[Osx-nutters] Jeb Bush on the Death Penalty in Florida - Google Video

[Chris Gehlker]

On Jan 9, 2007, at 10:03 AM, Kevin Callahan wrote:

> sorry for top post -- I agree with Roger's analysis --
> did anybody watch the youtube video ?
>
> <<http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4291694866835252763&q=bush
>

I watched some of it, but it seemed a little heavy handed to me, as  
did the James Carroll rant. While I don't personally support capital  
punishment, one certainly doesn't  have to be opposed to capital  
punishment to recognize that the Saddam execution  turned into a   
sectarian lynching.

In fact Chuck's  whole argument turned into a bunch of variations on  
the theme of 'Saddam deserved to die'. This is exactly the approach   
that Tony  Snow took with the press. It's just totally irrelevant.  
The issue is that the execution was carried out by the very Shiite  
militia that we are supposedly trying to suppress.

I suppose there are other issues that arise. One is for Christ's sake  
why didn't the US either turn Saddam to an actual court for trial or  
simply  detail a squad of soldiers to shoot him? If the former option  
were chosen, it's not like he would  have been acquitted: if the  
latter, it's not  like there would have  been strong objections. What  
did they hope to gain from the kangaroo court and the lynching?  
Don't  the people  in charge care about  their credibility at all?

I suppose there  is also a general issue about the hypocrisy of  
claiming to be Christian while supporting capital punishment but  
that's a piece of  hypocrisy that characterizes the majority of  
Americans.

--
Vegetarians eat Vegetables, Humanitarians frighten me


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