Dems Beaten With Torture Question
In last night’s Presidential Debate, Tim Russert put the screws to Democratic hopefuls using an instrument from their own dungeon.
“I want to move to another subject, and this involves a comment that a guest on ‘Meet the Press’ made,” Russert said. “I want to read it, as follows: ‘Imagine the following scenario. We get lucky. We get the number three guy in Al Qaeda. We know there’s a big bomb going off in America in three days and we know this guy knows where it is. Don’t we have the right and responsibility to beat it out of him? You could set up a law where the president could make a finding or could guarantee a pardon.’”
Russert asked the candidates to comment. Obama said he wouldn’t torture the prisoner under any circumstances. So did Sen. Joseph Biden. Then Russert turned to Sen. Clinton. “Should there be a presidential exception to allow torture in that kind of situation?” he asked.
“You know, Tim, I agree with what Joe and Barack have said,” Clinton answered. “As a matter of policy it cannot be American policy, period….These hypotheticals are very dangerous because they open a great big hole in what should be an attitude that our country and our president takes toward the appropriate treatment of everyone. And I think it’s dangerous to go down this path.”
Russert then delivered the punch line. “The guest who laid out this scenario for me with that proposed solution was William Jefferson Clinton last year,” Russert said to Sen. Clinton. “So he disagrees with you.”
“Well, he’s not standing here right now,” Clinton said.
“So there is a disagreement?”
“Well, I’ll talk to him later,” she answered.
The crowd laughed; Clinton had handled the situation as best she could. But Russert’s question zeroed in on her frequent citations of her husband, and his administration, and her part in his administration, among the reasons she is qualified to be president. What are the differences between them?
There would be no answer Wednesday night. And after all the odd and sometimes perplexing answers, there weren’t any winners, either.
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September 27th, 2007 at 9:06 amDamn. I missed the Dhimmicrat Comedy Hour.
Priceless.
September 27th, 2007 at 9:10 amGod help us all if these two ignorant, military-hating knuckelheads get elected!
September 27th, 2007 at 9:15 amLOVE IT! LOVE IT!
It is nice to see how the Demoncrats like it when the tables are turned and they are set up but the media.
September 27th, 2007 at 9:19 amWell there you go America, the Dems will let the terrorists kill you before they will “torture”.
At least they are honest.
Pathetic.
September 27th, 2007 at 9:22 amLOL. The knucklehead party!!! ROFLOL.
September 27th, 2007 at 9:42 amHell, if Billary becomes prez and that scenario presents itself just threaten the guy with a night w/her and he’ll ‘fess up quicker than you can say “infidel”…
September 27th, 2007 at 9:44 amHell, they are working on a Terrorist bill of rights (guaranteed access to lawyers, can’t listen in on their phone conversations, must provide a free copy of the Koran, the list goes on)
September 27th, 2007 at 9:45 amDamn. Thats all I can say is damn.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:05 amim surprised he did that
September 27th, 2007 at 12:41 pmWell I hope whatever agents have the terrorist grow some FUCKING BALLS and torture the FUKER ANYWAY i would torture an AQ member to save 1 American life much less a whole city.
September 27th, 2007 at 1:01 pmDamn, I almost lost a keyboard but was able to turn my head just in time. The beer flew out of my mouth and the dog went running for cover. ROFL f’ing MAO…”I’ll talk to him later.” He must have shit himself when he heard that.
September 27th, 2007 at 2:15 pmThe Dems’ response speaks volumes. All American need to take notice. What they are saying is they would have no problem sacrificing a million American lives so as not to hurt the person responsible for their murder. God help us!!!!!!!
September 27th, 2007 at 4:05 pmCan’t believe Mr. Potatohead(Tim Russert)did that. Will they throw him out of the(Democrat)party? Every once in a while the Demorats in the MSM have to act responsible, now that they know they don’t own this country.
September 27th, 2007 at 8:57 pmThanks Rush, Bret, Levin and of course, Pat.
P.S. Hillary is running for office and conceivably can be defeated but what about George Soros? How do we get rid of him? This guy is The Anti-Christ.
Love the pics!
They are really thinking hard on that question.
Let them keep talking.
With every word they will lose more votes.
September 27th, 2007 at 8:59 pmrussert may actually be the only objective journalist in the mainstream media
September 28th, 2007 at 5:08 am