Opposition, Not Obstruction: that's the slogan Matthew Yglesias is adopting. I hope the Dems pick it up.
As Atrios says re the Gonzales for AG nomination, it's best to shine a light on the guy in the strongest terms possible.
I also think they should do some down-and-dirty rhetoric, which is not untrue, saying that Gonzales essentially OKed the torture of Arabs if they have any suspicion they may possibly be terrorists. Then say to the world that it's no wonder the Arab world (and much of the non-Arab world) doesn't trust Bush, when he nominates to the highest law enforcement office in the land a torture-pimp who scoffs at the Geneva Conventions.
Keep the rhetoric true if hot, back it up with stories about non-terrorists who were detained and tortured (in Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib and elsewhere). Their stories fall on Alberto Gonzales, and on George W. Bush.
Don't let them get away with the "we only torture terrorists" crap either: there are enough stories out of Abu Ghraib about people who were definitely not terrorists or even insurgents who were locked up and tortured. If Abu Ghraib was filled with terrorists, why were prisoners there released en masse (in the hundreds) when the stories of Abu Ghraib came to light?
The Democrats didn't do that stuff -- the Bushies did and it may as well be laid out starkly.
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I hope it happens the way you suggest. From the NY Times it looks like the Dem senators are threatening "tough questions." Yeah, right.
Someone needs to stand up in committee and say that torture is not ok and that the Geneva conventions are in our interest. What's the likelihood of that?
gaw3 wrote:
"Someone needs to stand up in committee and say that torture is not ok and that the Geneva conventions are in our interest. What's the likelihood of that?"
As you seem to indicate, not much, given the spineless nature of the Democrats.
It's a sad sight, how un-muscular the Dems are.
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