Morning Joe talking point summary for Friday

[annabanana]

All the greatest hits:

"There is too much going on right now (2 wars) and our enemies are paying too much attention for this. It will inevitably turn into a witch hunt. Why open a war on another front"

""moderate": How do we treat this NEW kind of enemy. ."

"it is all Clinton's fault"

.it wasn't necessarily "torture".

"Let's get out of this partisan rancor"

"At the time we were ALL in 'crisis mode"".

"the Dems let Bush have the war"

"We don't want overreach with this torture thing because it's dangerous for the Dems to set up McCarthylike hearings"

"Lincoln did worse. . let's take down his monument.. besides, bad things happen in "war""

"Pelosi is very guarded, watching every word"

"Boehner displayed all the confidence in the world"

"It would decend into a nasty fight.. bad for the Country"

"They're as guilty as everyone else"

"it is all Clinton's fault"

"They didn't think it was torture, therefore they weren't authorizing torture."

"Clinton authorized rendition. Period."

""It was GOOD that Ford pardoned Nixon"

"The whole thing is so complicated". .

"The Democrats will overreach with the trials. It will tear the Country apart"

What have I left out?

[Canuckistanian]

1. Wow, he's scared

His points are all over the map, ranging from "But other people did it" to "It's no big deal".

If it's no big deal, then why devote your show to it?

[Demoiselle]

2. Santayana gave us the rebuttal for all of this:

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

In this case, it's those who REFUSE to remember the past....

[Skidmore]

3. Good summary.

[C_U_L8R]

4. Looks like a full-fledged panic

the gopmonkeys are flinging poo everywhere

[orleans]

5. omg--how can you *stand* to watch that shit? he's such an ass. n/t