Soul of Republican Party at stake in prison-abuse scandal debate

[Pirate Smile]

Soul of Republican Party at stake in prison-abuse scandal debate

By JOSEPH L. GALLOWAY

Knight Ridder Newspapers



WASHINGTON - There is a quiet struggle going on in the nation's capital, and the stakes are the very soul of the Republican Party and this administration.

Three senior Republican senators wrote a small amendment into the Defense Appropriations bill this summer that outlaws cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment of all detainees in American custody.

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The Bush White House is doing all that it can to stop this legislation from passing. Vice President Dick Cheney took the three senators to the wood shed and told them that their law would tie President Bush's hands in the war against terrorism. His bombast carried no weight with the three senators.

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John McCain stood up and responded that the debate was not "about who they are. It's about who we are." We are Americans, the senator said, and we hold ourselves to a higher standard than those who slaughter the innocent in Iraq or Afghanistan, or in London or on 9/11 here at home.

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/nation/12293451.htm

[Demeter]

1. You Are Assuming The GOP Has A Soul

I for one wouldn't go that far out on a limb. Does the Borg have a soul--or even a collective conscience? The GOP resembles a cancer, more than any other model of organization: Good tissue destroyed and replaced by bad in an uncontrolled and life-threatening manner.

[Pirate Smile]

2. I'm not but the author of the article is making that assumption.

:)

[Demeter]

4. But of Course

I'm not shooting the messenger, just the message--Peace.

[90-percent]

3. frame

GOP stands for torture.


GOP stands for guilty until proven innocent


-85%

[GoBlue]

5. I think he meant $oul

[carincross]

6. Read the Guardian articles

There are two articles in the 08/02/05 edition of The Guardian. They involve the torture and trials of Benyam Mohammed who was kidnapped from Pakistan and tortured in Morocco, Afghanistan, and finally Guantanamo. One reason for the torture was to force Mr. Mohammed to provide evidence against Jose Padilla.

It provides an unexpected punch to Mr. Galloway's article.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,12780,1540552,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,12780,1540558,00.html

[applegrove]

7. One is not allowed a soul when talking to freepers online. They teach

souless humor & how to grow down to adolescence.

You mean some in the GOP have just figured out that 'no soul' is policy?

What a bunch of fools!