McCain: Rudy's Torture Views Show He's Not Qualified To Lead Military

[Yellowdogtexan]

This is getting fun to watch. Rudy is an idiot and has been making some really stupid claims that the interrogation methods he used against the mafia were the same as waterboarding. This claim is stupid on its face but it is giving Senator McCain some grounds to attack rudy very effectively in my opinion. http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/11/mccain_rudys_torture_views_show_hes_not_qualified_ to_lead_military.phpJohn McCain is throwing another rhetorical punch at Rudy Giuliani on the torture issue, this time over Rudy's comparison of "intensive questioning" to the tactics he used to go after the mafia.

“When someone says waterboarding is similar to harsh interrogation techniques used against the mafia in New York City, they do not have enough experience to lead our military,” McCain told a New Hampshire town hall last night.

Rudy told Bloomberg TV on Friday, "Intensive questioning works. If I didn't use intensive questioning, there would be a lot of Mafia guys running around New York right now, and crime would be a lot higher in New York than it is."
rudy clearly does not know what is involved in waterboarding and Senator McCain is making some great points showing that rudy is not suited to be president.

[issac the dragon]

Rudy has his own Dick Cheney giving him advice too. The man isn't fit to run anything. The mess he has made of his personal life is proof of that.

[Yellowdogtexan]

The feud is continuing . http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/2007/11/07/2007-11-07_john_mccain_unamused_with_rudy_giulianis-3.htmlMemo to Rudy Giuliani: Jokes about torture are not funny or wise, especially when one of your presidential rivals was a victim of torture himself.

The ex-mayor learned that the hard way Tuesday after an ally of John McCain - the Arizona senator tortured as a Vietnam War POW - demanded that Giuliani apologize for recent comments comparing his campaign schedule to "sleep deprivation."

"His hyperbole is an insult to all American soldiers who have had to endure real torture," said retired Marine Sgt. Maj. Paul Chevalier, chairman of McCain's New Hampshire Veterans Advisory Committee.

Giuliani earned the bitter slapdown after seeming to belittle Democrats who called sleep deprivation a form of torture.

"They talk about sleep deprivation," Giuliani told Iowa voters two weeks ago. "I mean, on that theory, I'm getting tortured running for President of the United States. That's plain silly."

Orson Swindle, a McCain friend and fellow prisoner in Vietnam, says he underwent sleep deprivation for up to 20 days, and considered that torture.

McCain had already rebuked Giuliani for expressing uncertainty about whether waterboarding - a form of simulated drowning used since the Spanish Inquisition - constituted torture.

[Trueblue]

That reminds me of Rummy saying that forced standing wasn't torture because he stands a lot.