What used to be obvious
September 6th, 2008
Via Andrew Sullivan:
Vive La Resistance
“Every single human being has the right to a fair trial and to be treated humanely by their captors. John McCain, of all people, should understand this. He was a prisoner of war. On the one fundamental issue that his entire campaign is centered around - the character-building experience of his POW stint - he gets it wrong.
America cannot be a shining beacon of light in the world when we condone policies of treating our enemies with the same standards as the Viet Cong treated their enemies…
Every criminal, no matter how heinous their crimes, deserves humane treatment and a fair and expedient trial. Period. That is a fundamental human right.
When you’re giving the central speech of your party’s convention, to make a joke out of it makes a joke out of me. Not just as a (former) Republican, but as an American. This morning, I donated $250 to Barack Obama’s campaign,” - a former Ron Paul Republican.
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