McSame Lies About Stance on Torture

[Nonno]

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When asked to judge the Bush administration this morning during an interview with Fox News’s Chris Wallace, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said “history will judge that” but then immediately began making an attempt to distance himself from President Bush. One area of “disagreement” McCain cited was torture:

McCAIN: I obviously don’t want to torture any prisoners. There’s a long list of areas that we were in disagreement on –
WALLACE: You’re not suggesting he did want to torture prisoners.
McCAIN: Well, waterboarding to me is torture, OK? And waterboarding was advocated by the administration and, according to published reports, was used. But the point is, we’ve had our disagreements.
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Watch it:
McCain seems to forget that he voted against a bill that would have banned the CIA from using waterboarding. In fact, when the bill passed, McCain urged Bush to veto it, which he did. Thus, McCain’s claim that he “obviously doesn’t want to torture prisoners” rings hollow. Indeed, because of Bush’s veto, the CIA retains the option of waterboarding prisoners:

 

[wintersprings]

Nonno? Please no assisted self elimination. Go out the Japanese way.

At least then your Whine Whine Whine will stop.

 

[BadGirl]

Politics Blog Posts powered by BlogBurst | Reuters.com


When asked to judge the Bush administration this morning during an interview with Fox News’s Chris Wallace, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said “history will judge that” but then immediately began making an attempt to distance himself from President Bush. One area of “disagreement” McCain cited was torture:

McCAIN: I obviously don’t want to torture any prisoners. There’s a long list of areas that we were in disagreement on –
WALLACE: You’re not suggesting he did want to torture prisoners.
McCAIN: Well, waterboarding to me is torture, OK? And waterboarding was advocated by the administration and, according to published reports, was used. But the point is, we’ve had our disagreements.
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SO this bill that he voted against ONLY dealt with waterborading? Or was there more to it than that?

I find it hard to believe that a lot of time was spent on a bill JUST concerned with waterboarding.

Now, how about the rest of the story?​

 

[Lenny]

SO this bill that he voted against ONLY dealt with waterborading? Or was there more to it than that?

I find it hard to believe that a lot of time was spent on a bill JUST concerned with waterboarding.

Now, how about the rest of the story?

Nono/Annoyboy/Frosty never reads the entire bill, the entire article, or the entire post. That's why it is so easy to paint him as the three or more MPDs of the same twisted (but unwise) individual.

Of course that bill was about more than waterboarding and that was demonstrated MONTHS AGO when this came up before.