Charles P Pierce- The President's worst moment

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83. Why is the worst moment those comments rather than when he decided not to pursue

prosecution of war crimes six years ago? How is it worse to talk about torture than to decide not to prosecute it? That makes absolutely no sense to me.

I have noticed a tendency in this country--for as long as I've been alive--where people worry far more about what a public official says than what they do. I find it bizarre, as though we live in a Twilight Zone where all people care about is what is said on their television sets. If that's all that you people care about, they can spare themselves the agony by not listening to any of it. It takes you all six years to figure out something that has been public knowledge, and you wonder why our country is screwed up? You don't care about the decision, you care that he said "we tortured some folks"? Is government really no more than entertainment to people? All you care about is the President's performance?