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- zenmasterfoo0
TBO: From that article you sent.
"Obama wanted to avoid a backward-looking focus on torture in part because it distracted from his legislative agenda. "
That part doesn't ring true for me. If the Obama administration really wanted to avoid a backward looking focus on torture, the photo back and forth we've seen in the news lately wold never have happened. In all honesty it almost seemed like they instigated this then stepped aside and took no ownership over it.
- I wouldn't put it past them. But I think it was more an actual misstep that they might end up milking for political gain.TheBlueOne
- I tend to think political missteps only come in the form of porn or a mistress.zenmasterfoo
- oh and verbal dunnage. did I say porn? porn.zenmasterfoo
- My favorite political mistep of the week:
http://tpmdc.talking…TheBlueOne