Mitt Romney: Investigating Torture is “Lowest Form of Partisanship”

[Joanne98]

By: Blue Texan Thursday April 23, 2009 10:59 am

Willard, appearing on his biggest fan's radio show, doesn't think much of accountability or the rule of law.

HH: I want to start with the big news from yesterday, that President Obama has reopened the door, opened the door to the prosecution of former Bush administration officials in connection to the interrogation memos. What’s your reaction to that, Governor?

MR: Well, it’s a bad decision on a number of fronts. First of all, it violates his most consistent campaign pledge that he was going to work on a bipartisan basis in Washington. There’s nothing that could be more hostile than saying we’re going to go after the prior administration and see if we can make them all get lawyers and pay millions of dollars in legal fees, and drag them in for hearings, and see if we can really demonize the prior administration. That’s the lowest form of partisanship, and it’s something which I think the American people will recognize was very different than what they heard during the campaign.

Now I realize the word "bipartisan" is fairly meaningless, but I've never seen it defined as "whitewashing all crimes committed by Republicans no matter how egregious."

I think the Democrats are making a mistake by calling this into question. President Bush informed members of Congress as to the policies that were being pursued. There was a national emergency, America was kept safe during the Bush years. I think Barack Obama’s leading with his chin on this, because you know what? He’s got to keep this country safe.

So to recap: 9/11 happened on Al Gore's watch, so if we suffer another terrorist attack it will all be Obama's fault because he refused to torture.

Ladies and gentlemen, your 2012 GOP presidential nominee.

http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/23/mitt-romney-investigating-torture-is-lowest-form-of-partisanship/

[Skidmore]

1. And you, Mitt, are a slug in bottom of the trust fund cesspool.

[polichick]

2. No - torture is the "lowest form" of leadership.

[indimuse]

16. bravo!

well said! :)

[MannyGoldstein]

3. Is Mitt-Flopper Challenging Bachmann For Craziest MFer in Politics?

Yikes.

[livetohike]

4. Mitt Romney is so irrelevant. I don't know how he can even think

of running in 2012. Maybe he can sell a few more houses and finance his campaign.

[ShortnFiery]

5. Not the least bit ethical, such as strapping your Irish Sitter to the roof of your station wagon.

:P

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1638065,00.html

Ingrid Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, was less circumspect. PETA does not have a position on Romney's candidacy per se, but Newkirk called the incident "a lesson in cruelty that was ... wrong for to witness...Thinking of the wind, the weather, the speed, the vulnerability, the isolation on the roof, it is commonsense that any dog who's under extreme stress might show that stress by losing control of his bowels: that alone should have been sufficient indication that the dog was, basically, being tortured." Romney, of course, has expressed support for the use of "enhanced interrogation" techniques when it comes to terrorists; his campaign refused to comment about the treatment of his dog.

[Tempest]

6. Don't polls show a big majority of Americans support an investigation?

I thought I saw one like that.

[Zodiak]

20. Yes, it was over 60%

38% or so were for DOJ investigation by the Obama administration
28% or so were for an independent investigation

The remaining were for no investigation at all.....the typical 34% or so that were with Bush to the end (right-wing authoritarians, back-wash).

This is from memory of Cenk's video on it.

[beachmom]

7. Why is torture a partisan issue? This is the perfect time for the GOP

to cut the rope from the Bushies. Why don't they do it?

[Zynx]

8. Mitt Romney is the worst. Anyone who thinks that he is a reasonable man is smoking some bad ganja.

[ChickMagic]

9. Is his magic underwear too tight?

I think it's reducing blood flow to his itty bitty brain.

[jazzjunkysue]

10. Dear GOP: Welcome to "The Lowest Form Of Indictmentship."

Followed eventually by "Convictionship" and then, hopefully by "Inprisonmenship."


The lowest form, of course.

[jazzjunkysue]

11. This, from a man who strapped his dog to the roof of his car for an 8 hour drive.

[Supersedeas]

12. Obama said that he would allow his AG determine if laws were broken--how is that partisan?

[mitchum]

13. Willard puts the "Moron" in "Moroni"

[Cha]

14. That puts mitt in the

"Torture is good" column.

[high density]

15. Why do the Repukes have to consistently say such stupid things?

The previous administration is off limits because it was run by Repukes? Give me a break.

[PA Democrat]

17. No, investigating a BJ between consenting adults

would be the lowest form of partisanship.

[Towlie]

18. Mitt Romney = "My, I'm rotten."

Oh wow, http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5520479">deja vu!

[Thrill]

19. What does this have to do with bipartisanship? Is he admitting Republicans broke the law

lol