{"id":649,"date":"2008-02-14T07:05:24","date_gmt":"2008-02-14T12:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/02\/14\/mccain-put-me-down-as-a-yes-for-torture-please\/"},"modified":"2008-02-14T10:01:12","modified_gmt":"2008-02-14T15:01:12","slug":"mccain-put-me-down-as-a-yes-for-torture-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/02\/14\/mccain-put-me-down-as-a-yes-for-torture-please\/","title":{"rendered":"McCain: Put Me Down as a Yes for Torture, Please"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, McCain&#8217;s certainly making it easier for people like me to disabuse anyone of the notion that the man has any principles (nevermind admirable principles).  McCain, who has publicly and repeatedly claimed to oppose waterboarding as torture &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2008\/02\/senate_passes_bill_with_ban_on.php\">yesterday voted against the bill banning waterboarding<\/a>.  Musn&#8217;t be on the wrong side of George Bush, it seems, even when that makes you pro-torture.  Straight-talkin&#8217; maverick, indeed.  This man will continue to debase himself on any issue, in the (almost certainly fruitless) pursuit of the White House.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update: <\/strong>TPM <a href=\"http:\/\/tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2008\/02\/todays_must_read_276.php\">has a further look<\/a> at the various contortions used to try and explain this vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, McCain&#8217;s certainly making it easier for people like me to disabuse anyone of the notion that the man has any principles (nevermind admirable principles). McCain, who has publicly and repeatedly claimed to oppose waterboarding as torture &#8211; yesterday voted against the bill banning waterboarding. Musn&#8217;t be on the wrong side of George Bush, it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Well, McCain&#039;s certainly making it easier for people like me to disabuse anyone of the notion that the man has any principles (nevermind admirable principles). 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