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Old Nov 6th, 2007, 09:54 AM       
Yes, damnit! It's about Mukasey like this.

Torture is illegal. You can do all the fancy footwork you want, but under our current system of laws it's illegal.

Personally, I think that's good, because I think it's wrong, but my emotional reaction has nothing to do with Mukasey's nomination.

If you allow a nominee to become attorney general who is willling to say "I find breaking the law acceptable under certain circumstances" That's a problem. Because of his office, it's a damn problem if he says it's okay to drive above the damn speed limit or Jay Walk, and it's by degree a bigger problem when the crime in question is torture, and in addition, he's saying it's okay for the attorney general to perjure himself as long as that's what the President wants. It doesn't matter if you think torture is justified any more than I think torturers are subhuman. It's the law.

You can't have a dog catcher who thinks some dogs should be allowed to run around free biting people. You can't have a fire chief who thinks it's okay if some people burn up. And you can't have an attorney general who says it is okay for some people to break the law.

I'm sure we've had dog catcher's, fire chiefs and attorney generals who've done all that. I'm sure it's the rule and not the exception, but it's WRONG.

And I agree with you, there's not a liberal out there, and if this damn election leaves me feeling like I have little choice but to vote for Hillary I may take a dump in the voting booth.
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