Bush’s Bitch

I can’t begin to explain how much respect I used to have for John McCain. I donated to his Presidential campaign. I had such high hopes for him as a leader. As a Homecoming debriefer I heard first hand what American pilots suffered in North Vietnam. Some were even used as guinea pigs by visiting Cuban interrogators experimenting with torture techniques. But in his uncontrollable lust to become President Mr. McCain is sliding down that slippery slope of compromise losing fingernails one at a time. The fact is that the Republican troika of McCain, Warner and Graham caved to the White House. We will continue to torture and our torturers will be safe from harm:

AGREEMENT UPON COMMON ARTICLE 3
SEC. 7. TREATY OBLIGATIONS NOT ESTABLISHING GROUNDS FOR CERTAIN CLAIMS. (a) IN GENERAL. No person may invoke the Geneva Conventions or any protocols thereto in any habeas or civil action or proceeding to
which the United States, or a current or former officer, employee,
member of the Armed Forces, or other agent of the United States, is a
party as a source of rights, in any court of the United States or its
States or territories.

Not that President Bush would have lived up to any agreement made anyway. Normally, he would issue a signing statement and do what he wants. But the new agreement (not yet debated or voted on in the House or Senate) offers this:

(3)INTERPRETATION BY THE PRESIDENT. (A) As provided by the Constitution and by this section, the President has the authority for the United States to interpret the meaning and application of the Geneva Conventions and to promulgate higher standards and administrative regulations for violations of treaty obligations which are not grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions.

Poor Senator McCain. Once a lauded hero. Now Bush’s Bitch.

Comments

[Kevin]

I agree completely about McCain. My first venture into cyber politics was a cruder version of my The Independent Voter site, with the sole purpose of trying to galvanize support for McCain's 2000 bid among Independents. But he proved during the 2004 race that his desire to be President was greater than his ethics when he chose to become Bush's Bitch.

Bush's arguments for why he wants to torture detainees are vapid at best.