[Osx-nutters] Anti-Torture Bill Fails in Senate

[Chris Gehlker]

On Dec 17, 2007, at 11:39 AM, Kevin Callahan wrote:

> Attorney General Michael Mukasey is coming under intense criticism  
> by Democrats for his handling of the scandal surrounding the CIA’s  
> destruction of hundreds of hours of videotape showing interrogations  
> inside secret CIA prisons.

The Dems should STFU about Mukasey. There were 53 votes to confirm him  
and the Dem leadership could have demanded 60 but they chose not to do  
so. That makes him their responsibility. His subsequent behavior has  
been completely  in line with expectations.
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proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and  
oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.
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