Dershowitz And “Torture”

Alan Dershowitz, guesting at the WSJ today:

Consider, for example, the contentious and emotionally laden issue of the use of torture in securing preventive intelligence information about imminent acts of terrorism–the so-called “ticking bomb” scenario. I am not now talking

Yes, to answer the question of a couple overnight e-mails… I voted, yesterday. A local election, for the most part.

The initial tallies seem interesting… Democrats making gains in the metros, Republicans walking way with the prize everywhere else. Polarized,

Yeas and Nays:

On today’s “The Situation Room,” Sen. Hillary Clinton opened up about her widely-discussed performance during last week’s MSNBC debate. (You can watch the video here on Breitbart.tv)

“I wasn’t at my best the other night,” Clinton

Captain Ed notes, , the Mukasey vote, yesterday:

The Senate Judiciary Panel reported Michael Mukasey’s nomination to the full Senate today, recommending confirmation by an 11-8 vote. Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein voted to support , as announced earlier,

Just One Minute quotes the Boston Ledger:

   John Kerry: I’m Now Prepared to Fight Off Swift Boat Veterans
Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, perhaps preparing to get back into the presidential ring one day, claims he’s now armed with

Interesting note in the WaPo, today:

All of the leading Democratic contenders for the presidency are committed to a set of cuts in greenhouse gas emissions that would change the way Americans light their homes, fuel their automobiles and do

Alas poor Tim Russert.   First Linda Hirshman  analogized Russert to Adolf Hiter.  Now,  and maybe even worse,  former president B.J. Clinton compares Russert to  John O’Neill

‘Rat folklore holds that John Kerry would be Presidnet but for the evil of

I wrote earlier today about Democrat desperation. It occurrs to me I could break this down a bit, as to what is causing it:

Ever since tellig is they were going to ‘drain the swamp”, and  making all kinds of

Sister Toldjah says in a post from yesterday:

The discussions over Hillary Clinton’s use of the victim card after her poor performance at last week’s Democratic presidential candidate debate haven’t died down. In fact, they seem to be intensifying.

There’s

 Linda Hirshman, New Republic, has put yet another liberal face on Adolf Hitler:

Oh, and for you Obama and Edwards supporters, remember the story about the man who didn’t stand up to the Nazis when they came for his

Oh, boy. You can smell the desperation in this form letter to the Democrats found on Radio Left:

Senator Harry Reid, Democratic Majority Leader

Senator Patrick Leahy, Judiciary Committee Chairman

Senator Edward Kennedy, Judiciary Committee Member

Senator Joe Biden, Jr.,

New Yorker runs a hit piece on Clarence Thomas, “Unforgiven Why is Clarence Thomas so angry?
 

Ann Althouse is none too impressed:

That’s the title of this Jeffrey Toobin piece in The New Yorker. I don’t think that’s a

Laughable.

Ron Paul… even with the money games such a claim would invariably have attached to it, failed in his attempt to raise $10M USD in one day.

Of course, in the press, no mention that it was a failed

Summer has been so damned busy, I’ve not had much time to do any serious reading, except when we were camping. Some summers are like that.

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With winter coming on up here…(We’re expecting snow, here, come Thursday) I’ve started

Well it is if you are a democrat.   Has  Jenny Ballantine become the symbol of the democrat party?

Ann Coulter: via J0hn Hawkins, Right Wing News.

“If we took away women’s right to vote, we’d never have to worry