I would have thought it would be hard to figure out who is supposed to be on what side of this murky issue, until we were tossed that hint with the seemingly-irrelevant mention of Obama. Then I realized that, apparently, if we support Obama, we are supposed to approve of the continued incarceration of the convicted; if we support(ed) George Bush, we are supposed to want them released. Why this should be, I don't know.

And, since the term "racist" has been introduced to the thread, I will let our dear readers judge who introduced racism to this discussion.