Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Yelling Fire In A Theatre

Liz Cheney says terrorists have no rights. Also, you're a terrorist. - By Dahlia Lithwick - Slate Magazine: "...You would think, however, that when Cheney and Kristol launched their execrable "Keep America Safe" Web ad, they would have been very, very careful with their words. In the ad they accuse seven Justice Department lawyers and two colleagues—all of whom had represented Guantanamo detainees—of being members of the Department of Jihad. A screen shot of Osama Bin Laden and a creepy voice-over asks of these attorneys, "Whose values do they share?" Thanks to people like Kristol and Cheney, people take accusations of this sort very seriously. The Justice Department reports being swamped with panicked phone calls since the ad started running this week. In 2010, calling someone a Bin Laden-loving jihadist isn't just meaningless partisan hackery..."

Go ahead, GOP. Incite a few more lunatics into domestic violence.

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