Good for John McCain for reaffirming his opposition to torture and calling a spade a spade. In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” McCain said that one way in which he is different from President Bush is that he doesn’t want to torture any prisoners. Host Chris Wallace then interrupted to clarify whether McCain really was suggesting that Bush wanted to torture prisoners. “Well, waterboarding, to me, is torture, OK?” McCain said. “And waterboarding was advocated by the administration and, according to a published report, was used.” Unfortunately, McCain wasn’t as up front in telling Wallace that he hasn’t run negative campaign ads against Barack Obama and in claiming that running mate Sarah Palin is prepared to be commander in chief.
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McCain first he was agin em then he was with em
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEjah3lDJvQ&feature=related
McCain thinks waterboarding is torture, unless the CIA does it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/us/politics/17torture.html
Flip-flop-flip.
McCain’s spinning on torture is making me dizzy. So where is he this week – against torture?
I’ve always thought listening to Bush was torture. Is there such a thing as “TVboarding”?
Wasn’t the mccain torture bill overturned by the S.C.?
McCain thinks waterboarding is torture, unless the CIA does it.
Indeed, MP. One would think McCain’s original position against torture would be the “true” one, his being tortured and all. But I tend to give more credence to roll-call votes than stump speeches (pudding and all).
Perhaps, like so many good conservative Republicans, McCain is opposed to torture for himself. Something like “You want to torture some middle-eastern people, hey, why should I give a damn? It ain’t me.”
“Perhaps, like so many good conservative Republicans, McCain is opposed to torture for himself. Something like “You want to torture some middle-eastern people, hey, why should I give a damn? It ain’t me.””
As much as the Republican base is Christians, they sure do not implement policies consistent with the Golden Rule that Jesus taught us.
Christianity has nothing to do with Jesus at all, don’t you know that? You know what is amazing about Jesus. He was a man who lived 2,000 years ago, and we’re still talking about what he said. Maybe he only said those things first, or maybe only he got heard, or maybe only his story was passed down. But amazing, and what is really amazing. He was just a man like us.
beber,
Huh??? My eye sight is not bad, just trying to figure out what your post had to do with this thread.