John Kerry on Cheney’s “N0-Brainer” Torture Statement

[kerrygoddess]

John Kerry on Cheney’s “N0-Brainer” Torture Statement
October 27th, 2006 @ 1:37 pm

It’s a “No-Brainer“, Dick Cheney has always been for torture although the White House said they were against torture, Cheney let the cat out of the bag and took a dunk into the deep dark water of moral depravity yesterday when “Cheney agreed with Hennen’s assertion that “a dunk in water” may yield valuable intelligence from terrorism suspects.”

John Kerry responded to Cheney’s admission of moral depravity with the following statement:

“Is the White House that was for torture before it was against it, now for torture again?

First Senator McCain says that “waterboarding and other extreme measures” are off limits. Senator Graham said we “let the world know we are no longer engaging in” waterboarding. I guess no one let the Vice President know. He said waterboarding—or simulated drowning— is “a no-brainer.”

Who can we believe? The Vice President? The White House spin team? Or Senate Republicans who have no say in how this policy is enforced? It is clearer by the day that an Administration that lobbied for the right to torture got exactly what it wanted. If that’s not the case, Senate Republicans who defended the Administration’s intentions and defended the Administration compromise need to demand answers and accountability from their White House.

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[nam78_two]

1. LOL-k&r/nt

[blm]

2. YES. Make McCain ACCOUNTABLE, too. Lash Bush-Cheney-McCain

together for the next two years.

[saltpoint]

3. O yes. This is how to handle those amoral lizards in the White House.

Agree with others here that McCain needs to be the bank for one or two bankshots for our team.

Let the Republicans snip and swipe at each other a while. Maybe even a long while.

Kerry handled this one beautifully.

[karynnj]

5. He really did

between this, his Rumsfeld comments and the comments on the Republicans attacking veterans - Kerry has come up with some real zingers. Being on the campaign trail seems to give him energy.

[kerrygoddess]

6. Zingers is right!

Holding no punches!

[The Count]

4. A beaut!

[ProSense]

7. Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!

Ouch!

I believe Senator Kerry covered everyone in that smack down!

[politicasista]

8. Kick!

Thanks Kerry! :kick:

[Jack Rabbit]

9. The Big Dick needs to tell it to the tribunal

The Palace of Peace
The Hague
Home of the International Criminal Court

Photo from the Dossier Nederland (The Netherlands)

[blm]

21. so does little dick...and they can bring along their sidekick dick, McCain, too.

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[StraightDope]

10. What sickens me the most about McCain...

Is that he was a victim of torture. If ANYONE should be vehemently opposed to these mostrous practices, it shoul be John McCain, but our AZ Senator friend seems to have sold his soul to the neo-con wing of the Republican party. :cry:

[blm]

11. Maher made that point, last night. McCain could withstand 5yrs in VC prison

but not even a week under pressure from Karl Rove and Bush?

[MrCoffee]

12. Waaa, the Senate Republicans tricked us and WE LET THEM. WAAA

I have no use at all for this shit. The Senate Democrats let McCain, Warner and Graham take the lead in fighting against the MCA, and now they're shocked and appalled that the Senate pukes caved?

Wake the fuck up.

[karynnj]

15. Many Senate Democrats did fight it

The biggest problem was that the compromise bill was finished within days of the vote. The Democrats wrote something like 60 amendments to fix it. Reid negotiated approval to bring 4 to the floor. It was impossible to stop - there weren't enough people against it. Kerry, Kennedy, Dodd and Leahy all made strong cases not to vote it in.

Kerry is NOT shocked now - his speech on the Senate floor said "this bill allows torture" Some of what he says in that statement was what he has been saying since the beginning of September.

[blm]

22. That was not one of Reid's brighter decisions.

And there were Dems talking against it at the time and getting NO coverage. Kerry was one of them.

Or do you want to blame those who spoke out against it for not having the support of the Dem leadership or the corpmedia?

[Joe Chi Minh]

13. Nobody kicks ass and takes names like JK. Though maybe

Fitz will come close.

[blm]

17. Good choice for Attorney General when BCCI books are opened.

I think alot of what Fitz has learned about Plame, CIA, weapons proliferation and terror networks over the last few years have already led him to BCCI networked characters.

[LeftishBrit]

14. Cheney is a monster

He seems to fit every definition of a psychopath.

[oasis]

16. Step up to the plate Sen. McCain.

"Mr. Straight Talk Express" is so full of shit that his eyes are turning brown.

[blm]

18. I think McCain should be tied to Bush and Cheney at every opportunity for

the next two years.

[oasis]

19. McCain has cast his lot with the Bushistas. He will rise or fall with them.

[blm]

20. We see it like that, but media exaggerates his "maverick" reputation at every

opportunity. If more Dems attach the three together publically, it will go a long way to counter the "image" crafted for him.

[oasis]

23. Excellent point. It seems the corporate media is milking the "maverick

McCain image" for all its worth. A pretend patriot, McCain places his own ambition ahead of what's best for America.:puke:

[blm]

25. I think that was the point of DU's Research Forum collecting real info on

McCain - the media will be a big obstacle for Dems because they ahve every intention of protecting McCain at every turn.

That's why it is so important to tie him completely with Bush at every opportunity NOW before he wiggles free.

[howmad1]

24. I keep hoping that lump on the left side of McCain's face......

....keeps getting bigger. Then we can truly call him a two faced SOB, which he is.:evilgrin:

[Supersedeas]

26. That's funny -- to expect McCain and Graham to demand some accountability

What a joke those two turned out to be.