Posted on 12/15/2005 2:17:38 PM PST by Dubya
WASHINGTON – President Bush reversed course on Thursday and accepted Sen. John McCain's call for a law banning cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment of foreign suspects in the war on terror.
Bush said the agreement will "make it clear to the world that this government does not torture and that we adhere to the international convention of torture, whether it be here at home or abroad."
"It's a done deal," said McCain, talking to reporters in a driving rain outside the White House after he met with the president.
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Just when his approval ratings started climbing back up...
I like to imagine the president holding McCain in a half nelson on the floor of the Oval Office during the discussions.
It didn't work out very well when Bush decided not to veto the McCain campaign reform bill, either. This is rotten legislation, and the President is a fool to agree to it.
the first sentence is incredibly misguided and deliberately libelous!
GOOD
Actually, since McCain's stock is pretty high right now it might help Bush's numbers. Of course most conservatives don't like this deal, but moderates and independents just might.
McCain is a traitor. His punishment will be to never be nominated by his party for President.
McCain will rue the day he played this despicable game with the lives of our citizens.
nope not a duplicate.
What is it when its been posted 10 times?
There should be limits, but I'm not going to lose sleep over panties over some terrorist's head. If your son or daughter's life were at stake, and you could get an answer that might save them by 'degrading' some SOB mad killer, would you hesitate? If you would, then you're not the kind of leader our military needs, and not much of a mother or father either.
The only thing President Bush could do now to rescue his intergrity, and to undercut this show-boater would be if gave McCain the same Double-Cross that McCain gave with his Gang of 14 on the democrats Senate filibuster of judicial selection, to fend off a "done deal" on the 'nuclear option'.
Please don't throw that accusation around lightly.
Note to President Bush:
The only way to reach an agreement with a jackass is with a 2 x 4.
Well, then why don't you explain it to the rest of us who are convinced Bush caved to McCain, the traitor, hummmm?
Looks like that NVN SAM didn't do a good enough job on Mc Pain!
You can check out these for starters....
http://www.usvetdsp.com/manchuan.htm
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