Bush Defends Mukasey Over Waterboarding

AP   |   November 1, 2007 11:34 AM


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President Bush, seeking to salvage the nomination of Michael Mukasey as attorney general, on Thursday defended the former judge's refusal to say whether he considers waterboarding as illegal torture.

Bush said it was unfair to ask Mukasey about interrogation techniques on which he has not been briefed. "He doesn't know whether we use that technique or not," the president told a group of reporters invited into the Oval Office.

Further, Bush said, "It doesn't make any sense to tell the enemy whether we use those techniques or not."

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- Bob Egan See Profile I'm a Fan of Bob Egan permalink

All bullies are "cowards"!!!

This administration is comprised of 'BULLIES'!!!

A lot of the 'trumped-up' And 'verified' intel (?) for the invasion of Iraq was acquired from a man that was tortured in Egypt!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:41 PM on 11/02/2007
- Alvin4NY See Profile I'm a Fan of Alvin4NY permalink

Mukasey isn't fooling me! Waterboarding? I'm not gonna fall for that. The asshole straps you to a chair and sticks a drill on the surface of your front tooth, and asks patiently, "Is it safe..?" Evil, sinister, that whole fucking lot. Cheney, Bush, Rumsfeld, Condi, and now Mukasey. Most terrifying horror movie I've ever seen. "The Bush Regime"

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:40 AM on 11/02/2007
- Purple Girl See Profile I'm a Fan of Purple Girl permalink

Jesus Mary and Joesph!!!!! what the hell is wrong with these people. Not only is it morally wrong, it's against our National ideology and Common sense. They have to be aiming towards destroying US as a country- What else could they be attempting then to increase recuitment for any and all Terrorist organizations, sh*t they're probably stirring up some home grown ones too- remember Oklahoma??
Hell they've got a ol' nag like me fired up and ready to hit the streets with just a wink!!! Keep poking US with those 'sticks' and I'll guarantee you'll meet whats lies on the end of this long chain (and it's gathering momentum- benefits of a long chain is a double edged)

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:56 AM on 11/02/2007
- StillAmused See Profile I'm a Fan of StillAmused permalink



Pop quiz: When was the last time a U.S. administration was dominated by hair-splitting over the definition of FUCKING TORTURE?

This genetically-deficient miscreant and all the semi-formed, maladjusted sociopaths who surround him are sucking this nation down the waste pipe of history.

Next major health-care crisis: funding mental health treatment for the near-half of the electorate who wiped their runny noses and supported this junta until the ugly writing was on their living room walls... gonna be lots of twitching, averting of glances and outright denial.

Fuck 'em... they can wail at their private insurers over denied coverage while the rest of the civilized world, with their universal single-payer care, laugh their asses off.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:56 AM on 11/02/2007
- J.J. Hunsecker See Profile I'm a Fan of J.J. Hunsecker permalink

The country is on a very slippery slope with this torture stuff. If waterboarding is given the stamp of approval, what's next? How about cutting off fingers or ears, or gouging out an eye, if one of Bush's stooges says it yeilded valuable intel? Maybe these hellhole black prison sites will set up rape rooms like Saddam used to have. If Bush and Cheney say it's legal, that makes it legal. Of course they want to keep all these torture "techniques" secret. Himmler wanted to keep Auschwitz secret too.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:27 AM on 11/02/2007
- MAX1 See Profile I'm a Fan of MAX1 permalink

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Waterboarding, an international crime as it is included within the defined terms of torture.

Bush seeks to redefine torture to meet HIS terms.

Q U E S T I O N:

Is torture EVER an American Principle?

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    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:53 AM on 11/02/2007
- NATIONALSECURITY4US See Profile I'm a Fan of NATIONALSECURITY4US permalink

NO ONE IS QUALIFIED 2 BE U.S.A.G. - WELL RIGHT

NOW THERE'S A ACTING U.S.A.G. = HE'S QUALIFIED.


NO ONE IS QUALIFIED BECAUSE MANY DO NOT WANT 2

DO SHRUBS' IMMORAL / ILLEGAL BIDDING ANYMORE...



WAIT = HERE'S A THOUGHT LET'S BRING BACK JAMES

COMEY WHO WAS FORCED OUT OR McNAUGHTY WHO WAS

ALSO FORCED OUT - BECAUSE THEY SEEN CRIMINAL

CONDUCT BY THIS ADMINISTRATION DIFFERENTLY THAN

THIS ADMINISTRATION SEES ITS' VERY OWN CRIMINAL

CONDUCT / BEHAVIOR...


