Why is the notion of Karl Rove tweeting in defense of Bush administration torture policies so disturbing?
Precautions taken 2 guarantee compliance w/ federal prohibition on torture. U might characterize diligence as overcautious.#TCOT #SGP #HHRS
Yes, I suppose U might be impatient with the amount of legal and bureaucratic activity the Bush White House set in motion to justify waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation techniques" if U belonged to the Khmer Rouge or the Syrian secret police (though if U were a Nazi, this fastidiousness would seem nothing exceptional).
But seriously, this is ... icky. And on about three different levels. Rove is not a lawyer or an intelligence expert; he is no position to judge the merits of legal memos or other steps taken to justify "enhanced interrogation." And in general, nothing he says about what went on in the Bush White House can be taken as anything but spin. He's also a particularly amoral political operative; throughout his career he's has prided himself not just on winning but on using underhanded tactics to destroy the reputations of his opponents. That such a man is blithely spinning on one of the gravest moral issues before us is both ridiculous and chilling, an example of the Bush administration's elevation of politics above even the nation's bedrock ideals. That Rove is doing this on Twitter (with hashtags!) just adds a layer of absurdity to the whole thing, while giving a bad name even to the "had too much butter on my pancakes" Twitterer class.
It was just so weird because I always thought the test of a real banana republic dictatorship was how it treated prisoners. Argentina threw nuns out of helicopters and Chile had its "house of screams". We had Guantanamo - under Rove, not Obama.
How can somebody get it so very wrong?
https://secure.aclu.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=Nat_Petition_SpecialProsecutor&s_src=olcpage&s_subsrc=flyer
God help us.
The radical right certainly is'nt.
I doubt this will get posted!!
(Austin doesn't count)
Knowledge is power, and lies diminish the knowledge of deceived dupes, and therefore diminishes the power of the deceived. Deception obscures the alternatives that people have. It also clouds up various objectives people would work toward. Some people give up certain objectives due to their mis-perceptions that the objective is undesirable or unattainable.
Ephesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
The Kingdom of Satan
http://www.stargods.org/SatansKingdom.html
Satan is in Control of Human Governments
http://www.harmlessasdoves.com/satanownsgov.html
If he did it must be a sign of how desperate he is getting.
My guess: probably just liberal journalists waiting for him to say something so they can unleash vitriol, and maybe a few Republican staffers looking for talking points.
Seriously, Karl Rove is a non-player. Just let him disappear (unless he's being forced to respond to a subpoena).