Republican Lindsay Graham speaking against habeas corpus...

[Eric J in MN]

..on the Senate floor now.

Just said that the military should determine if a prisoner is a combatant, and civilian judges can't make that judgement.

[annabanana]

1. astounding, isn't it. . . . n/t

[Eric J in MN]

6. Lindsay Graham just added that prisoners shouldn't be able

...to sue over mistreatment.

Lindsay Graham is agaisnst human rights.

The whole rebel-Republican thing for standing up to Bush on an issue (and then caving) is bogus.

[pscot]

28. Lindsay is one of the more flexible republicans

He was for habeus corpus before he was against it. Just like he was against impeachment before he was for it. He knows the difference between right and wrong, but he''s willing to overlook it.

[joemurphy]

2. Why is it a bad thing to give a detainee, after detention,

the right to ask a court why he is being held?

[originalpckelly]

5. Terrorist loving pinko-commie-socialist liberal!

:rofl: Why do you hate America? Could it be SATAN? :sarcasm:

[Eric J in MN]

7. Only the military should get to decide, according to Lindsay Graham. NT

NT

[Warren DeMontague]

15. Because! That's giving the "bad people" rights!

Bad People want to HURT YOU! Anyone who argues that a "bad person" deserves rights, like a fair trial, is a Bad People Lover and Probably a Bad People, themselves!

[KansDem]

27. LET ME! LET ME! ooh-ooh, I want to answer this one!

Because...um...if you are innocent...then...um...uh...then you wouldn't be detained. And if...uh...if you are detained...uhhhh...then you are...ummm...are....uh...not innocent!

Is that right? :silly:

[ComerPerro]

3. I suspect more and more every day that they are just setting things

into motion so they can arrest and torture dissenters without ever having to charge them or give them a trial.

[unpossibles]

11. as much as I would like to think otherwise, I agree

or at the very least, they are setting it up as a backup plan in case things get ugly and we try to actually throw the bums out when they refuse to leave.

[ComerPerro]

18. Anyone who runs for office against a Repub is a terrorist

and will be arrested

[jimshoes]

24. I've been thinking

the same thing ComerPerro. I get more depressed each day reading some of the days events.

[Dem2theMax]

29. Bingo.

Can my rubber raft make it all the way to Italy?

[BelgianMadCow]

4. there are lawsuits against Bush*co!!! Nooooo can't have that, do we

:sarcasm:

[Eric J in MN]

8. God forbid that our laws are enforced through lawsuits.

Better that our laws are violated (sarcasm.)

[Garbo 2004]

9. So Graham advocates military rule rather than civilian rule of law?

Graham took an oath to defend the Constitution, time to resign your commission and your seat.

[LSK]

10. Specter is questioning Graham now

Specter will not let it go.

[SaveOurDemocracy]

12. Ahhhhhhhh yes, there's the old Lindsay...

... Graham we all knew and LOATHED during the Clinton Rethug Impeachment witch-hunt.

[oasis]

23. The powers that be threatened him again with that skeleton in his closet.

Or better put, that "closet" in his closet.;-)

[BootinUp]

13. Overlooking the obvious

This is not a conventional war and the military is not in a position to correctly determine whether these men are enemy combatants.

[SaveOurDemocracy]

19. This is a statutory problem..

... NOT a constitutional problem ... according to Lindsay Graham.

[MrCoffee]

14. Is Specter putting up a fight?

He just asked Graham "what do you do about the Constitutional 'invasion or public rebellion' language"?

[LSK]

17. yes he is!

[MrCoffee]

21. my head is spinning.

[thereismore]

16. I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! Just look at his face, it's all in there.

What a nasty turd.

[Eric J in MN]

20. Now Lindsay Graham is saying: Don't worry...

...the military will provide all the review that's needed. No need to let a judge look at whether someone is beng held lawfully.

[jimshoes]

25. I don't want the military to have

that kind of power. What the fuck is wrong with these scumbags. The Nazi's had that kind of power, that scares the shit out of me.

[MrCoffee]

22. Warner can go cram it with walnuts.

[NNN0LHI]

26. Graham needs to go back to racking balls for a living

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1535846-3,00.html

>>>Making his own way is nothing new for Graham. He grew up in the rooms behind the Sanitary Cafe, a pool hall, bar and liquor store that his parents owned in Central, S.C. Graham's father, known as Dude, tended bar for the millworker clientele; the future Senator racked balls and answered phones.<<<