WITH THAT SAID - I SAY THAT COMEY OR McNAUGHTY

ARE MORE THAN QUALIFIED PROBABLY OVER-QUALIFIED

TO BE THE U.S.A.G. + NO TIME WOULD BE LOST IN

GETTING COMEY OR McNAIGHTY UP 2 SPEED WITH WHAT

IS GOING ON AT D.O.J. - BECAUSE THEY BOTH KNOW

WHAT'S WRONG & CAN FIX IT ALL - IF ONLY THE

JUDICIAL BRANCH WAS TRULY SEPARATE / SEVERED &

TOTALLY INDEPENDENT OF THE EXUCUTIVE BRANCH...



2 MUCH TIME WOULD BE LOST GETTING A NEW JACK

ACCLIMENTED WITH D.O.J. POLICIES / PROCEDURES

UNLESS OF COURSE MUKASEY WAS ONLY CHOSEN 2 BE A

RUBBER-STAMPER 4 THIS ADMINISTRATIONS'

ILLEGALITIES & CONTINUING CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE =

R.I.C.O.



PS - COMEY & OR McNAUGHTY COULD RETURN 2 THEIR

CAREER LIKE THEY NEVER WENT AWAY...SHRUB WOULD

NEVER ALLOW THAT 2 HAPPEN NOW WOULD HE...

BUSH NEEDS A "TEAM PLAYER"

T = TOTALLY - TRULY - TRAGICALLY - TREMENDOUSLY
E = ELIMINATE - ERADICATE - ERODE - ENDANGER
A = AMERICAS'
M = MILITARY - MONETARY - MISSION - MAGISTRATE

P -POWER-PROWNESS-PURPOSE-PATRIOTISM-PERPETUITY
L - LYING
A - ALWAYS
Y - YOUR
E - ETERNALLY
R - REWARDED

ANY COMBINATION THERE OF OR ANY OTHER WORDS THAT SEEM FITTING...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:09 AM on 11/02/2007
- paige See Profile I'm a Fan of paige permalink

If the man doesn't know we use those techniques or not he must have been living under a mushroom cloud so he wouldn't be fit for the job anyway. It's a no brainer. He's not to be slected, hired, elected or whatever they do.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:58 AM on 11/02/2007
- starrianna See Profile I'm a Fan of starrianna permalink

*********************************************
BUSH'S CODE

Have you noticed that Bush's speeches are very carefully crafted, so that he is speaking in code?

(1) Stupid Sheep - believe everything as fact
(2) His Base - know everything is doublespeak
(3) Media - give him benefit of the doubt

The way to know what he's up to is to reverse everything he says. What is true is untrue. What is untrue is true.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:40 AM on 11/02/2007
- Gary47 See Profile I'm a Fan of Gary47 permalink

This is a moral and patriotic outrage. These clowns are doing nothing more than making smokescreens to hide their illegal behavior. Reject any AG nominee unless he says that what we've been practicing is torture. Period. Then arrest the sh*ts that did it and send them to the Hague.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:57 AM on 11/02/2007
- Bernique See Profile I'm a Fan of Bernique permalink

Noting the once-a-day photo appearance, on HuffPo, of El Lider, Bush. Sarkosy is trying that in France, too, to great derision.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:48 AM on 11/02/2007
- wotcanisay See Profile I'm a Fan of wotcanisay permalink

How about waterboarding Mukasey while asking the question "Is waterboarding, torture?"

If he says "No" then continue the waterboarding.

If he says "Yes" then you have the answer you are seeking!

Win-win situation?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:47 AM on 11/02/2007
- lisakaz See Profile I'm a Fan of lisakaz permalink

So now Bu$h claims no AG if his boy isn't approved. Waaaa, I'm gonna hold my breath and stamp my foot. Waaaaa.

People really buy into this crap!?!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:51 PM on 11/01/2007
- olivia See Profile I'm a Fan of olivia permalink

Bush drove the nail in Mukasey's coffin today with his "support."

Hearing Bush drone on all day on NPR was nothing but nauseating. How dare he suggest it is unfair to ask a man a question before he is given the post of Attorney General. It came across as petulant, audacious, whiney and disingenuous. Anybody who heard Bush speak the words - it came off even worse than in print - will be absolutely certain Mukasey must not be confirmed.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:12 PM on 11/01/2007
- ajax2 See Profile I'm a Fan of ajax2 permalink

GW relax. Mukasey doesn't need your support. You're the one that broke the law and ordered torture. Do you remember that George?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:48 PM on 11/01/2007
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