Challenging Questions from the Ruth Institute (and my Response) ...

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Tuesday May 18, 2010 · 9:43 AM PDT

2010/05/18 · 09:43

Thought I would respond to a series of "challenging questions" from the Ruth Institute in place of Dante Atkins in his ongoing exchange with the Ruth Institute.

Here is their crap. Their questions and my response below the fold.

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Saturday May 16, 2009 · 12:06 AM PDT

2009/05/16 · 00:06

So, simply saying that torture is wrong, immoral, and ineffective has been thrown out as truly eye-opening arguments for investigations?

Well played, Republicans.

Despite their status, they manage to still come up with a few cards up their sleeves.

However, they are still operating in a very limited purview. Although the public is still largely on the sidelines, they have started to take notice. There are a few polls that show that the public will support (note the distinction) an investigation.

On top of that, the Republicans have largely been playing defense. While the Democratic party hasn’t played offense particularly well on this, they managed to get the Republican party on overdrive. Getting Cheney and his daughter to come out of the wood-works to defend torture isn’t too bad, considering that the best possible outcome would still be making the party look old and outdated.

And Gingrich. Seriously?

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