Stupidest quote of the week

[Political Tiger]

"I mean, one of the reasons these techniques {torture} have survived for about 500 years is apparently they work."
Psychopathic Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)

(Former FBI interrogator Ali Soufan responded, “Because, sir, there’s a lot of people who don’t know how to interrogate, and it’s easier to hit somebody than outsmart them.”)

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/13/graham-torture-500-years/

[ColbertWatcher]

1. Stupidest quote answered with the most sane quote. n/t

[Political Tiger]

3. True! n/t

[TreasonousBastard]

2. I heard that on NPR yesterday, and almost wrecked my car.

[baldguy]

4. k&r

[underpants]

5. Republicans: Let's take America back to the 16th century

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[Buzz Clik]

7. Graham is a moron.

[Hepburn]

15. Please do not insult morons....

...Graham is an evil torture loving mother fucker.

JMHO

[spanone]

8. just goes to show you that lawyers are dumbfucks too

[slampoet]

9. So i guess the reason sodomy has existed for 1000's of years is also because it works?

So i guess the reason murder has existed for 1000's of years is also because it works?
So i guess the reason political corruption has existed for 1000's of years is also because it works?

[surrealAmerican]

10. k & r

He should be embarrassed about spouting this nonsense, but probably isn't.

[L0oniX]

11. It's scary to think this asshole was a prosecutor. I wonder how many innocent people are in jail...

because of him.

[nichomachus]

12. Torture does get answers

But all it gets is the answers you want to hear -- not the right answers. People under torture will eventually tell you what you want to hear.

This is why the best way to avoid being tortured is to tell people exactly what they want to hear. You're going to do it eventually and that way you can go right to the bullet in the head or the beheading without all the nastiness in between.

[jfkraus]

13. Why does Graham hate our troops?

Is he saying it is OK for our enemies to torture our captured troops just because it works? Idiot. There is no justification for torture-- ever. Torture is evil. Ask yourself Mr. Graham, "Would Jesus torture?"

[dorkulon]

14. That hearing was a travesty.

It really bothered me that neither Graham nor Whitehouse would let Soufan speak at the end of the hearing, because Whitehouse "had to catch a plane" and Graham had some sad-ass talking points to administer. Graham at one point promised to let Soufan say his piece, and then didn't. It was pathetic, and Graham needs to understand that this video is going to be shown in a lot of future documentaries, in which Graham will be remembered as a monster.

[DCKit]

16. Graham must be the model BushCo had in mind for teachers under NCLB.

Long on conservative, neocon, true believer dogma, yet painfully clueless and completely divorced from the factual universe - a perfect, empty-headed vessel for their message.

Does he go home at night to a worried (even terrified) spouse/family and reassure them with "It's O.K. honey, it's just the job. I'm not really insane or suffering from terminal stoopid"?