Bob Barr shouted down at CPAC for saying waterboarding is torture.
Listen to how this CPAC crowd reacts to the subject of torture.
First, they applaud Dan Lungren when he states that he supports enhanced interrogation techniques, and then they further applaud him when he states that he would prefer the trials of suspected terrorists to be carried out by the military.
Bob Barr then points out the laws which have been passed in the US, and asks that people respect and value those laws, by taking terrorists to court and having those courts impose either the death penalty or a life sentence without any possibility of parole. And, to be fair, there were some in the crowd who applauded him for that sentiment.
But it is simply too much for this crowd when Barr states that, "Waterboarding is torture".
At that point they start to boo him.
The conservative base simply won't accept that certain actions are beyond the pale. Even though the person who signed the UN convention against torture into United States law was their hero, Ronald Reagan.
It's a sad day for the Republican party when Ronald Reagan would be considered too soft on terrorism for their liking.
Reagan:
By giving its advice and consent to ratification of this Convention, the Senate of the United States will demonstrate unequivocally our desire to bring an end to the abhorrent practice of torture.That's the kind of sentiment which the CPAC crowd are currently booing.
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It's so odd how they put on a pedestal the great men of the past and then proceed to oppose all of their ideals. Jesus, Jefferson, Lincoln, Reagan, all would abhor the current platform of the Republican party.
Jesus, Jefferson, Lincoln, Reagan, all would abhor the current platform of the Republican party.
I couldn't agree more, SP. What's sad is that they seem so unaware of how far they have strayed from the ideals of the people they claim to idolise.
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