Comments on: Hypocrite, Thy Name Is McCain http://gedblog.com/2008/02/13/hypocrite-thy-name-is-mccain/ A day in the life of me. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:46:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ged http://gedblog.com/2008/02/13/hypocrite-thy-name-is-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-1633 Ged Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:46:31 +0000 http://gedblog.com/2008/02/13/hypocrite-thy-name-is-mccain/#comment-1633 I don't agree Mike. McCain stated this past week that he voted against the measure because it would have forced the CIA as well as the military to abide by the treatment of prisoners in the Army Field Manual and he did not want to "tie the CIA's hands." So he's against water boarding and torture when the military does it, but when the CIA does it it's okay? Why would that be? Isn't torture torture no matter who's doing it? You can't say you're opposed to treating U.S. prisoners one way when they are under the direction of one faction of our government, and another way for a second. In addition, if anyone needs to be bound by humane treatment of prisoners, it is, in fact the CIA. Given the use of <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/01/AR2005110101644.html" rel="nofollow">secret prisons</a> and people who have been wrongly "black bagged" the CIA could use a little hand tying IMO. If you chose to not see this as anything but hypocritical on his part, that is your choice, but from where I stand he voted the way he did to curry favor with Washington GOP and the base that so desperately opposes him. I don’t agree Mike. McCain stated this past week that he voted against the measure because it would have forced the CIA as well as the military to abide by the treatment of prisoners in the Army Field Manual and he did not want to “tie the CIA’s hands.”

So he’s against water boarding and torture when the military does it, but when the CIA does it it’s okay? Why would that be? Isn’t torture torture no matter who’s doing it? You can’t say you’re opposed to treating U.S. prisoners one way when they are under the direction of one faction of our government, and another way for a second. In addition, if anyone needs to be bound by humane treatment of prisoners, it is, in fact the CIA. Given the use of secret prisons and people who have been wrongly “black bagged” the CIA could use a little hand tying IMO.

If you chose to not see this as anything but hypocritical on his part, that is your choice, but from where I stand he voted the way he did to curry favor with Washington GOP and the base that so desperately opposes him.

]]> By: mike http://gedblog.com/2008/02/13/hypocrite-thy-name-is-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-1615 mike Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:30:18 +0000 http://gedblog.com/2008/02/13/hypocrite-thy-name-is-mccain/#comment-1615 McCain did not specifically vote against a ban on waterboarding. He said it was technically already illegal, and voted against this bill because of military/intelligence disagreement. (not to mention the fact that it was an obvious tactical move by the democrats to make McCain look hypocritical, and that it is certain to be vetoed by Bush.) So think what you want, but I don't think it can be construed as hypocritical. McCain did not specifically vote against a ban on waterboarding. He said it was technically already illegal, and voted against this bill because of military/intelligence disagreement. (not to mention the fact that it was an obvious tactical move by the democrats to make McCain look hypocritical, and that it is certain to be vetoed by Bush.)

So think what you want, but I don’t think it can be construed as hypocritical.

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