It’s hard to find a bigger fool than Rick “Man on Dog” Santorum, who earned his title by claiming that gay marriage is the equivalent of bestiality. If my memory serves, he also said that Obama should support outlawing abortion, because he’s black. Now, he has the audacity to claim that John McCain, a man who was tortured as a POW, knows nothing about torture. What an idiot!
Former Sen. Rick Santorum said Tuesday that Sen. John McCain, who spent 5 1/2 years enduring brutal treatment at the hands of his North Vietnamese captors, doesn’t know how effective waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques can be. The Republican presidential contender insisted the tactics led the United States to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in a speech last week that waterboarding al-Qaida’s No. 3 leader, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, did not provide information that led to bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan…
…"Not only did the use of enhanced interrogation techniques on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed not provide us with key leads on bin Laden’s courier, Abu Ahmed, it actually produced false and misleading information," McCain said.
In an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt on Tuesday, Santorum said McCain was wrong.
"Everything I’ve read shows that we would not have gotten this information as to who this man was if it had not been gotten information from people who were subject to enhanced interrogation," Santorum said. "And so this idea that we didn’t ask that question while Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was being waterboarded, he (McCain) doesn’t understand how enhanced interrogation works… [emphasis added]
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Isn’t this like a man telling a mother that she knows nothing about the labor of childbirth?
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Now, I’m not a big fan of John McCain. In fact, during the 2008 campaign I accused him of representing both sides of every issue and nicknamed the McCain/Palin ticket as McConJob/Mooseolini. So defending him does not come easy to me, but in this instance, he is not only correct, but also, he is acting with integrity.
As for Santorum, his just another Republican liar, more stupid than most.
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Even eight years ago Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-NE) had Santorum pegged: “Santorum? That’s Latin for Asshole!”
http://www.counterpunch.org/stclair05012003.html
Thanks for the background, nameless. 🙂
Santorum is simply am idiot.
My bad – should be AN idiot. Now I look like an idiot.
Nope. Charles, you look like someone who made a mistake. That’s far drom being an idiot, let alone Santorum’s extreme idiocy.
Idiot ? THAT HUNK OF RANCID CAMEL DUNG WOULD NOT LAST ONE DAY OF WHAT MCCAIN ENDURED!!
I am no fan of McCain the politician–but he is a genuine hero who more than any of those TeaBaggers knows what torture is-
Santorum ? Stupid is what Stupid says.
Phyllis, I agree.