Why is anyone still surprised by Lindsey Graham's depravity?

[ProSense]

Lindsey Graham, true to form

By Steve Benen

On Tuesday, less than 24 hours after the Boston Marathon bombing, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) was already speaking publicly about her hopes that those responsible would be tried in military commissions.

That was before we knew much of anything about the nature of the attack or the suspects. Today, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) went quite a bit further.



The reaction from The Atlantic's David Graham rings true: Lindsey Graham "is suggesting that an American citizen, captured on American soil, should be deprived of basic constitutional rights. Keep in mind that Graham isn't just an angry citizen; he's not even just a U.S. senator. He is also a trained lawyer, a colonel in Air Force Reserve, and a member of the Judge Advocate General's Corps, the legal arm of the Air Force."

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http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/04/19/17829000-lindsey-graham-true-to-form

This is the same guy who supports torture.

Graham: Since torture techniques have ‘survived for about 500 years,’ ‘apparently they work.’

By Satyam Khanna

In today’s hearing on detainee interrogations, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) attempted to defend the Bush administration’s torture program. “Let’s have both sides of the story here,” Graham declared, saying there could be evidence that torture provided “good information.” Graham then made the puzzling claim that since torture has been used for half a millenium, it “apparently” is useful:

The Vice President is suggesting that there was good information obtained, and I’d like the committee to get that information. Let’s have both sides of the story here. I mean, one of the reasons these techniques have survived for about 500 years is apparently they work.

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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/05/13/40154/graham-torture-500-years/

[white_wolf]

1. Someone should tweet this to him as response:

" Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted"

[rurallib]

2. 'enemy combatant?'

Lyndsey spins a golden oldie for his fans

[Buns_of_Fire]

3. He USED to be somewhat rational.

But now he has to out-teabag the teabaggers, lest he get primaried.

[Odin2005]

4. He's pandering to his base.

[Mass]

5. Seems the Obama administration agrees with him at liest on the Miranda issue.

He was not read his Miranda rights.

[ProSense]

6. I seriously,

"Seems the Obama administration agrees with him at liest on the Miranda issue."

...doubt that Graham's intent is this: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022718319

I suspect Graham wants him thrown into Guantanamo and the torture process restarted.

[treestar]

7. No surprise

That was the Republicans' attitude since 911.