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The Political Carnival: Scarborough: 'How Dare You Come On This Set' And Say Torture Doesn't Work?
Think Progress: Scarborough issues a torture challenge: ‘If you have any evidence that it is not effective, let me know right now!’
The Latest on Air America: RNC Chairman Michael Steele May Resign (Video)
Scarborough: 'How Dare You Come On This Set' And Say Torture Doesn't Work?
The Political Carnival —
Scarborough ate an extra bowl of douche this morning. I personally can't wait to hear what this super secret info that Joe has is. Dick. Think Progress has the info that Joe claims to want. ...
Scarborough issues a torture challenge: ‘If you have any evidence that it is not effective, let me know right now!’
Think Progress —
This morning on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” host Joe Scarborough launched — yet again — into an angry defense of torture. When MSNBC’s Carlos Watson explained that waterboarding is ineffective, Scarborough lashed out at him, nearly kicking him off the set:
SCARBOROUGH: I’ve got to stop you right there. How do you dare come on this set and say that’s [waterboarding] not effective? That’s just not the truth! And if you have any evidence that it is not effective, let me know right now!
Watch it: ...
RNC Chairman Michael Steele May Resign (Video)
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Steele: ?Change?is being delivered in a tea bag. And that?s a wonderful thing.?
The Hollywood Liberal —
Steele: ?Change?is being delivered in a tea bag. And that?s a wonderful thing.? In a speech in Maryland today, RNC Chairman Michael Steele boasted about the renewed “energy” of the conservative movement. “The energy of our base,” he said, “is strong, it is real, and it is hungry for success.” “You can feel” this grassroots energy, Steele said, proudly touting the lobbyist-organized tea bag movement: STEELE: Those of […] In a speech in Maryland today, RNC Chairman Michael Steele boasted about the renewed “energy” of the conservative movement. “The energy of our base,” he said, “is strong, it is real, and it is hungry for success.” “You can feel” this grassroots ...
Note To Scarborough: Cheney’s Alter Ego Went To Jail At The End Of ‘A Few Good Men’
Think Progress —
Joe Scarborough’s defense of torture and its apologists has grown so desperate that he’s now resorting to quotes from fictional characters in Hollywood movies to support his position.
Indeed, this morning he said on MSNBC that in his view, the juxtaposition of President Obama’s speech on national security with former Vice President Cheney’s speech defending his torture program reminded him of the 1992 film A Few Good Men, in which a Marine is killed by two of his colleagues as they attempt to run him out of the service. (At the end of the movie, an unrepentant senior officer admits that he ordered the ...
