From Americans United for Change:
Unfortunately, John McCain and President Bush's relationship goes beyond cards and heartfelt embraces. From tax cuts for the rich to the war in Iraq, George and John count on one another in the public arena, too.
Just yesterday Senator McCain went back on his long-held opposition to torture methods like waterboarding. He voted "no" on a bill that would have required all government agencies - including the CIA - to comply with the Army Field Manual's prohibition on torture.
Why would he do such a thing? For love.
President Bush has threatened to veto this legislation if it crosses his desk. His "partner in crime" John McCain wanted to prevent the bill from ever getting there - even at the expense of his long-standing principles.
If John McCain would go back on his opposition to torture, what else would he do at the request of his Valentine, George Bush?
Almost anything, I would imagine.
ReplyDeleteTheMe, Yes.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't matter how many times I've seen that picture. It still makes me feel like vomiting.
ReplyDeleteMike, sorry. This one is for undecided voters who may drop by.
ReplyDeleteI hope that photo stays popular all the way to November, emetogenic as it may be.
ReplyDeleteI cannot begin to grasp what McCain is like--to vote for a loophole for torture when you have been a victim is too much for me.
ReplyDeleteA picture is worth a thousand words! Makes me feel like vomiting too. And, I'm with Paul ... may it stay popular all the way to November!
ReplyDeleteJohnie, I do not understand that either. I simply cannot wrap my head around that. I cannot.
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw this picture the first time, it put an end to any respect I ever had for John McCain, and, at one time, I had quite a bit of respect for him.
Either he's changed greatly, or I completely misread him. We seem to be coalescing around agreement that the picture has emetic qualities.
I am going to throw up. One more vote on the photo's emetic properties.
ReplyDeleteWhen all is said and done, he is just another politician and, as such, will say and do anything and will cozy up to anyone, if he thinks it will help him get elected. That is the sad truth about our system. I hope our citizens will see this photograph and be turned off by it, but that requires more faith in them than past experience would have taught me to have. Good grief, that sounds cynical, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteBoocat, I can't imagine what calls forth your cynicism, my friend.
ReplyDeleteRowan, I'd put picture on the sidebar until the election, but we've come to the conclusion that it is an emetic, and I would not want the picture thrust into the face of every one of my visitors, from now until November. Too many ruined keyboards.
The sad thing is that I believe that McCain cannot lift his arm much higher than is shown in the picture, because he was tortured in Vietnam.
I have read that; he cannot comb his hair, for example. It's called "stress positions" in administration parlance, and is therefore "Not torture."
ReplyDeleteAnd, as the Queen of England and Defender of the Faith, I hereby appoint Mimi as ABC.
Johnie, yes, a mere "stress position", which is, after all, a very small thing.
ReplyDeleteAnd you're the Queen of England? Who knew? I believe I would be forced to accept the position, even at my advanced age and to my great discomfort, just to end the agony under the present ABC.