Not before.
Not when he starts an investigation which will drag on until after the Presidential election and possibly disappear afterwards.
Vote for Obama when he stops ignoring and violating the law.
Vote for Obama when he jettisons the precedent he is currently setting of allowing those who authorized the torture of powerless prisoners to escape all legal consequences.
Vote for Obama when he follows the law of the United States of America and puts George W. Bush, self-confessed torturer, behind bars.
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
No matter what reason President Obama may have, he is currently in violation of the law by not prosecuting his predecessor.
The United Nations Convention Against Torture not only obliges its signatories to investigate and prosecute those who commit torture, it views those who are in power to prosecute and who do not do so as being as culpable as those they are protecting.
It is now too late in the game to vote for Obama if he only begins an investigation of those who disgraced the United States by ordering the torture of prisoners. In the last few days various voices have been praising President Obama for his progressive utterances. Many of those disappointed over the past few years by the Republican programs which President Obama has been pursuing, are once again hoping for hope. They assume President Obama has some credibility. After being fooled once, they are doubling down.
Guantanamo is still in operation.
Tens of thousands of troops are in Iraq.
No job program has been implemented.
Americans will soon be forced to purchase medical insurance from for-profit medical insurance companies where lives are viewed as debits or credits.
Self-confessed torturers are allowed to walk free.
If President Obama wishes to once again become a credible human being, there is one thing he can do.
Barack Obama must stop being a war criminal and arrest George W. Bush for crimes against humanity.
After President Obama arrests George W. Bush is when you should vote for Barack Obama for President.
Not before.
