How insane would the GOP have been if Clinton and Gore had gone on the warpath against Bush administration policies after the 2000 election?
I just read a bunch on what Mussolini did, but I'm not sure I got his definition. I know he was a big "Third-Wayer", advocating that both capitalism and communism were fatally flawed, so we had to find the middle ground.
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I think Daddy's take is more on point: [rquoter]McCain: Obama starting 'witch hunt' Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) warned Thursday that any attempt by the Obama administration to prosecute the Bush-era lawyers who wrote memos signing off on waterboarding would start a “witch hunt.” “If you criminalize legal advice, which is basically what they're going to do, then it has a terribly chilling effect on any kind of advice and counsel that the president might receive,” McCain said during an interview on CBS’s “Early Show.” The former GOP presidential nominee and POW supported Obama’s decision to end the use of waterboarding and other “enhanced interrogation” techniques but insisted that those who gave legal advice should not be prosecuted because they were “sworn to do their duty to the best of their ability.” “Look, I didn't agree, as you said, with the techniques — and I'd be glad to continue that debate with people. But to criminalize their legal counsel, unless you can prove that they intentionally violated existing laws or ethics, then this is going to turn into a witch hunt,” he said. McCain compared the potential prosecutions with the actions of “banana republics” that “prosecute people for actions they didn't agree with under previous administrations.” “To go back on a witch hunt that could last for a year or so, frankly, is going to be bad for the country, bad for future presidents — precedents that may be set by this, and certainly nonproductive in trying to pursue the challenges we face,” he said.[/rquoter]
like I responded to someone on the chronicle forum I find that using the term witch hunt when defending these interrogations highly ironic.
I personally wish Cheney would just go away. It isn't the prior administrations jobs to be critical of the next.
McCain's a drama queen, and a wishy-washy one at that. "I'm against the techniques, but for the rationale that led to those techniques being used." WTH? And by the way, it's clear they did violate existing laws and ethics.
Good catch basso, McCain nails it right here: “Look, I didn't agree, as you said, with the techniques — and I'd be glad to continue that debate with people. But to criminalize their legal counsel, unless you can prove that they intentionally violated existing laws or ethics, then this is going to turn into a witch hunt,” he said." It's looking more and more like they knew it was wrong but did it anyway. If that is the case I'm sure you will support prosecution as any good American should.
