“It’s not McCarthyism if I get to be Tailgunner Joe”
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 9th, 2010 5:51 am by HL
“It’s not McCarthyism if I get to be Tailgunner Joe”
Marc Theissen is outraged and it’s a day ending in “Y” — how quaint, and ‘How dare the Justice Department hire people that give a damn about the Constitution’.
Marc Thiessen and Rummy dwell upon their heroism
The ‘liberal Post Editorial Page’s’ latest hire, Marc Thiessen is out there to prove his hippy punching bona fides by beating up James Madison:
One lawyer in the National Security Division of Holder’s Justice Department, Jennifer Daskal, has written that any terrorist not charged with a crime “should be released from Guantanamo’s system of indefinite detention” even though “at least some of these men may … join the battlefield to fight U.S. soldiers and our allies another day.” Should a lawyer who advocates setting terrorists free, knowing they may go on to kill Americans, have any role in setting U.S. detention policy? My hunch is that most Americans would say no.
Do other lawyers in question hold similarly radical and dangerous views?
First of all, nice loading of the assumptions before the actual quotes there a-hole. Second, how awful, an American lawyer believing in the American Constitution [Article I, Sec. 9] — how radical and dangerous! And those known radicals on the Supreme Court have agreed with them.
Surely, only Marc Thiessen understands that “FoxNews Facts” trump the Constitution every time. So bring on the McCarthyism from the man who describes torturers as his real heroes.
Early Morning Swim: Dennis Kucinich Explains Why He’s Voting Against the Senate Health Care Bill on Countdown
Doesn’t he realize that Rahm needs a “win”?
Doesn’t he realize that Rahm needs a “win”?
Kucinich’s objections are sincere. And Obama and Pelosi would be wise to listen to them — rather than simply try and “whip” the congressman to vote for legislation that can still be improved.
In particular, Kucinich has demanded that barriers to states developing single-payer “Medicare for All” programs be removed. Kucinich wants Congress to waive existing federal restrictions and to address federal laws that might be interpreted as supporting insurance company suits against states that provide more extensive coverage than is currently proposed by the president.
White House strategists and congressional leaders should know that Kucinich is not an outlier on this issue. The congressman has gained strong support for his practical proposals regarding state-based experimentation with “Medicare for All” initiatives — on key House committees, among members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and from real-reform backers such as the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, Progressive Democrats of America and Physicians for a National Healthcare Program.
He doesn’t sound like he’s in the mood to compromise.
Tags: Dennis Kucinich, Early Morning Swim, Health care
Late Late Night FDL: Goin’ Home
Featuring new videos by John Gorka and Dan Auerbach.
Featuring new videos by John Gorka and Dan Auerbach.
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