GOP Candidates Talk Torture
Republican supporters laugh and cheer them on.
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How does McCain deal with it, I wonder?
From the article
Torture, as a tactic, has been legitimized in the US simply by renaming it.
As the most conservative of the candidates (at least in terms of economics), I am surprised that Ron Paul has earned my respect. While I don’t agree with his view on alot of things, he at least has the self-respect and the respect for the American people that so many of the other candidates (Republican and Democrat) lack.
Ron Paul and Lieberman for the Republicans!!!
Oh c’mon, Lieberman is scum!
The race I’d like to see is Hagel/Paul vs Obama/Edwards in ‘08.
America needs a cool headed leader that will bring the country together again. Of course this will never happen… but one can dream, eh?
Yeah, that’s exactly what I mean. How does he *deal* with it?
I mean, okay: you’ve been tortured. During torture, which I assume wasn’t fun, you broke down and gave names of the Green Bay Packers, so you know it doesn’t work. During torture, you both wished you were dead and you wished to see your family again. You had to wonder how someone could do this to another someone: torture is all about your humanity being stripped away.
And then, years later, you have to listen to chowderhead mealymouthed morons who are ostensibly your allies talking trash about getting all testosterone “enhanced”. Little pencil pusher types swinging their packages around.
Even if these persons were my ideological allies, I’d have trouble coping with it. And in liberal circles, at least, people don’t just cope: I can think of many issues of race, class, sexuality, and gender that get hashed and rehashed on DailyKos. There is some shit up with which people generally do not put; and if I were McCain, I’d be getting awfully itchy about my teammates.
So how does he deal with it?