Former Godfather’s Pizza business magnate Herman Cain and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann at last Saturday’s Republican presidential debate, both said they would reinstate the policy of waterboarding, which simulates drowning. Cain insisted during the debate, “I don’t see it as torture. I see it as an enhanced interrogation technique.” Bachmann said it was “very effective,” adding, “It gained information for our country.” Both candidates received abundant applause for their statements.

The sane public felt that they would rather be waterboarded than eat a Godfather’s pizza or listen to Bachmann’s whiny voice any longer.

The CIA has confirmed using waterboarding on at least three Al-Qaeda suspects under then-president George W. Bush, but President Obama banned its use in 2009.

President Obama, who has refrained from speaking about the Republican candidates and the debates, spoke against Bachmann and Cain at news conference at the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit this week.
“They’re wrong,” he said. "Anybody who has actually reads about and understands the practice of waterboarding would say that that is torture. And that's not something we do — period."