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Why do Feinstein and Wyden sound much different on the torture issue now?

The two Senators spent the year emphatically insisting that the CIA's interrogators comply with the Army Field Manual. With Democrats in control, they're not so emphatic any longer

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  • Friday, December 5, 2008 06:32 AM

    Oh!, Retzilian

    "I would call it more of a coup. And not all that peaceful. And they aren't letting go without a fight."-- Retzilian

    What makes you think they'll let go even with a fight?

    Way back when.....one of the tactics discussed by the Right, when talking about reclaiming their country, was to spend us into oblivion so that there would be no money available for so-called Great Society programs. All this happy horseshit talk about smaller government, lower taxes, etc., is merely a ruse to their mouthbreathing base. They, the Right, don't care about the size of government as long as that government does what they want and forces each of us to do it also.

    Insha'Jesus.

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