How irritating, ridiculous, and generally unhelpful are the lefties who insist that Obama is THE SAME AS BUSH because he hasn't released the Abu Ghraib pics, abolished tribunals, etc.?  Well, maybe not as irritating, ridiculous, and generally unhelpful as idiots on the right who insist that abortion = murder or that gun control = a violation of 2^nd amendment rights, but there is a similarity . . .

If we learned anything over the past decade, I would hope it would be the need for logical, nuanced, intelligent discussion of issues.  That's why I'm recommending  Philip Gourevitch's The Abu Ghraib We Cannot See.  You may not agree with everything he says, but perhaps this very thoughtful, reasonable piece can help clarify the vast complexity of the torture issues and the administration's need to proceed morally, but also very carefully.  You may not agree with all of Obama's responses to the Bush-created torture mess (I don't!), but is there really a need to equate him with Bush?  What next?  When he fails to act as you desire on some other issue, maybe start an Obama = Bin Ladin meme?  Oops--already been done.

Anyone remember the Gore = Bush meme?  The one that helped elect our Dear Leader in 2000?  Anyone regret that simplistic, false equivalency?