Getting attacked for being a Democrat in Pensacola Florida | 12 comments (12 topical, 0 hidden)
This is very frightening (none / 0)
That this could happen in America is extremely scary.  It violates every promise that was ever made to us about our country.

They put a Governor of Alabama in prison on false charges.  They unconstitutionally harrassed and arrested peaceful citizens by using SWAT teams to invade people's homes before the Republican Convention.   And now this.

When these sort of thing happens, it makes the necessity for change more urgent.  As they become more common, we must become less tolerant of the right.  There is a point where civil debate becomes meaningless and useless.

I pray that we can avert disaster.

by EveningStarNM on 09/28/2008 09:40:43 AM EST

[ Parent ]
I Particularly Liked the Part in the Debate (none / 0)
Where McCain said:

"I have opposed the president on spending, on climate change, on torture of prisoner, on - on Guantanamo Bay."

and then, later:

"So we have a long way to go in our intelligence services. We have to do a better job in human intelligence. And we've got to -- to make sure that we have people who are trained interrogators so that we don't ever torture a prisoner ever again."

This first sentence was only partially true, for the last two years McCain has voted in favor of Bush laws that allow torture, and he has defended "enhanced interrogation techniques".

But in the second sentence, McCain flat-out admits that the US tortures prisoners.  Nobody brings this up about the debate, but I thought it was significant.

IF Obama is elected Prisoner, hundreds of political prisoners will be released.

by rbruck on 09/28/2008 04:37:53 PM EST

[ Parent ]

Getting attacked for being a Democrat in Pensacola Florida | 12 comments (12 topical, 0 hidden)