Comments on: Chuck Schumer on ‘torture:’ ‘do what you have to do’

By: USNJIMRET

USNJIMRET — Thu, 14 May 2009 06:06:30 +0000

No, it’s just politics.
And the fact that whatever a politician says, it expires as an accountable event as soon as it’s uttered.
Much like a new car losing value the instant it leaves the dealer showroom.

By: Flagstaff

Flagstaff — Thu, 14 May 2009 05:37:49 +0000

and if investigations and prosecutions should ever happen, he has to be one of the easiest targets. The logic used by the anti-Bushies is that the lawyers advised interrogators that waterboarding is OK under certain circumstances. Schumer told them that outright torture could be OK, too.

Which is worse? And Schumer is on the record saying it.

By: vettepilot

vettepilot — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:00:55 +0000

And it would make a great commercial…

By: McKinley

McKinley — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:57:20 +0000

I’ve followed this debate somewhat closely, and I can’t recall Schumer joining Joe Biden and Jay Rockefeller in the heroics. Maybe he’s been consistent, or quiet? Maybe I’m mistaken?

By: IJB

IJB — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:07:55 +0000

…several Senate Democrat leaders, including Conference Vice Chairman Charles Schumer, announced support for delaying any prosecutions of Bush administration interrogation methods until after the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence finishes investigating the issue.

Delaying them is the first sign that they’ll drop them entirely.

I guess, in the end, Obama & the Dems have decided that this one particular grenade that they don’t want to pull the pin on.