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Democrats may come to regret not opposing Bush on torture
Democratic support for the torture and detention bill is as politically unwise as it is wrong on the merits.
Glenn Greenwald [2006-09-27]

  • What can we do to get the Democrats to move on this?

    Dear Mr. Greenwald, I have been reading your articles daily for the last week. (since you replaced Tim Grieve - is he on vacation?) You have been consistently great on the torture bill.

    I have written many e-mails, and made at least three phone calls to my Senators, Boxer and Feinstein on this issue. As I put it in my e-mail to the Democratic Party, "What in holy hell is wrong with [the Democratic Party]? They are walking into the SAME trap that Rove set up for them in 2002, which is trying to "look like the Republicans" on the issue of the War on Terror. This has been the case all year, with the dismal support for Feingold's Censure Resolution and the failure to filibuster the Alito nomination.

    As you predict in your article today, if the Democrats can't stand for anything, why bother to go out and vote for them?

    I am absolutely convinced that if the Democrats were to take a stand, and say "Americans Don't Torture," and filibuster the torture bill successfully, that they would survive the Rovian spin on it. Rove's spin is old, and tired. Yet, if the Democrats don't wake up, and filibuster the bill, he will use it successfully to defeat them at the polls.

    Thanks for your great articles. Keep up the good work.

    Farbie

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    Thursday, September 28, 2006 10:02 AM
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