ok, anyone else get this irony: Repubs don't want a "witch hunt" on waterboarding...

[Lerkfish]

...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_by_drowning


trial by drowning is a medieval ordeal allegedly used on women suspected of witchcraft. The idea was that witches would float. As part of the trial the accused was thrown into a lake or river. If the accused sank, she was innocent and presumed not to be a witch. If the accused floated, she was presumed to be a witch and could be hanged or executed by burning. Either way, the accused faced death, and a no-win situation.


kind of odd that defenders of waterboarding are afraid of a witch hunt. You just can't write fiction like this.

[Bluerthanblue]

1. a freudian slip perhaps?

the connection is very clearly there as you point out- in reverse.

:shrug:

pretty stupid.

:hi:

(it'd be funny if it weren't so serious)

[NewJeffCT]

2. I also think it's funny

that the party that had at least 5 or 6 separate investigations into Vince Foster's death doesn't want a witch hunt.

The party that actually investigated Socks the Cat (no lie) doesn't want a witch hunt.

[No More Bushbots]

3. Ducks also float

[Lerkfish]

4. thlanks

[EFerrari]

5. They have no sense of irony whatsoever and they aren't in control

of their figures of speech. That part of their brain is dead.

[tanyev]

6. And, they didn't seem the least bit worried that their vice-presidential candidate

got prayed into the governorship by a real live witch hunter.