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Conservative pundit: Many people want anti-torture senator waterboarded
Mike Aivaz and Muriel Kane
Published: Tuesday October 30, 2007
MSNBC's Dan Abrams reported on Monday that Michael Mukasey's nomination to be attorney general may be in trouble, due to his reluctance to say whether he believes waterboarding is torture. Even some Republicans have doubts, like Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who suggested on Sunday that he might vote against Mukasey if he does not clarify his views.
"Why won't he just say that [it's torture] and move on?" Abrams asked conservative talk radio host Michael Reagan
"Lindsey Graham went through this two years ago when he was doing every television show on the planet about torture," Reagan replied. "They passed a piece of legislation ... but Lindsey Graham, who's tied to John McCain, keeps on bringing up the very same issue -- the only two that are really after it. There are a lot of people who believe, in fact, Lindsey Graham should be the one waterboarded."
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Mike Aivaz and Muriel Kane
Published: Tuesday October 30, 2007
MSNBC's Dan Abrams reported on Monday that Michael Mukasey's nomination to be attorney general may be in trouble, due to his reluctance to say whether he believes waterboarding is torture. Even some Republicans have doubts, like Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who suggested on Sunday that he might vote against Mukasey if he does not clarify his views.
"Why won't he just say that [it's torture] and move on?" Abrams asked conservative talk radio host Michael Reagan
"Lindsey Graham went through this two years ago when he was doing every television show on the planet about torture," Reagan replied. "They passed a piece of legislation ... but Lindsey Graham, who's tied to John McCain, keeps on bringing up the very same issue -- the only two that are really after it. There are a lot of people who believe, in fact, Lindsey Graham should be the one waterboarded."
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