Watching political debates IS torture.

The next obvious step is this, if its Ok to use Enhanced Interrogation on war criminals, why not on regular domestic criminals.

impaler: GOP is becoming a party of sociopaths.

becoming? they are already. they applaud torture, sexual harassment, income inequality, bigotry etc. They're all little fascist dittoheads.

Well yes, they love torture, but my big takeaway was that they also love to nuke brown people. Preferably from orbit.

I wonder how many of the candidates who think waterboarding isn't torture would be willing to undergo waterboarding to prove it.

Serious Black: I wonder how many of the candidates who think waterboarding isn't torture would be willing to undergo waterboarding to prove it.

Didn't some right-wing shock jock talk about the same thing, and they arranged it for him?

As I remember, he lasted like...5 seconds before he gave up.

And he changed his mind on the subject on the spot. Turns out, it 'is' torture after all. lol

It's not "torture."

It's "super-awesome answer-getting."

Serious Black: I wonder how many of the candidates who think waterboarding isn't torture would be willing to undergo waterboarding to prove it.

Stop asking people to back up their tough talk. That's not the Republican Way.

Infernalist: Serious Black: I wonder how many of the candidates who think waterboarding isn't torture would be willing to undergo waterboarding to prove it.

Didn't some right-wing shock jock talk about the same thing, and they arranged it for him?

As I remember, he lasted like...5 seconds before he gave up.

And he changed his mind on the subject on the spot. Turns out, it 'is' torture after all. lol

It was Christopher Hitchens, and yes, he definitely agreed that it is torture afterward.

Remember kids, torture is fine and dandy in all situations, except when it happens to us. Anyone who tortures an Amurricon should be arrested and executed without trial, because we're the exception to the rule.

Can't we just kick Texas out of the union, then round up all the republicans and send them there? Seriously, these peckerheads aren't worthy of America.

Poopspasm: Can't we just kick Texas out of the union, then round up all the republicans and send them there? Seriously, these peckerheads aren't worthy of America.

That's pretty childish.

Besides, Oklahoma is way worse.

Skleenar: Poopspasm: Can't we just kick Texas out of the union, then round up all the republicans and send them there? Seriously, these peckerheads aren't worthy of America.

That's pretty childish.

Besides, Oklahoma is way worse.

The solution seems obvious to me.

I'm glad to see these debates continue. I have to wonder if the White House is coaxing the networks to keep offering the GOP these free chances to get their people on the air.

They're doing all the work for him. Like he said, he may just stay home and just air these Debates, verbatim.

Serious Black: Infernalist: Serious Black: I wonder how many of the candidates who think waterboarding isn't torture would be willing to undergo waterboarding to prove it.

Didn't some right-wing shock jock talk about the same thing, and they arranged it for him?

As I remember, he lasted like...5 seconds before he gave up.

And he changed his mind on the subject on the spot. Turns out, it 'is' torture after all. lol

It was Christopher Hitchens, and yes, he definitely agreed that it is torture afterward.

You are right Christopher did it but I think he's talking about Mancow

TheGhostofFarkPast: Serious Black: Infernalist: Serious Black: I wonder how many of the candidates who think waterboarding isn't torture would be willing to undergo waterboarding to prove it.

Didn't some right-wing shock jock talk about the same thing, and they arranged it for him?

As I remember, he lasted like...5 seconds before he gave up.

And he changed his mind on the subject on the spot. Turns out, it 'is' torture after all. lol

It was Christopher Hitchens, and yes, he definitely agreed that it is torture afterward.

You are right Christopher did it but I think he's talking about Mancow

Ah, yes, I remember that now. Pretty sad that the few people who decided to back up their stance on waterboarding ended up recanting their views.

Ah, the Christian right...

"I will trust the judgment of our military to determine what is torture and what is not torture," Cain said

This sounds like the traditional non-anwer to gays in the military - "I'd follow the advice of the commanders". Don't these jackoffs realize that the president is the commander-in-chief?

Didn't America try, convict, sentence and execute some former Japanese military officials for water boarding American prisoners? If so than aren't they now entitled to posthumous pardons? It is fairly hard to argue that anyone America has admitted to water boarding posed anywhere near as much of a comparative existential threat to the Japanese Empire than the USA during WWII.

