The Joke's On Us: Mohammed The "Cab Driver" Is Laughing Anyway

clipped from www.weeklystandard.com A Washington Post blog noted this at the time, but offered only a few quotes. The Obama campaign posted the larger exchange at YouTube. Skip ahead to about 1:55, where Obama picks up this argument. He brings up a GOP Convention line about Miranda warnings ... but simply responds with a theatrical smirk. From there, he proceeds to mock the federal government for failing to catch Bin Laden (not that that's on Obama's front burner anymore), and then discusses the need for terrorist detainees to be allowed to file habeas petitions in federal courts. The Miranda issue, however, is simply laughed aside, as if it was preposterous to even raise the subject. And two months after his Inauguration, President Obama reiterated, "Now, do these folks deserve miranda rights? Do they deserve to be treated like a shoplifter down the block? Of course not." So much for the smirk and sarcasm. I guess the joke's on us.