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McCain Says Cheney’s Supporting The Spanish Inquisition

May 21st, 2009 16 Comments

I clearly don’t agree with John McCain on practically every issue under the sun, but I’ll say that he’s been pretty consistent in his opposition to torture and in light of Cheney’s torture defense speech today — McCain remains so. And of course it’s worth noting that in this entire debate, Sen. McCain is one of the few people discussing this issue who has actually been tortured.

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16 Responses to “McCain Says Cheney’s Supporting The Spanish Inquisition”

  1. White Whale says:
    May 21, 2009 at 9:26 pm

    But Oliver, don’t you know that his word can’t be taken seriously because he is crazy from the torture? The Republicans can’t have someone interfere with thier blood lust and violence fetishes.

    It never ceases to amaze me that this “debate” comes down to only brutality will break a person’s mind. Its gobsmacking how little people know about human behavior.

  2. ed says:
    May 21, 2009 at 9:31 pm

    McCain is a War Criminal–he admitted as much to the North Vietnamese after some, as the Nazis called it, “enhanced interrogation techniques.”

  3. ed says:
    May 21, 2009 at 9:36 pm

    it’s worth noting that in this entire debate, Sen. McCain is one of the few people discussing this issue who has actually been tortured.

    Bullshit:

    Earlier today, ThinkProgress noted that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), a former prisoner of war, has spoken strongly in favor of implementing the Army Field Manual standard. When confronted today with the decision of whether to stick with his conscience or cave to the right wing, McCain chose to ditch his principles and instead vote to preserve waterboarding

    http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/13/mccain-waterboarding-fail/

  4. Jaim says:
    May 21, 2009 at 9:43 pm

    Torture is what Nazis did.

  5. Oliver Willis says:
    May 21, 2009 at 9:59 pm

    Well I should say he hasn’t been awesome on the issue, but far better than just about every other Republican.

  6. justadood says:
    May 21, 2009 at 10:13 pm

    Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition

    …and Cheney’s almost as unexpectedly looney (just not in a funny way, God, I miss the Pythons)

  7. jr says:
    May 21, 2009 at 10:29 pm

    “Arabs don’t want a sequel to my wife’s book Sisters”-Richard Bruce Cheney

  8. News Reference says:
    May 21, 2009 at 10:41 pm

    Republican war criminal Cheney is trying to stay out of prison for authorizing torture.

    And nearly the entire Republican Party is goosestepping behind the war criminals talking points.

    With few exceptions it’s the Republican War Criminal Party.

  9. ed says:
    May 21, 2009 at 11:02 pm

    Well I should say he hasn’t been awesome on the issue, but far better than just about every other Republican.

    Talk is cheap. When it mattered, McCain’s vote was never in question. By the way, Arlen Spector was the same way when he was a Republican. He talked a lot, but always seemed to vote the wrong way when it really mattered. It made the Baby Broder happy.

  10. joaquin says:
    May 22, 2009 at 10:13 am

    I hate to break this to you, but McCain is a dinosaur, a loser of a dinosaur. He only carries the weight of a lone senator.
    He does serve one very important function, to act as the quoter du jour of the lefties………….when it’s convenient.
    One day the republican leader is Limbaugh, the next day it’s McCain, then it’s Pallin. No wait! It’s Powell. NO NO NO It’s Steele.
    You guys are funny…………………

  11. ed says:
    May 22, 2009 at 10:50 am

    He does serve one very important function, to act as the quoter du jour of the lefties………….when it’s convenient.

    Indeed. But he always seems to vote with the wingnuts, regardless of what he says he believes. He is High Broderism ideal. Congratulations.

    One day the republican leader is Limbaugh, the next day it’s McCain, then it’s Pallin. No wait! It’s Powell. NO NO NO It’s Steele.

    No, it’s pretty much been Limbaugh for quite a while now. Congratulations.

  12. lonya says:
    May 22, 2009 at 12:01 pm

    What do McCain and Colin Powell have in common apart from their opposition to torture?
    They served.

    What do Limbaugh and Cheney have in common apart from their support of torture?
    They dodged.

    Which two are the titular leaders of the banana republican party seeking to marginalize the other two?

    Hmm, I wonder why they are a party in tatters.

  13. Duros62 says:
    May 22, 2009 at 2:15 pm

    I hate to break this to you, but McCain is a dinosaur, a loser of a dinosaur. He only carries the weight of a lone senator.

    Wow. How quickly the Village forgets.

  14. Duros62 says:
    May 22, 2009 at 2:16 pm

    As a die hard liberal Democrat, I probably would have voted for McCain/Powell in 2000 if such a ticket existed.

  15. ed says:
    May 22, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    As a die hard liberal Democrat, I probably would have voted for McCain/Powell in 2000 if such a ticket existed.

    Yeah, all that peace and prosperity was a drag; I was looking for some change. Do you really believe you would have voted that way after some debates? Really? Really?

  16. Duros62 says:
    May 22, 2009 at 3:19 pm

    No, probably not.

    But they did seem reasonable back then.