Serious Black: TheGhostofFarkPast: Serious Black: Infernalist: Serious Black: I wonder how many of the candidates who think waterboarding isn't torture would be willing to undergo waterboarding to prove it.

Didn't some right-wing shock jock talk about the same thing, and they arranged it for him?

As I remember, he lasted like...5 seconds before he gave up.

And he changed his mind on the subject on the spot. Turns out, it 'is' torture after all. lol

It was Christopher Hitchens, and yes, he definitely agreed that it is torture afterward.

You are right Christopher did it but I think he's talking about Mancow

Ah, yes, I remember that now. Pretty sad that the few people who decided to back up their stance on waterboarding ended up recanting their views.

How is that sad?

LoneWolf343: Serious Black: TheGhostofFarkPast: Serious Black: Infernalist: Serious Black: I wonder how many of the candidates who think waterboarding isn't torture would be willing to undergo waterboarding to prove it.

Didn't some right-wing shock jock talk about the same thing, and they arranged it for him?

As I remember, he lasted like...5 seconds before he gave up.

And he changed his mind on the subject on the spot. Turns out, it 'is' torture after all. lol

It was Christopher Hitchens, and yes, he definitely agreed that it is torture afterward.

You are right Christopher did it but I think he's talking about Mancow

Ah, yes, I remember that now. Pretty sad that the few people who decided to back up their stance on waterboarding ended up recanting their views.

How is that sad?

That they're a bunch of wusses. Presumably they're a bunch of tough guys if they think that they can handle a few minutes of waterboarding, and every last one of them has shown they're weak, pathetic, and sniveling like the rest of us.

violentsalvation: But my god Bachmann sure keeps getting crazier every single day. ACLU runs the CIA? LOL WUT?

I don't even...

Serious Black: LoneWolf343: Serious Black: TheGhostofFarkPast: Serious Black: Infernalist: Serious Black: I wonder how many of the candidates who think waterboarding isn't torture would be willing to undergo waterboarding to prove it.

Didn't some right-wing shock jock talk about the same thing, and they arranged it for him?

As I remember, he lasted like...5 seconds before he gave up.

And he changed his mind on the subject on the spot. Turns out, it 'is' torture after all. lol

It was Christopher Hitchens, and yes, he definitely agreed that it is torture afterward.

You are right Christopher did it but I think he's talking about Mancow

Ah, yes, I remember that now. Pretty sad that the few people who decided to back up their stance on waterboarding ended up recanting their views.

How is that sad?

That they're a bunch of wusses. Presumably they're a bunch of tough guys if they think that they can handle a few minutes of waterboarding, and every last one of them has shown they're weak, pathetic, and sniveling like the rest of us.

I call it nicksteeling.

The only people who should be feeling any frustration at all are the sane remnants of the GOP.

The insane majority think that the debate went well.

The rest of us are buying stock in Jiffy Pop.

2wolves: bootman: Didn't America try, convict, sentence and execute some former Japanese military officials for water boarding American prisoners? If so than aren't they now entitled to posthumous pardons? It is fairly hard to argue that anyone America has admitted to water boarding posed anywhere near as much of a comparative existential threat to the Japanese Empire than the USA during WWII.

Your facts and logic have no place on Fark. Begone!

Ooh-ooh-ooh, citation!!!

McCain: Japanese Hanged For Waterboarding

Given that this emanated from the pie-hole of a politician I enjoy immunity from charges of facts or logic.

The rule on conservatrism is, you're allowed to feel nostalgic for your childhood but when you want to turn the clock back to the way things were before you were born, you have officially stepped over the line into John Birch Society reaction and you opinions can be automatically dismissed.

Cut poor Romney some slack. The guy has been pursuing the presidency for the past 20 years. He's finally gotten to the head of the line where he's supposed to automatically receive the republican nomination and these crazy farks with their extremist views try to cut in front of him (note to "conservatives": if one of your cunning plans requires amending the Constitution, think of some other way to do it; if more than one of them requires amending the Constitution, not only are you not a conservative, you would be doing your party and your country a favor by just going away). He figures if he can just avoid shooting himself in the foot over some ideological quibble the knuckledraggers are worked up about, he can win the nomination. And if he can dance fast enough while wearing flip flops, he can win the presidency. And once he's president, he can enact the sensible policies the country needs.

Vote Romney in 2012: He'll do exactly what Obama has been trying to do, but the republicans won't block everything in Congress.