[Osx-nutters] Journalist finally asks Bush about water boarding

[David Cake]

At 10:31 AM -0700 20/10/06, mmalc crawford wrote:
>On Oct 20, 2006, at 10:00 AM, Jim Rankin wrote:
>
>>[Bush] What's interesting about these votes that took place in the Congress
>>is the number of Democrats that opposed questioning people we've
>>picked up on the battlefield.
>>
>Oh, that's crass.
>I don't believe anyone, from any party, has opposed "questioning 
>people".  The issue is *torturing* people.  And if the US wants to 
>try to promote itself as the world's police force, it must ensure 
>that it is beyond reproach.  Basically, it isn't.  The weaseling of 
>the current administration(*) is frankly disgusting, and 
>counter-productive...
>
>mmalc
>(*) And to forestall any partisan commentary on this, I'd say the 
>same if it were Democrats in charge and doing the same thing.

	FWIW, in the UK its the Labor party at fault. If I was in the 
UK I'd be a natural Labor voter - and I would have probably voted Lib 
Dem in protest last time, and I'd have been protesting and calling 
for Blairs resignation for a while now.
	Of course, I have been protesting against Australias 
confusingly named Liberal party all along, but I hate them with a 
passion, so its been a fairly easy decision to make, but I've been 
cheerfully critical of Labor party leadership here too - the 
Australian Labor Party has thankfully stopped far short of approving 
torture, though.
	Cheers
		David