Hooray for torture
by digby
In case you were wondering whether Americans have decided that the whole torture thing was misguided and wrong, think again:
Love the applause. Since this is in Spartanburg South Carolina, I'm sure most of those people think of themselves as Christians.
(Notice that the applause for Paul and Huntsman for saying that waterboarding was immoral came from just a few Paulites in the back... CBS kindly gave us a scan of the scowling audience.)
It's a shocking as ever that people who are running for president of the United States openly and proudly say they will reinstitute waterboarding.
Rick Perry (who is obviously now irrelevant) upped the ante saying that the government should use "any technique we can" and declared that he would believe that until the day he dies.
There are many things they could say to appease their bloodthirsty followers on this issue without endorsing waterboarding and the rest. They really believe in it.
*And, am I mistaken or did Bachman, by dissing the CIA, also diss Saint Petraeus? Is that allowed now?
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