Charles Schumer Just Lost My Vote
New York‘s senior US Senator, Charles Schumer, just lost my vote. He is supporting the nomination of Michael Mukasey to become Attorney General of the United States, even though Mukasey flatly refused to tell the U.S. Senate whether he will regard waterboarding is a form of torture.
1. Michael Mukasey directly insulted the right of the Senate to practice oversight and to be anything but a rubber stamp in the confirmation process
2. Michael Mukasey has implicitly endorsed a form of torture. That’s illegal. The new Attorney General of the United States is going to be endorsing, if not directing, criminal behavior on the part of the government.
Thanks to Charles Schumer, this will pass. Senator Schumer makes a weak Senate the new status quo.
This is the straw that breaks the camel’s back. It started with Chuck Schumer’s decision to help George W. Bush start a war in Iraq, and goes downhill to this point.
Senator Chuck Schumer is now on the record as supporting torture.
Thanks for nothing, Senator Schumer.
I will support any progressive who runs for Senate in 2010. I will not support Chuck Schumer. He does not represent the values of New York State.
Date: November 2, 2007
Categories: Democratic Losers, liberty




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