You are viewing an obsolete version of the DU website which is no longer supported by the Administrators. Visit The New DU.
Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Reply #8: Don't Forget Torture [View All]

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread		 This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion: Presidential (Through Nov 2009) Donate to DU
MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-02-08 11:29 PM
Response to Original message
8. Don't Forget Torture
Bill Clinton was the first president to make torture an official US policy, through "extraordinary rendition" (outsourced torture).

How nice.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
  -Let's examine the presidents I have had in my lifetime EmperorHasNoClothes  Feb-02-08 11:24 PM   #0 
  - Nicely stated. YES WE CAN!  sparosnare   Feb-02-08 11:25 PM   #1 
  - Will Rezko get to sleep in the Lincoln bedroom  billbuckhead   Feb-02-08 11:28 PM   #5 
  - what quid pro quo deals will Bill Clinton be making in the WH?  cryingshame   Feb-02-08 11:28 PM   #6 
  - But Obama runs on "new politics"  billbuckhead   Feb-02-08 11:34 PM   #17 
     - What evidence do you have that Obama did anything wrong with Rezko?  Alexander   Feb-02-08 11:38 PM   #21 
        - He bought a his home from his next door gangster who gave him political $?  billbuckhead   Feb-02-08 11:42 PM   #23 
  - Like Bill? You think Obama wants to repeat the mistakes of the Clintons?  John Q. Citizen   Feb-02-08 11:40 PM   #22 
     - The Obamas want to be an affirmative action version of the Clintons  billbuckhead   Feb-02-08 11:43 PM   #24 
        - Take your negativity elsewhere  EmperorHasNoClothes   Feb-03-08 12:04 AM   #31 
        - Are you a paranoid Kool-aid reseller?  billbuckhead   Feb-03-08 12:32 AM   #34 
        - So you are saying that the Clintons oppose affirmative action?  John Q. Citizen   Feb-03-08 12:23 AM   #32 
  - Please clarify  emilyg   Feb-02-08 11:30 PM   #12 
  - Have a fucking revolution that is being televised on C-span!  FrenchieCat   Feb-02-08 11:32 PM   #14 
  - Fix this country, my dear.  sparosnare   Feb-02-08 11:36 PM   #18 
  - CAN what?  aquart   Feb-02-08 11:46 PM   #27 
  - Mobilizing millions of people would make any president one of the best in history  Levgreee   Feb-02-08 11:26 PM   #2 
  - Working to do WHAT change?  aquart   Feb-02-08 11:44 PM   #25 
     - Crush the DLC, for one thing. If Hill can't win the nomination, it's the end for those scumbags.  John Q. Citizen   Feb-03-08 12:27 AM   #33 
  - We're about the same age.  thecatburgler   Feb-02-08 11:27 PM   #3 
  - YES WE CAN....do what, exactly?  hiaasenrocks   Feb-02-08 11:27 PM   #4 
  - Look around you at everything that's wrong, and that could be changed just if people cared  Levgreee   Feb-02-08 11:31 PM   #13 
  - What's the substance?  hiaasenrocks   Feb-02-08 11:34 PM   #16 
  - I'm not certain of anything  EmperorHasNoClothes   Feb-02-08 11:45 PM   #26 
     - So "YES WE CAN!" is really more like "MAYBE WE CAN TRY?"  hiaasenrocks   Feb-02-08 11:50 PM   #29 
        - I should amend that - I am certain of ONE thing  EmperorHasNoClothes   Feb-02-08 11:54 PM   #30 
           - But don't try to fly off a cliff because of drinking too much kool-aid  billbuckhead   Feb-03-08 12:34 AM   #35 
           - More slogans. You're not saying anything.  hiaasenrocks   Feb-03-08 09:08 AM   #39 
  - Kick!  usregimechange   Feb-02-08 11:29 PM   #7 
  - Don't Forget Torture  MannyGoldstein   Feb-02-08 11:29 PM   #8 
  - YES WE CAN!  TexasObserver   Feb-02-08 11:30 PM   #9 
  - For the first time, I won't have to chose the lesser of two evils  sab3rX   Feb-02-08 11:30 PM   #10 
  - JFK and Lyndon Johnson...nobody much belived in them..they gave us bad stuff and good  MichiganVote   Feb-02-08 11:30 PM   #11 
  - Yes. We. Can.  Kittycat   Feb-02-08 11:32 PM   #15 
  - Yes we can...  stillcool47   Feb-02-08 11:36 PM   #19 
  - Do you see a pattern here?  UALRBSofL   Feb-02-08 11:37 PM   #20 
  - Change is in the air  EmperorHasNoClothes   Feb-02-08 11:47 PM   #28 
  - A question  ArkySue   Feb-03-08 12:37 AM   #36 
  - and the moral of the story is . . .  OneBlueSky   Feb-03-08 03:44 AM   #37 
  - YES WE CAN!  newmajority   Feb-03-08 03:48 AM   #38 
 

Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion: Presidential (Through Nov 2009) Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC