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Fox's Johnson Jr.: "Reconciliation is kind of the legislative form of waterboarding ... an effort to flout the Constitution"

March 11, 2010 10:15 pm ET

From the March 11 edition of Fox News' Hannity:

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    • Author by bintx (March 11, 2010 10:15 pm ET)
         
      Liar.
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    • Author by whatIthink (March 11, 2010 10:32 pm ET)
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      But wait, FOX and their resident talking heads have said over and over that there is nothing wrong with using waterboarding...therefore if reconciliation is like waterboarding, then there's nothing wrong with using it. Gee, thanks FOX.
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (March 11, 2010 10:33 pm ET)
         
      He offers no explanation why it's flouting the Constitution...only right wing talking points about why he doesn't like it.
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      • Author by Les Philling (March 11, 2010 11:55 pm ET)
           
        Right, the US Constitution demands super majorities only for amendments to it.
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        • Author by John Paradox (March 12, 2010 1:45 am ET)
             
          Actually, IIRC, super majorities are needed to admit a new state, too.
          [Hey, it's late, "The Daily Colbert" is coming up soon, and I am fading in spite of the caffeine]
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      • Author by aBeck in 10-O-C (March 11, 2010 11:57 pm ET)
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        Johnson is the "Dr. Victor Frankenstein" of talking points. He can stitch them together into a panic-inducing monstrosity of deceit.

        If Johnson were a food critic, he could shut down the nation's restaurant industry.

        Fox News does not hire such people for their expertise or honesty in informing viewers on vital issues. They hire them for what they are willing to say on the air.
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    • Author by internet soldier (March 11, 2010 11:26 pm ET)
         
      But I thought waterboarding was perfectly benign.......
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      • Author by John Paradox (March 11, 2010 11:56 pm ET)
           
        * It's sort of like hazing, a fraternity prank. Sort of like that kind of fun.
        o Stated about abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib by United States soldiers (May 3-4, 2004), quoted in ā€” Hunt, Jim (2009). They Said What?: Astonishing Quotes on American Democracy, Power, and Dissentā€ˇ. Polipoint Press. p. 196. ISBN 0981709168.
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    • Author by mmfa.fan (March 11, 2010 11:34 pm ET)
         
      Exactly. Hannity et al think waterboarding's perfectly okay, so let's git er done!
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    • Author by Les Philling (March 12, 2010 12:01 am ET)
         
      At the end Johnson bravely asserts that if that the bill reaches the President and he signs it...drum roll...it becomes the law of the land. Well at least he settled one debate.
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