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doxydad

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Mon Apr 28, 2014, 05:48 AM Apr 2014

Sarah Palin tells NRA attendees: ‘Waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists’ [View all]

Palin’s comments stand in stark contrast with the opinions of the man who selected her as his running mate, Sen. John McCain, who was tortured for years while held in a Vietnamese prison camp.

“In my personal experience, the abuse of prisoners sometimes produces good intelligence, but often produces bad intelligence because under torture a person will say anything he thinks his captors want to hear –- whether it is true or false –- if he believes it will relieve his suffering,” McCain once said.



She needs about a 5 year stint in a POW camp....

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/27/sarah-palin-tells-nra-attendees-waterboarding-is-how-we-baptize-terrorists/
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I can see Russia from my house SkatmanRoth Apr 2014 #1
She's heading into her second childhood without ever finishing her first. nt Xipe Totec Apr 2014 #2
thin line between that and eShirl Apr 2014 #3
I am sure the idiot NRA members loved it! nt Logical Apr 2014 #4
Klondike Kardashian needs some attention. tanyev Apr 2014 #5
Posterchild for the mediocre era that we live in. marmar Apr 2014 #6
I've said it before and I'll say it again Proud Liberal Dem Apr 2014 #7
Sarah's political career is over...even if her following refuses to believe otherwise. Mike Daniels Apr 2014 #13
I know that she is finished politically as far as running for office Proud Liberal Dem Apr 2014 #15
"Christians", yep jberryhill Apr 2014 #8
Yeah, nothin' goes together like torture and Jesus! HD469 Apr 2014 #20
Sarah who? warrior1 Apr 2014 #9
Yeah, because... pipi_k Apr 2014 #10
Isn't her voice already a Level 1 torture device? Blue Owl Apr 2014 #11
Invoking Christianity while advocating torture. JaneyVee Apr 2014 #12
Somebody should waterboard Palin. nt Cali_Democrat Apr 2014 #14
The spirit of anti-Christ is STRONG in Sarah Palin. MohRokTah Apr 2014 #16
Yep jberryhill Apr 2014 #18
Throwing Red Meat to The Jackals Dirty Socialist Apr 2014 #17
Fuck you Sarah Palin. 47of74 Apr 2014 #19
When is that woman going to start wearing a second depends over her mouth! n/t fleabiscuit Apr 2014 #21
Send this poor excuse for a human to S.E.R.E Separation Apr 2014 #22
She makes it really tough to actually be from Wasilla eridani Apr 2014 #23
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