Republican front-runner and former prisoner of war, John McCain, voted against banning many of the interrogation practices that he has frequently spoken out against in the past.
Has there ever been a more repugnant example of political pandering than John McCain’s decision to vote against a bill banning waterboarding, putting hoods on prisoners, forcing them to perform sex acts, subjecting them to mock executions, or depriving them of food, water, and medical treatment?
That’s right, John McCain, the former POW who has long been an outspoken critic of the Bush administration’s disturbing embrace of extreme interrogation techniques.
But that was before his desperate attempt to win over the lunatic fringe that is running the Grand Old Party.
Earlier this week, I showed how outdated the image of McCain as an independent-thinking maverick had become — and called on the media and independent voters to snap out of their 2000 reverie and see the 2008 McCain for what he has turned into: a Rove-embracing Bush clone, willing to jettison his principles in his hunger for the presidency.
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All the politicians are flip-floppers except for Ron Paul: http://fearistyranny.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/huckabee-schmuckabee/
This man has no shame in his quest of office, but oversimplifying things,as Ron Paul does is also not the answer. It is a complex process. Integrity and flexibility are necessary to a good president.
randomyriad, when you say “it is a complex process” what does “it” stand for? War? I don’t understand what you mean.
Brian
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http://lifeloveandhappiness.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/book-meme/#more-80
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME!?!?! The man was a prisoner of war!!!!!! He experienced these horrors first-hand! And now he’s going to say it’s ok to subject others to that!? He should be ashamed. Has he become so power-hungry that he is willing to agree to torturing fellow human beings to win the votes of some right-wing radical lunatics? This is beyond disgusting. At first I was really joking when I said I’d leave the country if a Republican is elected, but now I just might do it. This is ridiculous! Needless to say, I am shocked and dismayed.
I have this wonderful uncle who was a colonel at the Pentagon. He’s also a Vietnam vet and he’s one of those people that likes everybody. But he worked with John McCain, and he LOATHES him, as did most of the other people who worked with him. He said that he was quite a– well, I won’t say it here, because this is a kind and decent blog, but it starts with a “b” and ends with an “astard.” And I’ve never heard my uncle say that he’s disliked anyone. If it was so difficult for John McC to get along with his coworkers at the Pentagon, I’ve got to wonder how he’d get along with world leaders.
Ashley
I wouldn’t start packing your bags. I just can’t see him winning. Speaking as a ‘republican’, I won’t be voting for him and I’m sure there are many others like me that will either vote for Obama or not vote at all.
My husband likes the thought of packing our bags. He’s burnt out at his job and would like an excuse to change his situation. We met each other in Japan and think about moving back there. The presidential election may have many unintended consequences.
I don’t think that a family can move away from problems, but it’s symbolic and would make us feel removed from the policies of the US government and more connected to my husband’s side of the family.
I don’t know of a good solution, so I’m just rambling on and on.
Have you seen “Rendition” with Reese Witherspoon? This movie is a real eye opener.
@ stilldreaming: I have not seen that movie, but I want to.