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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 04:53 PM Original message |
Torture Is Not A "Policy" -- Torture Is A War Crime |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Holder said "criminalizing policy differences?" |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yes, it was the "headline" of his testimony |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Maybe he used it to make the distinction clear to Republicans... |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. But there is no distinction because there is no "that." |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. It doesn't bother me because he is trying to neutralize it, as the poster... |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. the republicans have already policized criminal differences.... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. LOL |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is the phrase that is being bandied about. Rove raved on Hannity. |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. It seems like they're all still in lockstep with Rove. |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 02:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
28. They've used it for years. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. I just had that discussion with a cousin who apparently sees nothing wrong with torture... |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. tell your cousin.... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Were you reading my email? |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. lol. great mnds think alike. and not because some RW mouthpiece told us so. |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. You might send your cousin this video of Fox's Sheperd Smith |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Awesome! |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Torture is against U.S. law, too. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. They seem to think the Geneva convention is a policy choice... |
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pat_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Of course. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. maybe it is the republican policy....they have sunk so low... |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. That you so blatantly ripped his comment out of context is more shocking. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
10. He does get it. Looks like he's trying to neutralize the talking point. |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I don't see how parroting a meme can neutralize it. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. He was trying to draw a distinction. And I understand what you're saying. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. Oh, they "get it," they just don't give a fuck. BIG difference there |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. This is important. |
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pat_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. kick! |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
27. Hmmm ... Rachel Maddow Show Cut It Out |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
29. The newsbots gobbledegook over torture is worse than the jabberwocky over revaluing valueless assets |
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