Well, my 'Conscience Republicans' hopes did not materialize. Neither did my 'Conscience Democrats' hopes. Both sides simply played election year politics. Neither was guided by a moral compass.
The Democrats mostly sat out the debate on the President's torture proposals. Every once in a while someone fired a political shot, but I've heard nothing of any real efforts to hold our nation to the highest moral standards.
The 'Conscience' Republicans turned out to be rather spineless. It looks as if their 'deal' is to simply maintain the status quo. The President may not get to re-define Geneva, but the Congress is failing to identify what is currently being done to detainees (waterboarding, hypothermia treatment, etc.) as a violation of law, which it is, and as morally wrong, which it also is. The 'deal' is an abandonment of principle.
Both sides have failed.
Both sides deserve our scorn. I suppose we'll have to settle for Stephen Colbert mocking them.
GP
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