statements from Dems who voted for Bush torture bill (most silent) [View All]

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> Most Democrats Voting For Bush Torture Bill Silent About It
> by Bob Geiger | Sep 30 2006 - 10:51am | permalink
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> Yet the 12 Democrats who checked their consciences at the Senate cloakroom and voted in favor of the Bush Administration's torture bill this week, have almost nothing to say about their votes. In case you haven't seen the roster of who voted with Republicans on this, here they are:
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> * Thomas Carper (D-DE)
> * Tim Johnson (D-SD)
> * Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
> * Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
> * Joe Lieberman (D-CT)
> * Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
> * Bill Nelson (D-FL)
> * Ben Nelson (D-NE)
> * Mark Pryor (D-AR)
> * Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)
> * Ken Salazar (D-CO)
> * Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
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> Finally, we have Joe Lieberman, who has a press release announcing his vote and setting the bar awfully low for what it takes for him to follow George W. Bush.
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> “I voted for this bill because I believe it is better than the Administration's original proposal to respond to the Supreme Court's Hamdan decision," said Lieberman. "I would have much preferred the bill we reported out of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and I supported amendments to this bill because they addressed concerns I had. I regret that they were rejected by the Senate.”
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> But Joe clearly did not regret it enough to vote the right way on the torture bill.
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> There's currently a big argument going on in the Progressive community on the tension between calling Democrats on stances that are so antithetical to what being a Democrat is supposed to mean and making Republicans positively gleeful by bashing our own side six weeks before a crucial election...........