Lieberman Jokes About Waterboarding: "How about calling it The Cheney Resort & Rehabilitation Spa?"

[kpete]

Lieberman Jokes About Waterboarding

Fun times as Joe Lieberman has a grand old time yukking it up about Dick Cheney and waterboarding during a speech last night at the Alfafa Club:

****On foreign affairs, I understand what Guantanamo has come to mean in world opinion. But we can fix that, without closing Guantanamo.

All we have to do is change its name. How about calling it the Richard B. Cheney Resort and Rehabilitation Spa?

I bet the water sports will be really great.
http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/torture/lieberman-jokes-about-waterboarding/

[Kingofalldems]

1. He's a snake. Take that chairmanship from him now.

[belpejic]

13. What an immoral lizard.

Why does this guy still have his chairmanship?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

2. Wonder how he would feel about doing the same to Auschwitz?

Fucking a-hole.

[Solly Mack]

3. Well, torture does become a big joke in a country that won't prosecute war criminals.

Sure, I'm offended by his comments but then I don't expect any better from the likes of Lieberman...even still, the far greater offense is Bush/Cheney getting away with their crimes.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

7. It is our Achilles’ heel

It leaves me feeling despondent about the future for the people of this country.

[Solly Mack]

12. Me too

[Oceansaway]

4. and lapdog Durbin was

instrumental in helping Lieberman keep his chair....

Durbin is an asshole for that.....

[yellowcanine]

5. Har Har. Holy Joe is just a barrel of laughs. Some people died Joe. Do you think that is funny?

Jerk.

[Lasher]

8. I think it's time for Lieberman to take a turn at the spa.

I'm sure he would think it's a barrel of laughs.

[Oceansaway]

11. great idea....n/t

[Vinnie From Indy]

6. Just another "factoid" that prves Joe Lieberman is a despicable human being

It is remarkable that Lieberman would make such a statement in light of his heritage.

[blondeatlast]

9. If anyone HAS to be a guest there,I'd take up a collection for Bert the Turtle

to to have an extended stay.

[CTD]

10. Un-fucking-believable

To make that kind of joke, he clearly has to hold a seriously racist view of Muslims and see them as sub-human. There is just no other way to make that kind of joke and find it even remotely acceptable.

[randr]

14. Sent him an email

Hey Joe have you heard the one about the Nazi Resort and Rehabilitation Spa?

[Kingofalldems]

15. Kick and rec

[Jennicut]

16. How about Joe move there from his chushy house in Stamford.

Sheesh...he cannot stop being my Senator soon enough.

[L0oniX]

17. The fact that this asshole caucuses with the Dems speaks volumes about Dems.

WTF ...gutless assholes won't get rid of his ass! No spine. Maybe they all fear AIPAC too much.

[Blue Owl]

18. Real funny Joe

Almost as funny as the 40,000+ Americans who died this past year because of no health insurance.

Fuck off, Lieberman.

:mad:

[bdamomma]

19. what a jerk off he is, he needs to go!!!!

[FiveGoodMen]

20. How about sending Joe to that spa right now?

:grr:

[struggle4progress]

21. Lieberman on Torture (2008)

February 14, 2008 6:50 PM | Permalink

Sen. Joe Lieberman, the "Independent Democrat," joined Senate Republicans this week trying to oppose a bill banning interrogation techniques, including waterboarding. The bill passed Wednesday (though the White House has threatened a veto.) But the senator explained more of his view on torture and waterboarding on Thursday.

The bill would restrict all government agents to the use of techniques described in the Army Field Manual, which doesn't allow physical methods of interrogation. Why does Lieberman oppose the idea? Because he sees information, including classified reports, that lead him to believe "the terrorists are actively planning, plotting to attack us again. I want our government to be able to gather information."

"The ban was much too broad," he said ...

He said the record shows it has been successful. "Generally speaking, it has worked to elicit information from people." He doesn't believe it constitutes torture under the Geneva Conventions, and he said its effects are only psychological. "It's not like you're putting burning coals on peoples' bodies" ...

http://blogs.courant.com/on_background/2008/02/lieberman-on-torture.html

looks like Jo has now decided he needs to distance himself from his former positions