Thursday, September 28, 2006

Will Ken Salazar Vote for Torture and Retroactive Amnesty for Bush's Illegal Interrogation Orders?

You gotta love the eternal mystery of Ken Salazar's mind - always keeping his supporters and foes guessing. I asked Salazar's office for his stance on the current "Military Tribunal" law that -

  1. gives the Executive far more dictatorial powers to detain, prosecute, judge and punish than it ever enjoyed before;
  2. has been modified in the last 48 hours in a hundred different ways to increase executive power at the expense of judicial review, due process, and oversight; and
  3. creates outrageous provisions on torture, definition of enemy combatants, secret procedures, and habeas stripping, that are completely unnecessary to keep Americans safe.
He hasn't "issued a statement yet."

So once again we no answer from Ken on a critical issue for our nation. We only have questions, and concerns, about what he will do regarding a CYA law that has been denounced by military, legal, constitutional, and human rights experts from every part of the political spectrum:

His deafening silence on this issue, as the President and his cronies once again attack our country's founding democratic principles, speaks volumes to Senator Salazar's principles and courage.

6 Comments:

At Thu Sep 28, 01:13:00 PM MDT, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here's an example of why we have such a weak Democratic party! These are the 34 Democractic representatives that voted *FOR* HR 6166.

Barrow Georgia
Bishop Georgia
Marshall Georgia
Scott Georgia

Davis Tennessee
Ford Tennessee
Gordon Tennessee
Tanner Tennessee

Etheridge North Carolina
McIntyre North Carolina

Cramer Alabama
Davis Alabama

Cuellar Texas
Edwards Texas

Andrews New Jersey

Bean Illinois

Boren Oklahoma

Boswell Iowa

Boyd Florida

Brown Ohio

Chandler Kentucky

Herseth South Dakota

Higgins New York

Holden Pennsylvania

Matheson Utah

Melancon Louisiana

Michaud Maine

Moore Kansas

Peterson Minnesota

Pomeroy North Dakota

Ross Arkansas

Salazar Colorado

Spratt South Carolina

Taylor Mississippi

 
At Thu Sep 28, 09:17:00 PM MDT, Blogger Iraq War Veteran said...

That sick fuck voted with the President and gave the President the power to Torture. Fuck Salazar!

 
At Sat Sep 30, 04:24:00 AM MDT, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Every single one of those so-called Democrats needs to be contacted by phone, FAX, email, and postal mail. Every thinking voter needs to let them know that, by this cowardly and unconscionable action, they have discredited themselves as politicians and as supposedly thinking humans. Ken Salazar has absolutely LOST my vote. So now the big question is ... where do we turn from here? I'd like to see a general anti-media strike. Hey everybody -- turn off your TV set.... It's time to rumble!

 
At Sat Sep 30, 08:55:00 AM MDT, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I can't believe I went door to door for this wimp in 2004. What a hoser.

 
At Sat Sep 30, 07:11:00 PM MDT, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I am utterly disgusted. I thought Salazar was one of the good guys. You can bet I'll tell everyone I know not to vote for this torture-loving asshole.

 
At Mon Oct 16, 08:03:00 AM MDT, Anonymous Anonymous said...

When I discovered how Salazar voted-spinelessly-I ripped my Slazar bumper sticker off my car. Talk about closet Republicans! Why doesn't he show his true colors and just switch parties? He seems to fit right into the Ben Nighthorse Campbell mode.

 

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