President G.L. Bush (G.L. stands for "Generational Loss) never ceases to amaze me when it comes to bad ideas. What amazes me even more is the spineless way that Congress rubber-stamps the worst of the worst. I finally tracked down the roll call vote on Senate Bill 3930, the Torture Bill. This bill makes torture legal by not calling it torture. It specifically would allow tactics such as waterboarding, and would immunize interrogators from liability even when they cross the line. Not only that, but generally, information obtained by torture would be admissible in what passes for a trial of "enemy combatants".
For a while, during the debate, it looked like McCain and a few other Republicans would stop this mess. In the end, however, McCain did what he has done consistently since before the 2000 election, complain about Bush, then roll over and let Bush have his way. I wonder what kind of dirt that Bush has on McCain to turn feisty McCain into a lapdog.
So anyway, look at the vote. To make things easy, I will tell you that the only Republican senator to vote against the bill was Chaffee of Rhode Island. Good for you, Senator Chaffee! The Democrats who listened to the wind and headed the way of agonized screams were
Carper - DE
Menendez - NJ
Lieberman - CT
Lautenberg NJ
Landriew - LA
Johnson - SD
Nelson - FL
Nelson - NE
Rockefeller - WV
Salazar - C0
Stabenow - Mi
If you live in a state with a senator who voted for this travesty, I urge you to send your senator a picture of a waterboard, and ask the senator how they would like it if their son/daughter was tied to a waterboard in North Korea.
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