the White House from transferring prisoners from Gitmo to the U.S.

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Oh for Pete's sake...( bribing them ??? ) that goes a tad too far! Many of these communities want those terrorists. Now don't get me wrong...I can overlook Pete's flair for the dramatic because I happen to like him on many other issues.Pete said that before prisoners are transferred to any town in the U.S., the state legislature and the governor should have to approve the move....I agree but please..Pete...skip the spin...
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Many of these communities want those terrorists
I have a problem getting why you call it "spin" when you yourself declared this...
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I have a problem getting why you call it "spin" when you yourself declared this...
No...he's creating the spin not me..."bribing" them is an exaggeration.These towns want the terrorists..Hoekstra is spinning it like the OA is approaching them with a bribe.
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The MAIN point however should be that these "terrorists" should NEVER EVER be mixed with other prisoners unless you wish to spread their "disease". Our prisons are already being infiltrated with radical Islam, all we need now is for the terrorist leaders to preach it themselves.

Another small point.
Democrats have always taken advantage of the weak and downtrodden. They always "use" them in their plans.
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No...he's creating the spin not me..."bribing" them is an exaggeration.These towns want the terrorists..Hoekstra is spinning it like the OA is approaching them with a bribe.
You'd have to look at the federal subsidies to that state/city to see if it's true...

Considering "the Chicago Way", I find it more than plausible...
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The MAIN point however should be that these "terrorists" should NEVER EVER be mixed with other prisoners unless you wish to spread their "disease". Our prisons are already being infiltrated with radical Islam, all we need now is for the terrorist leaders to preach it themselves.

Another small point.
Democrats have always taken advantage of the weak and downtrodden. They always "use" them in their plans.

Now...you've taken an important first step to pulling the wool back off your own face.
The other half of this truth is no less important...
Republicans have always used patriotism and religious beliefs in their plans.
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The MAIN point however should be that these "terrorists" should NEVER EVER be mixed with other prisoners unless you wish to spread their "disease". Our prisons are already being infiltrated with radical Islam, all we need now is for the terrorist leaders to preach it themselves..
Maybe they could arrange it where some of the prison gangs "take care of" these terrorists? Accidents happen, you know?
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Speaking of "bribery"

What kind of a moron thinks that the federal government spending hundreds of millions of dollars to "duplicate" Gitmo is an "economic plan". We ALREADY built the BEST facility in the world and some morons want to "just close it". It's just unfair to the terrorists that we have a place that they "fear" even while we have proven that the fear is unfounded as TESTIFIED to by now literally THOUSANDS of inspectors..
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Maybe they could arrange it where some of the prison gangs "take care of" these terrorists? Accidents happen, you know?
More proof that it would simply COST more to do it that way. And endanger civilian guards.
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More proof that it would simply COST more to do it that way. And endanger civilian guards.

The guards could be on a coffee break, all at the same time. If that doesn't work, bring them down to Texas. You kill someone here, we will kill you back.
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