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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 10:40 AM Original message |
(New Audio) Schumer on torture 2004: 'Do what you have to do' |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. Stupid statement in 2004; stupid statement today. |
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mikelgb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Exactly, this is the BIGGEST STRAW-MAN EVER!!1! |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
52. he is such a dick. sigh. |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
3. There is a concerted effort to out Dems. What about the Republicans? |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. We already knew about the Republicans... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. It's not a bait and switch. I don't care who the fuck says things like this. Arrest them all. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. We can assume the Republicans supported Bushco. I am very interested in knowing what Democrats |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
51. Why didn't the Fucking Democrats just do what is right and fight the torturers? |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
4. The internet/electronic age is NOT the time to make sweeping statements |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
25. No. We are going to have rough times when people get more circumspect. Then, |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. The best known Dems sided with Bush in 2003 and 4, and would NOT stand with Kerry who called THREE |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. In siding with Bush on so many ideas, they also muddied the waters |
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tomhayes (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. I agree - torture the guy - and then go to jail |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Mr. Soufan destroyed the "Ticking Time Bomb" Fallacy... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Media did cover Bush, or you and I would not know about anything that happened between |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:15 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Are all your post here on DU like this one? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. The only immature thing about that exchange was your post to me, so I will refer you to your own |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Some are calling for Obama to pardon Bushco, if he remains unwilling to |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
7. that was the slowest ticking time bomb in history - a click every 2 or so years |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Chuck Scummer is a hand-maiden of corporate interests |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. He also cares a whole lot about his own power and influence. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I have been wishing we could get rid of this bastard for a long time. |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
48. Me too. n/t |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:24 AM Response to Reply #19 |
35. Not to mention disappearing from the radar from 1966 to 1973 |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. the BushInc wing of the Democratic Party....ala Clinton and Lieberman. |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
11. It would be ironic if this caused Schumer enough heat to get him primaried... |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. His concern has never been whether or not other dems are |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
44. We can always hope. |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
12. Saddly, I'm not surprised. |
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nvme (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. Ticking bomb |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 05:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
29. "spill jizz on himself" "cowering pussies" Amazing to me that people who seem to classify |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:29 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. classify behavior by genitalia-??? - I prefer Rectums |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
41. They tortured to get an Iraq- alQaeda link and stated it even though they never got it |
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vkkv (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. He Should Just Admit That He Was Wrong At That Time |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
15. What. The. Fuck. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 08:14 AM Response to Reply #15 |
38. Oh yeah? And just HOW many episodes of "24" have YOU watched? |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. How does a Harvard Law School graduate and senior Senator get this stupid? |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
37. Well he was draft dodging during this time before at at |
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mule_train (611 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. funny how so many hawks are good at draft dodging |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Hear hear, mule_train |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. There's lots of them |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. He's already been written off as a Dem I would trust...long ago eom |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 05:24 AM Response to Reply #18 |
31. Schumer is the Democratic Senator from the State of NY, a very powerful state. If that is |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. (Consider yourself written off or in DUspeak ignored). eom |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Sometimes, that is a huge compliment. and this seems to be one of those times. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
50. I also figured out quickly his first term that he couldn't be trusted. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:12 AM Response to Original message |
23. In 1988, the US became party to the UN Convention Against Torture, Etc. That means |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:41 AM Response to Original message |
26. Well, if this helps to get him out of office and put someone better in his place |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 05:16 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Except, what are the odds? DU posters are supposedly among the |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
32. Read Schumer's wiki. He's really a mixed bag. And, although he is a Senator from NY, he |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
39. Torture is illegal. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
42. Ouch. Ugly |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
49. I Never Really Liked Him snor did I Ever Trust Him |
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