Comments on: Did McCain Flip-Flop On Torture?

By: Tommy Times

Tommy Times — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:24:02 +0000

McCain didn’t flip flop. He “adjusted to the realities.”
Trust the intelligence community? After the crap they let Bush pull to start this war, no one in their right mind would trust them.
Real professionals know that torture doesn’t work. Thugs and drug dealers, they torture because they are nasty and have no morals. Which group does the IC identify with?

By: Dan Campbell

Dan Campbell — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:17:42 +0000

If Governor Huckabee gets cheated out of this race, many people are either not going to vote, or we will vote Obama.
So since the Republican establishment thinks they are so smart, be prepared to lose the white house.
Our GOP leaders should have stepped in a long time ago and put a stop the the unethical campaign Romney was running. Especially when he robo called millions of people prior to Super Tuesday to tell un suspecting Americans that Huckabee had dropped out of the race.
Huckabee should be leading right now. Just because he is not, doesn”t mean he shouldn”t be.
I am sickened that we have an awesome leader who is getting short shafted.

By: Mylon Stark

Mylon Stark — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:15:05 +0000

Senator McCain will do whatever – say whatever he must to get elected. Changing his spots should be expected, for it is a well-known trait (never mind his cowardace of 2004, when he could have made history by joining the Kerry campaign as a running mate).
If one wants a continuation of the Bush-Cheney Regime’s policies, absolute cast your ballot for Senator McCain.
On the other hand, if one really wants to purge the White House – and the U.S. – of the stench permeating for the past 7 years, one will seriously consider sending the Republican Party packing. Collaboratively, the Party and its collective arrogance has dragged our poor country into a murky mess.
I know – at age 58 – I will not see full recovery from the destruction of the past 7 years. With that said, the sooner we commence repair, the better off we’ll all be.

By: Jonathan Berr

Jonathan Berr — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:28:05 +0000

John McCain is a political Ozzy Osbourne. The heavy metal God only sold his soul for Rock and Roll while the Arizona senator decided to cash in his integrity for political power.

By: bartonizer

bartonizer — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:18:46 +0000

Shame on those of you that have no problem letting our civil liberties get eroded by this administration. You’ve done exactly what the terrorists wanted us do. So….we were a nation of principles until 9/11, and then a terrorist attack changes everything? Pathetic. The Pledge of Allegiance used to mean something. Remember “liberty and justice for all”?. How about “innocent until proven guilty”? Are those concepts gone forever? The definition of terrorism, according to the American Heritage Dictionary is: “The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.” Oh, and Bush says they hate us for our freedom. Maybe he’s right, but our government has done EXACTLY what the terrorists wanted. They’ve bled us financially on our own stupidity and made us suspicious of each other. Every time we cut into our own rights and freedoms, THEY WON! We’ve done more damage to ourselves and our reputation than they could have ever achieved! Our strength lies in our laws, principles, and our resolve. We are (or were) the standard bearer for liberty worldwide, and dropping down to the level of an enemy is absolutely despicable. Freedom means something; we’re turning the word into nothing more than an empty slogan. Our founding fathers would be horrified! Please, take a step back and look at what some of you are advocating.

By: Flip Flop

Flip Flop — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:01:30 +0000

John McCain can pander all he wants. He can flip flop all his personnel standards away to try and please the current republican base but he has no chance. Straight Talk my …

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:35:31 +0000

As far as I’m concerned, John McCain can no longer be trusted (assuming he ever could have been). He has sold his soul to the right-wing devil in return for the GOP nomination, and as a result, is rapidly losing the independent voters to Barack Obama. And as we all know, you can’t win the presidency without the support of the majority of independent votes.
You can’t have it both ways any longer, Mr. McCain.
Disturbingly, a vote for McCain *really is* a vote for a third term of GW Bush….

By: The Commander Guy

The Commander Guy — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:22:43 +0000

Spock Brother states:
“You libs would rather millions of Americans die before you put someones head under water. There is no lasting affect to water boarding”
You make this point. Maybe you got the one in a million ticking time bomb scenario going on. And any President in that scenario that does not have what it takes to protect the country ain’t worth #@%&. I am not gonna disagree in this regard.
But on a larger scale let me ask you this: When did torture become A FAMILY VALUE?
ANSWER: it never did. Torture is not consistent with conservative values.
I really don’t know why it so hard for some on this side to admit the obvious. Torture ain’t good for anyone ….. not for you, not me or my kids, nor for our enemies.
GW1 issued a general order back in the day. This order said this: no torturing the enemy whether it be Red Coats or hired TERRORIST Hessian mercenaries.
I’ll give McC some time here. Because I ain’t perfect. Maybe there is a loophole that has him covered and I haven’t seen it yet.
But the Torture issue is simple. I am not for it. I am not defending it.

By: DanielK

DanielK — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:19:51 +0000

“Did she realy say that? Here’s your answer Dana. Who got us into this war…the ‘intellingence community.’”
The intelligence community is doing a pretty good job, not much to complain about there. No attacks in more than six years, that’s amazing. That’s well spend tax dollars right there.

By: Cecile

Cecile — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:18:25 +0000

What about Obama and Clinton ?
I have heard they didn’t vote. Is it true ?
One flip flop, and two cowards ?