Posted on 02/17/2008 5:48:38 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
"Has there ever been a more repugnant example of political pandering than John McCain’s decision to vote against a bill banning waterboarding, putting hoods on prisoners, forcing them to perform sex acts, subjecting them to mock executions, or depriving them of food, water, and medical treatment?
That’s right, John McCain, the former POW who has long been an outspoken critic of the Bush administration’s disturbing embrace of extreme interrogation techniques. But that was before his desperate attempt to win over the lunatic fringe that is running the Grand Old Party. Earlier this week, I showed how outdated the image of McCain as an independent-thinking maverick had become — and called on the media and independent voters to snap out of their 2000 reverie and see the 2008 McCain for what he has turned into: a Rove-embracing Bush clone, willing to jettison his principles in his hunger for the presidency.
And now comes this latest unconscionable capitulation, which should drive a stake through the heart of the McCain-as-straight-talker meme once and for all.
McCain the maverick had been unequivocal in his condemnation of torture, and eloquent in expressing why. “We’ve sent a message to the world that the United States is not like the terrorists,” he said at an Oval Office appearance in December 2005, after he had forced the president to endorse an earlier torture ban McCain had authored and pushed through (a ban the president quickly subverted with a signing statement). “What we are is a nation that upholds values and standards of behavior and treatment of all people, no matter how evil or bad they are. And I think this will help us enormously in winning the war for the hearts and minds of people throughout the world in the war on terror.” He made a similar case on the campaign trail in Iowa in October 2007: “When I was imprisoned, I took heart from the fact that I knew my North Vietnamese captors would never be treated like I was treated by them. There are much better and more effective ways to get information. You torture someone long enough, he’ll tell you whatever he thinks you want to know.”
And there was this pithy and powerful summation of why torture should never be an option: “It’s not about who they are, it’s about who we are.”
Of course, all that was before he put his conscience in leg irons — and before caving to the would-be Torquemadas on the Right became his campaign strategy.”
Poor McCain. eeyuck.
Shut up you fat pig.
“Rosie O’Donnell on John McCain”
Hey, don’t be puttin’ frightening images into my mind.
Aw, you beat me to it. There is so much material in a headline like that.
“Bush administration’s disturbing embrace of extreme interrogation techniques.”
Yeah, those panties on the head are devastating.
I never thought I'd envy a dead hog.
That sounds like Rosie’s mindset, but she’s neither erudite nor articulate enough to have written it herself.
And it uses actual words in a grammatical fashion. (dead giveaway there)
We could have REAL fun re-writing it the way she would do it.
The torture that man endured was truly inhuman. To compare that with water boarding or taking photos is insane.
That's the very first thing I thought in reading this...wonder who wrote it for her? If you locked Rosie in a room for 30 days with a dictionary, a thesaurus, a pile of legals pads and a box of pencils, Rosie could have accomplished nothing like this.
Writes in.
Some strange and hyperidealistic.
Prose and patter.
Sentences.
Escape.
Emoting heavy.
Logic missing and wanting.
Wow, using all of those big words sure works up an appetite.
She should have a couple of beers too.
You are waaaaaaaaay too poetic for Rosie !
This is her usual ranting & raving:
fixes
Posted by ro on February 15th, 2008 at 1:33 pm in life, fame, home, family
oh dear god
the earth has shifted
my blog is horizontal again
goodbye fortune cookie
one more hour
til we r on the way
the smell of brownies cooling
ur lovers neck
almost there
it is disorienting 2 speak
2 world leaders
on the phone
always
will u help at any cost
self ish or less
dark or light
this way
there is healing here
no sir
only a circus show
skimming the top of a polluted pond
the stink of the swamp
its important for ur children
…to have a sane mom !
i find myself standing
yelling
the first fin
saves me
somehow
again
we r re designing
once more
art isnt ez
blogging evolves
she typed as a complete thought
all on 1 line
as it should b
digestable
carry on peeps
The difference between a lesbian and an elephant?
Ten pounds and a flannel shirt (with no offense intended to elephants)
mom. from the burgh. needs space. energy. laundry. service to muse. like ro. day now nite. carbohyrdates tempt. thoughts swirl. mom. be brave. strong. april to follow. hillary. will come. pennsylvania obama. will oprah? laundry calls. tide. shifting. swirling. buzzing my head for my attention. downy. soft. freshness beckons. mom. must leave screen light. basketball uniforms. scurge. of freeping.
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