Domestic Politics
GOP Candidates Favor Torturing Electorate
Wed, November 16, 2011
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."
Can Mark Sanford Survive?
Mon, June 22, 2009
South Carolina second-term Governor, Mark Sanford, Chair of the Republican Governor’s Association, reported to be a leading GOP contender for the 2012 Presidential nomination, and famous for his championing “family values”, and for condemning fellow Republicans who are homosexual or have extra marital affairs, today made a rambling, tearful confession of his own infidelities. While he was alleged to have been hiking the Appalachian Trail, he was in fact in Argentina visiting his mistress. Sweet!
I have three points that I’d like to interject at this point which have been overlooked entirely by other media outlets.
1 The weather this past week has been great, perfect for hiking and Mark Sanford has been in Buenos Aires where it has been wet and between 4 and 9 degrees Celsius. Hasn’t he suffered enough?
2 He missed the Father’s Day 5K in Rehoboth Beach and no one picked up his T-shirt.
3 The guy is a bit of a hypocrite, not only because he champions “family values” but he has been publicly critical of his Republican colleagues who have “strayed” and in the case of toe tapper, Larry Craig, Mark Sanford was actually angry and totally missed the humor.
It’s this last point that guarantees his political survival. Now, because his wife was not at his side during his apology, he may have to do a stint in rehab from which he will emerge with his faith in Christ, stronger than ever. As for the hypocrisy, Barack Obama smokes but championed anti-smoking legislation. And no one ever got cancer from second-hand adultery.
S.C. Governor, Mark Sanford, holding a chart illustrating the decreasing frequency of his marital infidelities.
I have three points that I’d like to interject at this point which have been overlooked entirely by other media outlets.
1 The weather this past week has been great, perfect for hiking and Mark Sanford has been in Buenos Aires where it has been wet and between 4 and 9 degrees Celsius. Hasn’t he suffered enough?
2 He missed the Father’s Day 5K in Rehoboth Beach and no one picked up his T-shirt.
3 The guy is a bit of a hypocrite, not only because he champions “family values” but he has been publicly critical of his Republican colleagues who have “strayed” and in the case of toe tapper, Larry Craig, Mark Sanford was actually angry and totally missed the humor.
It’s this last point that guarantees his political survival. Now, because his wife was not at his side during his apology, he may have to do a stint in rehab from which he will emerge with his faith in Christ, stronger than ever. As for the hypocrisy, Barack Obama smokes but championed anti-smoking legislation. And no one ever got cancer from second-hand adultery.
S.C. Governor, Mark Sanford, holding a chart illustrating the decreasing frequency of his marital infidelities.