Rowhouse Logic - Breathtaking Inanity

Digby on the coalition opposing the Gonzalez nomination:

I’ll bet Al From is just frothing at the mouth over this one. Why, the Republicans are going to say that the Democratic Party is soft on terrorism, oh my gawd! Peter Beinert will caution that we are giving up the moral high ground by failing to show that we are serious about fighting islamic fundamentalism. Oh heck!

But then, others might think that SOMEBODY SHOULD STAND UP FOR THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, goddamnit. Apparently that isn’t popular these days, but sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and do the right thing. This is the right thing.

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Let them call us shrill. At least people will know that torture is a line beyond which we will not cross. Jesus, to think there isn’t a consensus on even that…

That coalition just got a little bigger with addition of several retired military officers. While they are not opposing his nomination outright, they are asking that the Senate hold tough confirmation hearings. Unfortunately, I don’t have any hope that the Senate Democrats will grow a spine on this, or any, issue.

Roll over, play dead, punt from the 30 while you’re down by two scores in the fourth quarter and wonder why you keep losing.

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