Too far gone
Every once in awhile I snap to just how far outside the norm we are. From Today's press briefing. First from a reporter named Victoria,
Later from a reporter named Ed,
In the press room of the President, reporters are exasperated and mocking in challenging the repeated and provable lies over the documented use of torture.
This is the United States of America.
Q Does the United States practice cruelty?
MS. PERINO: No. We have gone over this several times. I'd refer you to all the previous comments that we've had in the past. Hadley -- Steve Hadley came and briefed you all in September of 2006, the President has answered public questions about this, so has the Secretary of State on multiple occasions in front of Congress, so has the Attorney General. And we have maintained that we have protected this country in a way that does not involve torture.
Q But there's a difference between cruelty and torture, is my understanding. The cruelty, by definition, is imposition of severe physical and mental pain or suffering, which is different from torture, which is --
MS. PERINO: I'm not commenting on any type of techniques or anything else that is used in order to help get us information in order to prevent terrorist attacks on this country. I'm just not going to do it.
Q But you would say that we do not practice cruel --
MS. PERINO: I can tell you flatly, as has been previously stated by the President himself and by members of his Cabinet, that this administration has not used torture.
Q What? You've got photographs.
Later from a reporter named Ed,
Q But does the administration support waterboarding, for example, which is written about again today? It's been considered a war crime since 1901. Do you -- does it --
MS. PERINO: Ed, I appreciate you trying. I'm just -- I am not going to comment.
Q But you said you don't believe in torture, but that's one tactic that --
MS. PERINO: I'm not -- I appreciate it. I am not commenting on it.
Q Are you saying we have not tortured?
MS. PERINO: That's what I'm saying.
Q How can you say that?
In the press room of the President, reporters are exasperated and mocking in challenging the repeated and provable lies over the documented use of torture.
This is the United States of America.
posted by mikevotes at
4:32 PM
3 Comments:
You know that when they start believing their own lies, we're really screwed.
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Lew Scannon, at 5:51 PM
And you know when the press starts merely parroting those lies we're screwed even more.
Honestly, we're quickly getting to the point were the American experiment is over. It didn't work. Or more specifically, it was killed by those sworn to support and defend it... and we sat by and "tsk, tsk. These are very bad men, somebody should stop them..."
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-epm, at 8:03 PM
Lew, I'm amazed that they keep lying even when faced directly with the truth. It's mindboggling.
EPM, on the counter side, the next administration will in all likelihood be Democratic, and they won't be allowed to get away with anything.
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mikevotes, at 9:09 PM
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