Comments on: FDL Welcomes Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

By: anwaya

anwaya — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:34:38 +0000

Hear, hear! I count myself in that number.

By: MartyInNH

MartyInNH — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:28:19 +0000

Sen. Whitehouse is a true gem in the Senate, especially on Judiciary. One of the high points of working on the campaigns last fall was an opportunity to tell him that in person.

Even though he may not have answered every question, he read what is on our collective mind and I am confident he will weave much of that into what happens next.

By: Nell

Nell — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:40:22 +0000

state of ~~Maine~~ Rhode Island

By: tejanarusa

tejanarusa — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:58:44 +0000

Oh, man, I wish I had known in time to be here. Still, it’s interesting reading.

jayt - thanks for mentioning that. I was a bit concerned when I read that, too. The subject was one raised on another thread this a.m., and it’s clear that many citizens have a skewed view of how/when one who may be contemplating commission of a FUTURE crime should be treated.

By: Cynthia Kouril, Esq.

Cynthia Kouril, Esq. — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:35:17 +0000

Senator, If there is no special prosecutor, and no truth commission with a mandate to refer cases for prosecutions, do you see any indication that DOJ has any interest whatsoever in opening investigations into torture?

By: BooRadley

BooRadley — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:05:45 +0000

Well stated.

Thank you.

By: DWBartoo

DWBartoo — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:31:39 +0000

We have yet to ‘find’ an American politician who might be termed a ’stiff belt’, (Kucinich? Any others, even as ‘possibilities’?) weak tea and milquetoast appear to constitute the ‘menu’ …

Perhaps they all have ‘false’ teeth (or ‘false’ tongues), or worse, are miserable ‘gummers’?

;~(

By: jayt

jayt — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:13:48 +0000

If I (late to the party as usual) may be allowed to jump in, I’d say that that was an incredibly weak, specious reply.

The implication that any opposition to U.S. policy connotes a mental aberration is fatuous. By extension, nearly the entire populations of many Middle Eastern countries, possibly including Israel, definitely North Korea, and the hard-line faction in Iran could all be lined up at the doors of our limited mental health facilities.

I’d venture a guess that Sen. Whitehouse isn’t offering up facilities in the State of Maine to that purpose.

Weak tea indeed. Though perhaps we should offer him a mulligan on that one.

By: greenbird4751

greenbird4751 — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:10:11 +0000

boomers and late-boomers also got iran-contra, so it’s a wash, and one reason we (me) feel alarmed. i have faith and confidence in you, sen. whitehouse, and very much appreciate your presence here today. there must be no way this time for high crimes to slip the noose, figuratively.

By: dmac

dmac — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:09:40 +0000

hey kirk, i’ve been pursuing an angle of that…..see my 108 and listen to that show..i know, dial-up, so listen to it at work.

also had dr. steven miles, author of
Oath Betrayed: Torture, Medical Complicity, and the War on Terror

you probably already know about him.